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A “Most Successful Person”: Little Free Library Founder Dies At 62

Shortly before he died, Todd Bol, founder of the Little Free Library movement that spread across the globe, told the Star Tribune  he was the "most successful person I know, because I stimulate 54 million books to be read and neighbors to talk to each other." Bol, 62,

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Elizabeth Warren More Average American Than Native American

Elizabeth Warren's much-trumpeted DNA test purporting to show American Indian ancestry shows that she may have some — but possibly less than the average European-American has. According to a study reported by The New York Times in December 2014, European-Americans have an average of 0.18 percent American Indian

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Modern Attacks on the Family Were Seen and Foreseen By G.K. Chesterton

The English Catholic writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) saw all attacks on the family as attacks also on civilization, writes Dale Ahlquist in Crisis Magazine. Among these attacks, he said, are divorce, contraception, and homosexuality.

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Cleveland Browns Win First Game in 635 Days

The Cleveland Browns went 0-16 in 2017, and hadn't won a game since December 24, 2016. But on Thursday night, September 20, 2018, the Browns beat the New York Jets, 21-17, at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland.

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Kavanaugh Lookalike A Better Fit For Accuser’s Description?

A former law clerk for the late U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia laid out reasons on Thursday why a high school classmate of Brett Kavanaugh's seems to fit accuser Christine Blasey Ford's story better than Kavanaugh. And check out the resemblance:

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Washington Post Publishes Sane Column on Brett Kavanaugh Assault Accusation

Washington Post columnist Meg McArdle points out that the recent public statements of Democrats and one of the lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford are creating the impression that Ford's accusation against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has more to do with delaying the process than seeking

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CNN Fails To Report Attack On GOP Candidate — Five Days Ago

According to the Daily Caller, CNN has yet to issue a single report about the accosting and attempted stabbing of a California Republican congressional candidate five days ago. As of Friday morning, a search of the CNN web site produced no mention of the incident. The Sunday, September 9 attack

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Long-Closed Catholic Orphanage in Vermont To Be Investigated by Authorities

Civil authorities in Vermont are forming  an investigative task force that will look into allegations of "physical, mental and sexual abuse and even murder" at St. Joseph's Orphanage in Burlington, according to the Associated Press.The orphanage closed in 1974.  The report notes that Bishop Christopher