US Forces Board Another Iran-Linked Tanker in the Indian Ocean

DEI Refuses To Die Authored by Kenin M. Spivak via RealClearPolitics, Although the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws dating back to 1866 prohibit nearly all racial preferences, most Americans oppose these preferences, and Donald Trump was elected vowing to eliminate DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) - progressives won't give up. Their race-obsessed thinking reduces America to intersectional classifications of oppressed and oppressor. This addled concept is a self-defeating dialectic in which no amount of progress on race relations is ever enough - or even acknowledged. Despite enormous...

Open Sesame Submitted By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities This week’s market behavior had a mythical, almost magical tone to it. In Arabian Nights, Ali Baba was able to open a cave of riches by uttering the phrase “Open Sesame.” Markets responded to any and every sort of connotation of “The Strait is Open” by rewarding participants with riches. We started this week bright and early, kicking off Bloomberg TV, and then moving on to Bloomberg Radio, and Tom Keene’s Best Ideas. At the time we were all trying to understand what “Blockade” meant....

Virginia School District Sued Over Concealing Student 'Gender Transitions' From Parents Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, A federal lawsuit was filed against Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) on behalf of an FCPS parent, alleging that the school district's "gender transition" policy violates parents' constitutional rights. Fox News reports that the lawsuit, filed by America First Legal (AFL), alleges that Fairfax County Public Schools' Regulation 2603.3 "directs school staff to support and facilitate a student's social 'gender transition' at school without notifying parents or obtaining their consent." According to AFL, FCPS does...