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Waste of the Day: Vouchers Bought MacBooks
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (386+ words) Topline: The Utah state auditor found “wasteful and extravagant purchases” made with taxpayer-funded school vouchers during the 2024-25 school year, including trampolines, high-end gaming laptops and mountain bikes. Key facts: Auditors reviewed $17.1 million of the $67.7 million spent with school vouchers. More…...
Inside Elite University’s Campaign To Bring Conservatives to Campus
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (1088+ words) If Johns Hopkins University wanted to signal its seriousness about creating an alternative to the left-leaning orthodoxy that permeates higher education, it couldn’t have done better than the recent hire of economist Peter Arcidiacono. Arcidiacono, a devout Roman Catholic, faced…...
Has Elon Musk Ruined X? with Lee Smith
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (82+ words) On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, J. Peder Zane and James Varney speak with Tablet writer and RCI contributor Lee Smith about conservative media in the Trump era wit Has Elon Musk Ruined X? with Lee Smith On…...
Mythbuster: U.S. Much Safer Than Many Peer Nations
1+ week, 1+ day ago (680+ words) Conventional wisdom holds that the United States is the most violent and dangerous nation in the developed world. This dark view is frequently invoked by conservatives to demand stronger penalties for crimes and by progressives to argue for stronger gun…...
Waste of the Day: Double-Duty Employee
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (387+ words) Topline: A Texas woman simultaneously held full-time jobs with the state government and the City of Austin without disclosing the conflict to either employer, the Austin city auditor announced in a new report. Key facts: Open the Books’ database shows…...
Violence for Me, Not for Thee with Noah Rothman
1+ week, 4+ day ago (147+ words) realclearinvestigations.com Violence for Me, Not for Thee with Noah Rothman On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, J. Peder Zane speaks with Noah Rothman of the National Review about his insightful new book “Blood & Progress: A Century of…...
Book Excerpt: Blood & Progress
1+ week, 6+ day ago (340+ words) In that cloistered environment, a consensus formed around the notion that the killer had struck a righteous blow against capitalism. With that, the press set out to attribute a hard but virtuous logic to the assassin’s actions. Collectively, the press…...
Waste of the Day: Double Dipping Local Benefits
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (283+ words) Topline: Almost 100 retired workers on Long Island, NY, have been double-dipping on their taxpayer-funded health insurance — some for more than two decades. A June 16 audit from the Nassau County comptroller found $1.4 million in benefits paid to former employees’ spouses, who…...
On the Cutting Edge of Wokeness
2+ week, 3+ day ago (739+ words) What is human sexuality? In Western societies, the traditional understanding long shared by religious authority, textbook biology, and public opinion is being replaced by the emerging expertocracy of professors, bureaucrats, and lawyers. Consider a federal lawsuit involving a transgender individual…...
Waste of the Day: Police’s Delayed Firings
3+ week, 1+ day ago (452+ words) Topline: Police officers on Long Island are being fired for wrongdoing at a date most convenient for them. Seven cops at the Suffolk County Police Department admitted to fireable offenses like drunk driving or revealing the identity of an undercover…...