The International Chess Federation, often referred to by its French acronym FIDE, has restricted transgender biological males from competing in women’s tournaments. Last week, the organization said that they have been receiving increased applications from players who claim to be transgender and want to play against players of the sex they identify as. “Change of […]

President Trump made it official Sunday evening, he will not be participating in the Republican presidential debates. Trump cited the latest poll, one released Sunday by CBS News/YouGov that has him up by 46 points above his nearest rival Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump added, “The public knows who I am & what a successful […]

It started out as a Southern California Vietnamese thing, but now Sriracha hot chili sauce has taken the world by storm. First sold in 1983, this amazing combination of fresh, red jalapeño chili peppers, vinegar, garlic, salt, and sugar is found in every Asian restaurant from Fountain Valley to Fremont, and in supermarkets, restaurants, and […]

Social media has become a bigger and bigger part of peoples’ lives over the last several years, and while that’s probably not a good development, it’s an undeniable one. Things that seem small to the outside observer can become major arguments inside the arena, and Elon Musk recently set off a big conflict with his […]

The popular kid’s game Roblox is being sued for allegedly preying on children and facilitating child gambling on the platform. The gaming platform is accused of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act [RICO]. The class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California claims that the game has […]

Friday I wrote about the fact that two lunar landers were expected to touch down on the moon’s surface this week. India launched the Chandrayaan-3 lander about a month ago and expected to land it on Wednesday. Russia launched its own lander, the Luna 25, a couple weeks later but thanks to a different approach […]

As Southern Californians were riding out the remnants of Hurricane Hilary on Sunday afternoon, phones across the region blared with an emergency warning that some (including this writer) thought would be a flood warning or somehow related to the rainy, windy weather – but instead, it was a Shake Alert warning of a magnitude 6.0 […]

Hurricane Hilary caused major rain and flooding in Mexico’s Baja California Sur on Saturday. Video posted to social media by Luis D. Bareno shows a river flowing through Mulegé, Baja California, Mexico on Saturday. The force of the water and the rising levels would pose a danger to the local population as well as cause […]

When you’re a Democrat president and the talking heads over at NBC’s “Meet the Press” are blasting your performance, you know things are bad. While not as reliably uber-liberal as its sister channel, MSNBC, the Peacock can usually be relied upon to tout leftist talking points. But on Sunday, panelists on the talk show ripped […]

We were all appalled to hear in June that Hunter Biden had received a sweetheart plea deal from U.S. Attorney David Weiss. Under that agreement, Hunter would plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of tax evasion and enter into a pretrial diversion agreement on a felony charge of possession of a firearm by a user […]