Seven Years Later, Snopes Says Trump Did Not Call Neo-Nazis ‘Very Fine People’
Snopes.com, perhaps the best-known fact-checking website, has finally confirmed after seven years that President Donald Trump did not call the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville in August 2017 “very fine people.” The false claim became a central part of President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign. Biden used it to launch his campaign in April 2019, claiming that he […]
Sha’Carri Richardson qualifies for Olympics 3 years after marijuana ban
EUGENE, Ore. — Two steps before reaching the finish line, Sha’Carey Richardson started pounding his chest. She knew she had won, and anyone who doesn’t think she’s the sprinter to beat at the Paris Olympics this summer should probably think again. Richardson sprinted 100 meters in 10.71 seconds at the U.S. Track Trials on Saturday, […]
Kurt Vonnegut’s Dystopia Arrives 60 Years Sooner than Imagined
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes From new reports that people sent me: In the name of equity (i.e., equal outcomes by race), the Virginia Department of Education is moving to eliminate all accelerated math options prior to 11th grade, effectively keeping higher-achieving students from advancing as they usually would. Because news coverage on the left and […]
‘Wild Thang’ lives up to his name, finally crowned ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’ after years of falling short
Friday was an auspicious day for the 8-year-old Pekingese with a bad right leg but a big personality. At the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California, a Pekingese dog with an ungainly tongue named Wild Sun was named the “World’s Ugliest Dog.” Wild Sun, who was born in Los Angeles but lives with an adopted family […]
Trip to Shea Stadium 50 years ago started a lifelong love of baseball
Several people have reached out to me over the past few days, surprised that I didn’t write a Father’s Day column last week. The truth is, I wanted to wait a week, for reasons I’ll explain below, and this decision has probably turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as you can probably see. […]
Dead serial rapist Walter Leo Jackson linked to cold case murders from nearly 30 years ago: FBI
Authorities say the sexual assault and murder of a lesbian couple in Shenandoah National Park nearly 30 years ago is believed to be the work of a convicted serial rapist. Federal investigators say Walter Leo Jackson Sr. murdered, raped and slit the throats of Laura “Lorrie” Winans and Julian “Julie” Williams. Their bodies were found […]
Atlanta Democrat sentenced to seven years for $15M COVID fraud
‘Outnumbered’ panelists weigh in after former Atlanta City Attorney Shelitha Robertson was sentenced to seven years in prison for … source
San Francisco home hits market for $488K but buyers have to wait 30 years to move in
The move may take a while. A home in an upscale San Francisco neighborhood where properties typically sell for millions of dollars is on the market at a mind-blowing price, but potential buyers won’t be able to move in for nearly 30 years. The property, located two blocks from the city’s north shore, was listed […]
Radical Chic 52 Years Later
Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes Yesteryear’s radical chic morphed into today’s wokeness and virtue signaling. Fifty-two years ago New York Magazine published “Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’s,” by Tom Wolfe. With his outstanding satirical talent and observational skills, Wolfe described the bizarre scene at a cocktail party at a 13-room penthouse duplex on Park Avenue, […]
The unusual case of Rudy Farias and what he has said about his 8 years in isolation
The strange story of Rudy Farias spread across the country. Details of what has happened to Farias since he was found are unclear, and both he and his mother have kept out of the public eye and have spoken little about what has happened to him over the past eight years. The story begins on […]