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On education, Mississippi shows the way

Mississippi leads the nation. That's not a typographical error. And it's not just a gotcha phrase, preparing the reader for learning that Mississippi leads the nation on all sorts of negative things. Once upon a time, that was true, and in some respects it still is. Mississippi has the ...

Setting student-athletes up to thrive

One concern at the forefront of offseason discussions regarding college sports is reform in the current era of name, image and likeness — or NIL — deals. President Donald Trump recently met with retired University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban, who is currently an analyst on ESPN's "College GameDay." Saban was thought to be Trump's choice to head a proposed commission on college sports. The rumors surrounding Saban taking a job that would assist the NCAA in its governance of college athletics gained more traction after he introduced Trump as commencement speaker for UA's ...

NYC faces threat of an antisemitic mayor

The surest way to trigger the collapse of New York City is to elect an antisemitic mayor. Throughout history, rising antisemitism is a bellwether of societal ruin: When attacks on Jews are tolerated or encouraged, the dissolution of everyone's rights and the abandonment of basic freedoms ...

Here’s the real cause of our growing national debt

Last Friday, the credit rating of the United States was downgraded. Moody's, the ratings firm, announced that the U.S. government's rising debt levels will grow further if the Trump Republican package of new tax cuts is enacted. This makes lending to the United States riskier. (Moody's is the ...

Trump suddenly finds the profit motive a shocking concept

Donald Trump's whirlwind visit to Qatar was certainly an extravaganza: "Red and lavender carpets. Arabian horses. Glitzy chandeliers. Camels. Sword dancers," according to The New York Times. Sounded like a night at Studio 54. Back on Main Street USA, things looked less fabulous. Trump's ...

The Wilson-Biden cover-ups

The massive cover-up of Joe Biden's mental and physical decline, which is only now being revealed by certain media types who were part of it, reminds me of a similar event more than a century ago. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke on Oct. 2, 1919, leaving him barely able to work. ...