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A Setback for Second Amendment Rights on Campus
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Reason
A legislative effort to eliminate gun-free zones on public college campuses has died. But for its student sponsor, the fight isn’t over yet. On Thursday, an effort to eliminate gun-free zones on New Hampshire college campuses fizzled out in the state Legislature, when the Senate voted against a committee of conference to renegotiate the bill with House leaders. Despite the setback, proponents of the legislation say they're not done. We'll be pursuing this with a legal challenge," says state Rep. Sam Farrington (R–Rochester), who sponsored the bill, which would have also allowed students to carry nonlethal weapons such as pepper spray and mace

FBI Director Kash Patel's Girlfriend's Defamation Suit
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: The Volokh Conspiracy
Over Allegations She Was Israeli Spy Can Go Forward. The court concluded that Wilkins had adequately alleged that the statements about her were false factual assertions (rather than opinion or hyperbole); recall that at this stage, the question is just about whether the allegations are legally sufficient—determining their truth or falsity is for later in the case

Stolen Innocence: The Abduction and Forced Marriage of Christian Girls in Pakistan
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Persecution.org
There are roughly 1,000 young girls from Christian families in Pakistan each year who are kidnapped from their homes and forced into marriages with Muslims. International Christian Concern, a ministry that draws attention to the worldwide persecuted church, released a report on May 13 giving examples of the trend.

Thomas Massie Vows to Read Redacted Names in Epstein Files on House Floor
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Gateway Pundit
Before Leaving Congress, Says Todd Blanche and Kash Patel “Perjured Themselves”. While speaking to Kirsten Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press this morning, Massie vowed to use his speech or debate immunity and read the names. Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution provides that, with the exception of Treason, Felony, or Breach of the Peace, Representatives “shall not be questioned in any other Place,” prosecuted, or sued over “any Speech or Debate in either House.” Massie previously threatened to name the names of Epstein’s coconspirators in September 2025. Massie told Welker on Sunday that he will read redacted names from the Epstein Files in the coming weeks and months, adding, “There’s still millions of files they haven’t released.”

From Rutgers speaker to Kristof column
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Times of Israel
... implausible anti-Israel dog rape claim goes mainstream. Israeli officials reject allegation canines were trained to sexually abuse Palestinian prisoners, which Jewish groups call ‘modern day blood libel’ and experts say is virtually impossible. A week after a university commencement speaker was canceled because of a tweet claiming that Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners, the allegation leapt into the pages of The New York Times. The columnist Nicholas Kristof included the claim in a column alleging widespread sexual abuse against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

Child Safety Groups Urge FTC To Investigate Roblox
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Zero Hedge
Users as young as 5 are able to open an account on Roblox, the complaint claims... Two child safety groups filed a complaint against online interactive gaming platform Roblox with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on May 20, alleging that children face sexual and financial harm on the platform. Filed by nonprofits National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) and Fairplay, the complaint claims that certain Roblox features are "developmentally inappropriate for the platform's massive young user base and pose a substantial risk of harm." Such features include engagement-maximizing design features, a complex virtual currency system that can result in more user spending, and chat and communication features that expose children to sexual exploitation.

New report details allegations of 'systemic' rape and sexual abuse
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Just the News
...in Hamas' Oct 7 terror attack. The report was gathered over the course of two years and finds that sexual violence during the terror attack was not incidental, but "deliberate, coordinated, and embedded in the attack itself." A new Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes Against Women and Children report that was released Tuesday details harrowing accounts of alleged rape and sexual abuse by Hamas on victims of the 2023 terror attack in Israel. The report was gathered over the course of two years and finds that sexual violence during the terror attack was not incidental, but "deliberate, coordinated, and embedded in the attack itself."

Federal Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s $83 Million Payment to E Jean Carroll
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: NBC News
A federal appeals court ruled this week that President Donald Trump doesn’t need to pay an $83 million defamation award to writer E. Jean Carroll until the Supreme Court either reviews the case or decides to pass on it. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York issued the order Monday after Trump asked it to pause its earlier ruling denying him a chance to challenge the defamation award before the full appeals court. The court granted Trump’s request to pause that ruling, citing no objection from Carroll so long as Trump agreed to raise the bond by $7.46 million to account for interest that would accrue on her award during further legal proceedings that are expected to extend to the Supreme Court.

Paxton sues Netflix for allegedly spying on kids
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Just the News
The lawsuit alleges that Netflix built "surveillance machinery" to monitor the activities of kids accounts and collects behavioral data on the users, even though it does not directly engage in behavioral advertising to children. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against Netflix, alleging that the streaming service was spying on kids by collecting user data without consent. “Netflix has built a surveillance program designed to illegally collect and profit from Texans’ personal data without their consent, and my office will do everything in our power to stop it,” Paxton said in a statement. “Netflix is not the ad-free and kid-friendly platform it claims to be."

Trump Wants To Slash Child Care Costs By Getting Government Out Of The Way
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Zero Hedge
Put money in parents’ hands and let them decide. [Ed: gov should just out of the way....out altogether.] Child care in America has become a significant financial burden. For many families, it now rivals rent, a mortgage, or student loan payments. Democrats have been framing child care as a key issue for them heading into the midterms. “Child care continues to get more expensive," said Jaelin O'Halloran, a DNC spokesperson. "While Trump and Republicans have offered no plans to follow through on their promises to lower costs, Democrats are focused on bringing down costs and making life more affordable for working families."

The Polgar experiment
Topic: Children and Family
Source: X
A Hungarian psychologist raised three daughters to prove that any child could become a chess grandmaster through early specialization. He succeeded. Two of them became grandmasters. One became the greatest female chess player who ever lived. Then a sports scientist looked at the data and found something nobody wanted to hear. His name is David Epstein. The book is called "Range."

Harvard Grad Students Rally Outside Garber’s Home
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Crimson
A small group of striking graduate student workers rallied outside Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76’s private residence early Friday morning, marking a new escalation in the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers’ ongoing strike as contract negotiations with the University remain stalled. Roughly 10 demonstrators gathered outside Garber’s home from about 6 to 6:30 a.m., chanting and writing “CONTRACT NOW” in pink chalk on the sidewalk. The group represented a small fraction of HGSU-UAW, which represents roughly 5,000 graduate student workers. “Garber, Garber, stop stonewalling; this is HGSU calling!” demonstrators chanted

Ressa at Dartmouth
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Jonathan Turley
In the global anti-free speech movement, Maria Ressa stands apart. The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Columbia professor has used her celebrated position to call for censorship in the name of tolerance and diversity. She is showered with accolades as she calls for curtailing speech with a highly sophisticated, though at times Orwellian, pitch. In the cause of tolerance, she calls for viewpoint intolerance, particularly in the regulation of speech on the Internet. That was evident this week as she spoke at Dartmouth’s Division of Institutional Diversity and Equity Social Justice Awards. The most insidious aspect of this campaign is how academic and other groups regularly portray Ressa as a free speech advocate.

The DJ Who Brought America Weird Al, Tom Lehrer, and 'Cows With Guns'
Topic: Individualist Feminism
Source: Reason
After 55 years, Dr. Demento has finally retired from the airwaves. When Barret Hansen, better known as Dr. Demento, recently ended his weekly show, he had spent 55 years spinning weird, silly, or otherwise strange songs on the radio or online. No mere fringe figure, he was an influential figure in American comedy and one of the most important cultural libertarians of his era. That might seem far-fetched to people who grew up in a post-SNL, post-Seinfeld world. But in the early 1970s, all that lay in the future. Television shows still had to pass strict censorial review to be aired, and the same code policed much of what could be heard on mainstream radio. Hansen's program pushed against those strictures.

‘His Side’: New book debunks male privilege, gives platform to men in a women’s world
Topic: Men's Movement
Source: The College Fix
Helen Smith, a licensed psychologist with over 20 years in the field with an emphasis in clinical and forensic psychology, has published a new book: “His Side: Men Speak Out on Dating, Marriage, and Life in America.” Released in February, it offers a follow-up to her book that came out in 2013, ” Men on Strike.” No longer is it a “man’s world,” and Smith weaves together dozens of interviews of men from all ages and walks — their thoughts, struggles, concerns and experiences — to paint a picture of what it’s like for them in today’s landscape that casts men as misogynists and portrays masculinity as toxic and something to be shunned.

Harrison Ford urges ASU grads to fight for social justice
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
...after his generation left world 'a real mess'. [Ed: disappointing.] "Your generation has far more power than you may realize, and if you harness that power ... the world will not be able to ignore you. You will have to be accommodated." Speaking at Arizona State University’s graduation ceremony held earlier in May, actor Harrison Ford, who received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Humane Letters from the university, told the graduation class of 2026 to "extend social justice" and honor "nature’s authority."

Revolutionizing Education
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Just the News
Melania Trump's Vision for AI-Driven Learning. John Solomon highlights First Lady Melania Trump's initiative to integrate responsible, non-woke AI education in American schools, showcasing an exciting experiment in Boca Raton, Florida, led by the philanthropic pop star Pitbull. This episode delves into how these charter schools are utilizing AI-driven software to allow students to interact with historical figures like George Washington and Amelia Earhart, fundamentally changing the way history is taught.

Anne O. Krueger
Topic: Individualist Feminism
Source: Econlib
As an American economist studying international trade and protectionism, Anne Krueger had her own method: she traveled to poorer countries to talk, not just to government officials, but also to businesspeople in those countries. She also often asked to see the businesses’ books, not just the books that they prepared for the government and the books they showed the public, but also the third set of books, which were the ones they used to operate their businesses. Krueger was quite successful at getting the businesses to cooperate.

Sydney Sweeney’s OnlyFans 'Euphoria' story line
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: The Post Millennial
slammed by 'sex workers' for 'perpetuating stereotypes'. “And there’s always this untrue stigma that somehow sex work is synonymous with sex trafficking and abuse." She is seen wearing a number of outfits for her digital screen appearances, including a dog outfit with a collar and leash, and a baby outfit with pigtails and a rattle in her mouth. The portrayal has upset some actual OnlyFans creators, who argue the content misrepresents how the industry works.