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On the Cutting Edge of Wokeness
1+ day, 23+ hour 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
6+ day, 20+ hour 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…...
Waste of the Day: Unneeded School Computers
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (348+ words) Topline: The El Paso Independent School District bought $3. 1 million worth of touchscreen blackboards and computer servers that were not needed, and left them in storage for over a year because there was no use for them, according to a recent…...
Alive and Kicking: News of Woke's Death Is Greatly Exaggerated
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (915+ words) Today, as universities are dismantling their DEI bureaucracies, corporations are scaling back antiracism training, and academic trigger warnings and diversity pledges have become punch lines rather than cudgels, it is tempting to believe that the excesses of the woke movement…...
The Physics of Politics with Adrian Bejan
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (162+ words) On this week's episode of the Real Clear Investigations Podcast, J. Peder Zane speaks with Duke Professor Adrian Bejan about his new book, "Diversity through Freedom" and the physics o The Physics of Politics with Adrian Bejan On this week's episode…...
The Strange Afterlife of Fascism
3+ day, 16+ min ago (694+ words) Tellingly, the term has not just been applied to Trump. It has, for decades, been slapped on almost everyone progressives don't like. George W. Bush, John Mc Cain, and even meek Mitt Romney have'all been called the F-word. Same goes for…...
Waste of the Day: Youth Grants Mismanaged
1+ week, 5+ day ago (315+ words) Topline: A San Francisco nonprofit that advocates for youth victims of crime did not show "proper stewardship" of $705, 448 in grants it received from the Department of Justice in 2024 and 2025, according to a new report from the DOJ's inspector general. Key…...
Waste of the Day: Stolen Education Grants
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (363+ words) Topline: A North Dakota woman was convicted last month of five counts of theft for stealing $131, 000 in state grants meant for after-school programs. Key facts: Faith Dixon, 47, was one of the top recipients of $2 million that the North Dakota Department…...
Waste of the Day: Studying TV Reruns
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (432+ words) Topline: Plenty of Americans recharge their energy by curling up with a good book or watching reruns on television. But, in case anyone was unaware, the National Institutes of Health spent taxpayer dollars in 2012 to discover that very fact. A…...
Russiagate Prosecutor Calls Audible On "Grand Conspiracy
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (1480+ words) Although Donald Trump's defenders describe the Russia hoax and other efforts to frame the president as a "grand conspiracy," Real Clear Investigations has learned that the man now leading the probe of that scandal is pursuing multiple conspiracy prosecutions that…...