Justice Department to protect women seeking an abortion in Texas  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that the Justice Department would protect women seeking an abortion in Texas as the agency explores ways to challenge one of the most restrictive laws in the nation.

The Other Afghan Women  —  In the countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them. … Late one afternoon this past August, Shakira heard banging on her front gate.  In the Sangin Valley, which is in Helmand Province …

A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’  —  The number of men enrolled at two- and four-year colleges has fallen behind women by record levels, in a widening education gap across the U.S.  —  Men are abandoning higher education in such numbers that they now trail female college students by record levels.

Strange New Disrespect  —  The ideology beneath an abortion position that nobody likes.  —  1. Strange New Disrespect  —  Welp, the “strange new respect” I had garnered from certain corners of the progressive interwebs was bound to circle back around to “strange new WTF Tim” at some point. …

Judge reverses order forcing hospital to give ivermectin to COVID-19 patient  —  “We are believers he's going to survive because of ivermectin.”  —  HAMILTON — A Butler County judge sided with a local hospital and reversed a previous court order forcing it to honor a prescription of ivermectin …

In red California, Trump's lies about a rigged election echo among recall supporters  —  Looking to oust the governor?  Ed Brown has just the right merch for you.  —  Camouflage Recall Newsom hats and Recall Newsom masks.  He's got Recall Newsom yard signs.  A stack of Recall Newsom pamphlets.

U.S. evacuates 4 more Americans out of Afghanistan, official says  —  WASHINGTON — The United States facilitated the safe departure of four American citizens by overland route from Afghanistan on Monday, a senior State Department official said.  —  The news came while Secretary …

Donald Trump Beats Joe Biden in 2024 Election Poll  —  A new poll has placed former President Donald Trump as the favorite to win the 2024 U.S. election, slightly edging Democratic incumbent Joe Biden.  —  A national Emerson College Poll found that if the two men were to go head-to-head in 2024 …

Americans Stretch Across Political Divides to Welcome Afghan Refugees  —  “Even the most right-leaning isolationists” are coming forward to help those fleeing Afghanistan, a pastor said.  A mass mobilization is underway.  —  PHOENIX — The hundreds of parishioners at Desert Springs Bible Church …

Can Progressives Be Convinced That Genetics Matters?  —  The behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden is waging a two-front campaign: on her left are those who assume that genes are irrelevant, on her right those who insist that they're everything.  —  Until she was thirty-three …

Why can't we mandate anything?  —  For Americans who are fully vaccinated, organized political resistance to vaccination mandates is infuriating.  Such resistance continues to ravage communities, disrupt commerce, overload hospitals and generate an appalling toll of needless illness and death.

Threats & Leaks: New Documents Show Just How Crazy the Georgia Recount Fiasco Got  —  While the Georgia secretary of state's office was fending off calls from then-President Donald Trump to find votes, officials were also dealing with bomb threats.  —  Back in January 2021 …

Taliban accused of murdering pregnant Afghan policewoman in front of her family  —  (CNN)The Taliban murdered a pregnant policewoman in front of her family on Saturday night, according to her son.  Her death, in the central Afghanistan province of Ghor, adds to mounting concerns about the repression of women under the Taliban's rule.

Whatever Happened to the Journalistic B.S. Detector?  —  At some point the journalistic injunction, “If your mother says she loves you, check it out” became “If it fits the Narrative, don't bother to check it out.”  —  Rolling Stone — which really ought to know better by now …

Biden Loses 4,890 Migrant Children, And The Left Yawns  —  Last week, Axios reported that the Department of Health and Human Services has lost contact with more than 4,500 children who'd crossed the border illegally after it had released them into the country.  That's a third of the migrant children it was supposed to be tracking.

Covid Deaths Surge Across a Weary America as a Once-Hopeful Summer Ends  —  Cases are starting to fall in some hard-hit Southern states, but nearly half of Americans are not fully vaccinated, allowing the Delta variant to persist.  —  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A summer that began with plunging caseloads …

Labor's surprising winning streak  —  “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”  —  On this Labor Day 2021, let's apply Mark Twain's famous quip to America's labor unions.  —  News about organized labor is always headlined by sad accounts about declining union membership.