The year of our Lord of 2024 witnessed yet another victorious period for El Salvador and its re-elected President Nayib Bukele. The reduction of the violence continues, and the country that had 6,656 homicides in 2015 now has reduced this alarming rate to 214 homicides in 2023, and now in 2024 to a record low […]

Fire erupts in French Quarter A fire erupted at a home in New Orleans’ French Quarter on Thursday just one day after a terrorist plowed through New Year’s Eve revelers on Bourbon Street. The cause of the fire is not known. A plume of smoke was seen from a distance. @WWLTV @FOX8NOLA @wdsu https://t.co/pjoErZzF2B pic.twitter.com/dOWmkbUDSU […]

Matthew Livelsberger drove his Tesla Truck out of the Trump Tower parking lot, made a stop near the Sand’s Hotel for several minutes, then drove back to the hotel and allegedly shot himself before setting off a gasoline can in the car. This is interesting.The family of Matthew Livelsberger are starting to speak out about […]

Image: Video screenshot courtsey of wwltv.com New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick spoke with the press on Thursday in the hours before the Sugar Bowl kickoff in an effort to reassure citizens. Instead, her remarks only raised more questions and concerns about how those in charge are handling the aftermath of the terror attack. While […]

Mike Johnson Mike Johnson doesn’t have the votes to remain Speaker of the House, according to Politio. With just 24 hours to go until the Speaker vote, Mike Johnson is still working to convince the ‘undecideds’ to support him. President Trump earlier this week endorsed Mike Johnson for Speaker. “The American people need IMMEDIATE relief […]

On this New Year’s Day we return to a tradition, and for the 16th year I post my International Best & Worst Dressed List. I undertook this tradition when the late Mr. Blackwell, a Hollywood columnist who produced his own List every year for 48 years, passed away in 2008. I published NO List in […]

Parents Defending Education (PDE) just released a report on the amount of money the Department of Justice spent funding DEI, Social Emotional Learning and Restorative Justice in US schools. Between 2021 and 2024 (under Joe Biden) the total was at least $100 million. Advertisement The funds were awarded through the […]

It seems the president of Honduras,  Xiomara Castro, had a ‘Happy New Year’s’ message for President-elect Trump. While it wasn’t exactly the kind of sentiments you’d normally expect under the circumstances, considering what’s been coming out of the female presidents of our Latin American neighbors, I’d say it was about par for the course. […]

For 12 years, John Sopko has been leading a lonely effort to bring accountability to the Afghan reconstruction effort as Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction.  Advertisement Unfortunately, “accountability” and “government effort” are like oil and water–they never mix.  As his job winds down, he is putting together his final […]