Iran Fires On Third Ship In Hormuz Chokepoint, Says US Navy Blockade 'No Different Than Bombing'

"Civic Action Requires More Than Textbooks": Chicago To Subsidize May Day Protests By Teachers Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Chicago Public Schools are facing a major truancy problem…among teachers. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) was up in arms over suggestions that classes should be held on May 1 when teachers wanted to be out protesting. Called International Workers’ Day, May Day is a global day of protest for socialist, communist, and unionist groups. The CTU was upset when parents objected that canceling a day of class for teachers to join a political protest...

Fear Is Overwhelming Us Authored by Guy de la Bédoyère via DailySceptic.org, Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannise in the imagination, to raise phantoms of horror or to beset life with supernumerary distresses. Samuel Johnson in the Rambler (1761) No-one’s disputing that very hot weather can be challenging, even dangerous, for some people. But I’ve been fascinated by the news coverage of the heatwave over the last...