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More caught crossing border in 2022 than in all Trump years

More caught crossing border in 2022 than in all Trump years

More caught crossing border in 2022 than in all Trump years

Our top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the United States.” So says the website of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The same webpage includes a table that provides some relevant data for the fiscal years from 2017 to 2023.
When banks -- and other institutions -- try to change the world

When banks -- and other institutions -- try to change the world

When banks -- and other institutions try to change the world

The primary concern of the people who ran the Silicon Valley Bank -- the bank that just went bust -- was not banking. Nor was it making money for the bank’s shareholders or safeguarding the funds of its depositors.

Raising awareness, giving thanks and issuing a call to finish the job

Time of incident: Before midday Date of incident: March 3, 2023 I placed my foot firmly on the ground after stepping off the partial sidewalk at the corner of North Brown Street and East Fourth Street (also West Loop 257) and the ground being wet after a recent rain gave way to a sliding effect,...
Why the Left is pro-mask

Why the Left is pro-mask

Why the Left is pro-mask

The world’s most trusted evaluator of medical studies, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, has just released as close to a conclusive report on the effectiveness of masks against respiratory viruses such as COVID-19 as we are likely to have for the foreseeable future.
Destroy the cartels

Destroy the cartels

Destroy the cartels

The tragic killing of two U.S. citizens last week in the border town of Matamoros, Mexico, should refocus American attention on the glaring problem of transnational drug cartels’ de facto control of large swaths of our porous southern border. It is not an exaggeration to say that the U.S.
America’s role model on war and peace

America’s role model on war and peace

America’s role model on war and peace

Aship that arrived in Dover, England, the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1793, brought some bloody news from France. The Wednesday edition of the London Evening Mail told the story in detail. It carried a simple headline: “Execution of Louis XVI.

Pangea and Genesis

Scientists today affirm that there was a single supercontinent on early Earth known as Pangea. The existence of such a continent may explain a lot about biblical history and today’s paleontological and archaeological finds.