Jeff Johnston

Melissa Batie-Smoose, women’s volleyball associate head coach at San José State University, was suspended over the weekend after she filed a Title IX complaint asking the Mountain West Conference and the NCAA to investigate the school for discriminating against female athletes in favor of a “transgender” player, Blaire Fleming.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled last Friday that the state of Washington could not enforce a nondiscrimination law against the Yakima Union Gospel Mission while its lawsuit against the state moved forward.

While the corporate media focused on issues like the economy, immigration, crime and abortion in the 2024 election, voters were also deeply concerned about education. An October Gallup poll listed education sixth out of 22 election issues, with 41% of voters saying it was “extremely important.”

When President-elect Donald Trump was in the midst of campaigning, he promised numerous times to shut down the Department of Education and return education to the states.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted on changes to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), which could increase gas prices by as much as 65 cents a gallon by 2025.

Transgender activists and their allies have claimed all of November as Transgender Awareness Month. They’ve also staked out November 20 as Transgender Day of Remembrance. But with recent events, it’s clear that many Americans have grown weary of the activism and are pushing back against gender ideology. In addition to the whole of November, the […]

The story of Peanut the Squirrel and his friend Fred the Raccoon, and their untimely imprisonment and unjust deaths at the hands of New York officials rabidly intent on killing them, has captured hearts and minds across the nation.

Just because Clint Eastwood’s fictitious “Dirty Harry” character is credited for this quote, it doesn’t mean the words ring any less true. Failing to recognize your own limitations can get you hurt—or worse. Also, limitations do not only pertain to the man or woman, but also to the guns and gear he or she chooses. Just as a dangerous-game hunter would be suicidal to stalk a Cape buffalo with a.22 LR, so too is the Soldier who opts for a shotgun during a long-range battle. Therefore, we’d be foolish if we also didn’t recognize a defensive shotgun’s limitations and disadvantages in certain situations. Here are a half dozen:

The Stone Ridge Christian High School girls volleyball team forfeited their state playoff match rather than face a team with a male player.

North Carolina’s General Assembly voted to overturn Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation increasing funding for the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program.