Executive aggrandizement vs. women’s sports

April 19, 2023

By Rich Lowry King’s Features Syndicate Decades from now, when scholars are debating how the executive branch jumped the rails of any legislative accountability or rational rules, the new Biden administration Title IX edict should be the prime exhibit. It is a sweeping expansion of regulatory power, not in the service of the original goal of the underlying statue, but in opposition to it. This is brazen even for the Biden administration of the student loan forgiveness program and the rent moratorium. The new draft rule forbids blanket bans on transgender athletes competing in ...

Things that make you go hmmm

April 17, 2023

My fellow Generation Xers might remember the popular dance band with the hit, “Things That Make You Go Hmmm ….” The song’s well-known lyric plays in my head every now and then when I see something that makes me think, “Did that really just happen?” Like the trash-talkers at a sporting event where their team pulls off a big scoring play, and their fans flash the No. 1 sign. Huh? Do you see you’re still down 35 points in the fourth quarter … look at the scoreboard. If you’re driving along and someone pulls out and cuts you off. You slam on your brakes as they speed ...

I hope you dance — It’s National Dance Week!

April 15, 2023

The week of April 14 through April 23 has been designated as National Dance Week. This is a week set aside to celebrate the joy of dancing. Dancing is something that I love doing but am not necessarily very good at. Just picture Elaine from Seinfeld if you will or perhaps Wednesday Adams at the prom in the new Netflix series (Wednesday from the Adams Family). I am sure my children would concur. I have no doubt they were mortified at each of their weddings as they watched their mother on the dance floor moving about with reckless abandon. During the mother and son dances, however, ...

How to weather spring storms

April 10, 2023

By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp Creators Syndicate Spring storm season is here, and storms are definitely wreaking havoc. Last month my son’s school was canceled due to severe weather. Though I’m accustomed to snow days, it was the first time I’ve ever experienced a “storm day.” Storms are not only worrisome because of the damage they cause, but also because many city sewer systems are not capable of handling the excess water. About 40 million people in 32 states live in cities that have what’s called combined sewer systems, meaning they collect rainwater runoff, domestic ...

Do you have a goal for ’23? Go for it!

April 6, 2023

When I was younger, I was always active. As I grew older, I continued to be busy, but did fewer aerobic type sports or activities. I walked a fair amount in the summer and would play sports with my husband and son. In the winter, I would walk on the treadmill some, but at that point, our treadmill was in the basement and, sometimes the thought of the cold basement was enough to keep me from walking regularly. Unbeknownst to me, I have a heart condition where the main valve blocks very easily. My numbers, the ones that cardiologists monitor, were in a good range. I had some symptoms, ...

The left never wages ‘culture wars’?

April 3, 2023

Everyone who normally or occasionally votes Republican knows that any candidate the GOP chooses as the 2024 nominee for president is going to be treated by the media as either an extremist or as beholden to extremists. No one has to wait for this to happen to potential candidate Ron DeSantis. We’ve already witnessed our “objective” press malign him for backing what the Left calls the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which prohibited lessons in gender fluidity or sexual orientation from kindergarten to third grade. The press has greeted this as “controversial,” but if public ...