#Houston migrant facility for teen girls abruptly shuts down: report

#Houston migrant facility for teen girls abruptly shuts down: report

“#Houston migrant facility for teen girls abruptly shuts down: report” About 450 unaccompanied migrant girls, ages 13 to 17, were abruptly moved out of a U.S. housing facility in Houston on Saturday — less than three weeks after it opened. Authorities have been mostly tight-lipped about the closure, reports say — but an advocate for immigrants claims it was because…

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#US and China agree to cooperate on new climate agreement

#US and China agree to cooperate on new climate agreement

“#US and China agree to cooperate on new climate agreement” SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with urgency, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue.  The agreement was reached…

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#Joe Biden’s flavors of the weak: Goodwin

#Joe Biden’s flavors of the weak: Goodwin

“#Joe Biden’s flavors of the weak: Goodwin” As Joe Biden nears the end of his first 100 days, we can attest to the truth of Yogi Berra’s dictum that “you can learn a lot by watching.”  Americans have watched and learned that No. 46 set out to be the polar opposite of No. 45, and…

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#Culture clash in voter-law furor

#Culture clash in voter-law furor

“#Culture clash in voter-law furor” One of the questions facing Americans these days is whether we live in a culture of honor or a culture of victimization. Though these two cultures share the same land and history, they could not differ more vastly in how one lives life.  To live in the culture of honor,…

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#Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2021” The Issue: A New York teacher’s essay criticizing the use of “Critical Race Theory” in schools. Anyone who reads Paul Rossi’s essay on his experience with Critical Race Theory in a private school cannot help but recall the history of China and the USSR (“Lesson in wrong…

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#’Manslaughter’ hard to prove and other commentary

#’Manslaughter’ hard to prove and other commentary

“#’Manslaughter’ hard to prove and other commentary” From the right: ‘Manslaughter’ Hard To Prove The manslaughter charge against Kim Potter, the cop who accidentally shot Daunte Wright, strikes National Review’s Robert VerBruggen as “morally appropriate” but possibly difficult to prove legally. Minnesota’s statute says a person is guilty of second-degree manslaughter if he or she…

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#Texas governor demands Biden take ‘immediate action’ on cartels

#Texas governor demands Biden take ‘immediate action’ on cartels

“#Texas governor demands Biden take ‘immediate action’ on cartels” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants the Biden administration to take “immediate action” against Mexican drug cartels by designating them as foreign terrorist organizations. In a Thursday letter to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Abbott took aim at the “dangerous and deadly” Mexican drug cartels…

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