Thanks for joining us to discuss biblical teachings on wine and other alcoholic beverages. The first time I became aware of alcohol was at age four. My father had inherited Kahn’s Market from his father, a meat-and-liquor store in South Boston, which was then predominantly Irish. My family lived in Needham, a Boston suburb, and among my earliest memories are of the time after preschool, when my mother would take me to her job at the family market. I remember sitting on the long, wide counter, chatting with the customers, mostly disheveled-looking working men who smelled of alcohol. At closing,…
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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New details have emerged suggesting that Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner may not have been truthful about when he learned that a tattoo on his chest was linked to Nazism.Platner is now struggling to explain why a former girlfriend appeared to recognize the tattoo’s meaning before he claims to have learned its significance himself. The controversy resurfaced Thursday after Platner addressed the issue during an interview on MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes, the same day The New York Times published a report detailing allegations from three of Platner’s ex-girlfriends. One of those women is Lindsey…
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Jennifer Lopez, the infamous anti-Trump singer, sparked backlash from both the right and the left after saying in an interview that being a “real New Yorker” requires being born in the city.The comments were made during an appearance on Subway Takes, a comedy talk show in which host Kareem Rahma interviews people on the New York City subway. In the interview, Lopez said her “take” was that birthplace determines identity as a New Yorker. “Yes! Yes! I know everybody wants to claim the city. Everybody wants to claim our city, but you have to be born in…
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The White House pushed back Friday on reporting from several outlets claiming that Israel’s aggressive spying on U.S. officials has raised concerns within the Trump administration’s intelligence community.Israel has long been accused of conducting intelligence operations targeting the U.S. However, recent reporting suggested that those activities have intensified, particularly as President Donald Trump conducts peace negotiations with Iran. NBC News and The New York Times were the first entities to report on the concerns, citing two unnamed current U.S. officials and one unnamed former U.S. official. Among the individuals reportedly targeted were Trump peace envoy Steve Witkoff, Pentagon…
There is nothing covert about what is happening to Christians in Nigeria. The men carrying out these attacks are not hiding their intentions. They are broadcasting them. Survivors report that Islamist Fulani militants tell them directly, as they burn their homes and cut down their neighbors: “We will destroy all Christians.” That is not the language of a land dispute or a tribal conflict, no matter how many times the Nigerian government has tried to frame it that way. That is a religious extermination campaign, and it is being carried out in the open, with near-total impunity, while most of…
(Headline USA) Gunfire erupted Saturday near a busy street festival in Ohio, wounding at least 12 people and sending some eventgoers scrambling for cover while others rushed to help the victims.No suspects were in custody hours afterward, Toledo Deputy Police Chief Joe Heffernan said, and officials urged people who were at the festival to come forward with any photos or videos on their phones for possible leads. The shooting happened near the Old West End Festival, an annual gathering of live music and home tours. DOZENS of SHOTS fired at Ohio fest Crowds FLEE in panic as gunfire erupts Shaky footage…
A series of shooting attacks near the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday left one person dead and at least five others wounded, prompting a large-scale security response by Israeli authorities, according to an AP News report. Israeli emergency officials said the violence unfolded across multiple locations, beginning with reports of gunfire at a gas station near Kokhav Yair, a community situated along the boundary with the West Bank. Additional shootings were reported shortly afterward in nearby towns and near an Israeli settlement inside the territory.
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Andrew is not laughing anymore Another week, another Andrew scandal. After the veritable deluge of compromising information against disgraced British former prince Andrew contained in the US DOJ release of the ‘Epstein files’, the hits keep on coming for ‘Randy Andy’. It was later revealed that Andrew lived for free on the Royal Lodge mansion, paying ‘one peppercorn a year’ – but recent disclosures show he was profiting from subletting cottages in the property. A new report reveals Andrew charged rent on Royal Lodge cottages despite paying a “peppercorn” rent himself, while Beatrice and Eugenie lived in royal palaces at…
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Sunday, June 07, 2026A cross is captured through some ornamental railings in the Fort Kochi area in the state of Kerala in South India. | Getty ImagesThroughout the extensive history of the Church, numerous events of lasting significance have occurred.Each week marks anniversaries of milestones, tragedies, triumphs, notable births and deaths.Some events, spanning more than 2,000 years of history, might be familiar, while others may be unknown to many.The following pages highlight anniversaries of memorable events from this week in Christian history, including the final sermon of Charles Spurgeon, the founding of the United Church of…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech When a star explodes, it typically leaves behind some sort of remnant: an exposed, ultra-dense core, for example, or even a black hole. But one massive star, hundreds of times heavier than our Sun, self-destructed so catastrophically that it left behind no remnant whatsoever, astronomers report in a new study awaiting peer review and highlighted by Phys.org First detected in 2023 in a dwarf galaxy some 1.3 billion light years away, the blast is now believed to be an elusive class of explosion…
If you are wondering why Democrats are willing to stick with a depraved candidate in Maine, who President Trump calls a “basket case,” it is because it is communism, not socialism, above all else. Graham Platner, the U.S. Senate candidate in Maine, was clearly a Nazi-turned-communist. They know full well that they are pushing communism. And Bernie Sanders, who endorsed this candidate, is a communist, not a democratic socialist. There is no such thing as a democratic socialist, as Karl Marx said. Watch the Savage clip below. Socialism. Above everything else. https://t.co/hjDhPvvXeF — Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) June 6, 2026 [embedded…
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With Maine’s U.S. Senate Primary slated for next Tuesday, the liberal, elite media are doing all they can to limit the damage caused by the drip, drip, drip of revelations against Democrat Graham Platner, who was accused by three women in a Thursday New York Times story of volatile and “toxic” relationships that were unsettling and at times emotionally wrenching. On Friday’s edition of the Fox News Channel’s The Five, liberal Jessica Tarlov went to the mat for Platner’s chances in November. Kayleigh McEnany provided the background and then threw it to Tarlov, who proceeded to imply that unless you are in Maine, you…
The context and details of the Nowak murder case continue highlighting what cultural Marxism does in policing when combined with aggressive Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) demands. The British publication Sunday Times (paywall) is now reporting that three days after the trial of Vickrum Digwa began; as the police began facing scrutiny and needed to get out in front of the massive public outrage that was coming toward them; the police wanted to produce a statement telling the public Nowak’s death wasn’t really their fault, they were trained to believe the voices of racial minorities over the voices of white…
An Eli Lilly office in San Diego on Sept. 17, 2020. Mike Blake/ReutersINDIANAPOLIS—The nation’s largest pharmaceutical company and biggest hospitals are headed for a showdown over federally mandated drug discounts on June 8. That’s the deadline set by Eli Lilly for the hospitals to provide claims data, not including personal information, to demonstrate that they are not double-dipping on federal discounts and rebates. Lilly will end the discounts for hospitals that do not comply by the deadline. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The idea of sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere to combat climate change might be a necessary intervention, but it always sounded like a longshot. Unfortunately, it seems like the strategy is already hitting a wall. A new report published this week found that ongoing carbon dioxide removal (CDR) efforts are barely putting a dent in the fight against global warming — and that for them to start making an impact, they would need to be scaled up at a rate that rivals…
The police force involved in the death of Henry Nowak sought to falsely cast the British teenager as the aggressor in the incident that led to his killing before seeking to intervene to lecture the public about “disinformation”, a report from the Times of London has claimed. The Hampshire police force has come under heavy criticism for the response of its officers during the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak on December of last year by 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa with a traditional Sikh knife. Bodycam footage released earlier this week showed an officer handcuffing the teen as he pleaded that he…
It all seems like a bad dream now. Well, actually more like a nightmare. It was 2020, and the nation was reeling from the death of George Floyd. Everywhere you looked, an outraged individual wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt was present. Angry leftists, under the guise of combatting racial injustice, began to pick away at American history by toppling statues across the country, resulting in hundreds of sculptures being either defaced or pulled down by incensed mobs. Enter President Donald Trump and Executive Order 13934. The EO calls for the statuary to be returned to public viewing. He pointed…
America’s 250th birthday is right around the corner. And what better way to celebrate than the highly anticipated Great American State Fair on the National Mall, featuring state-themed pavilions, exhibits, performances, and traditional fair attractions? Well, according to some – including nearly all of the artists initially scheduled to perform – just about anything. As such, what was intended to be a patriotic semiquincentennial celebration to unite America has devolved into controversy. 250th Birthday Blues Freedom 250, the group behind the National Mall event, recently announced a concert lineup that took many by surprise. Instead of today’s top performers, the…
California ballot counting will continue until the key republicans in each race are pushed into 3rd place. That’s when ballot counting will conclude. At a certain point, the pretending gets ridiculous. This X message from the First Asst U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of California is a case study in pretending not to know things. [SOURCE] Former Attorney General Eric Holder was hired by California govt to advise on the election changes created by linking DMV database to Secretary of State database. The tech team that wrote the code to link the DMV and SOS were given specific instructions.…
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) went from being on the attack to being flipped to the defensive during a budget hearing on June 3, 2026, when, as he was tossing around accusations of the Trump administration’s “corrupt” dealings, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent started bringing up his son’s investments, which wasn’t something the senator was expecting. “We would like to hear what Adam Wyden and Jeffrey Epstein talked about,” Bessent said, making a reference to emails drawing a connection between Wyden’s son and the now-deceased convicted billionaire sex trafficker and pedophile. “Did your son and Jeffrey Epstein talk about pole dancing as…
Liberals are now calling for a boycott of firefighters in West Virginia, claiming that they assisted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in detaining eight men who were in the United States illegally, making calls for the department to be defunded, despite the critical services they provide to the local community. The fire department was called in to help authorities get the men down from a roof located in Hurricane. A news release put out by the State Police said that troopers and ICE officers conducted a traffic stop of a red 2024 Ford F-250 near Sleepy Hollow Drive and Oakmont…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tossed another block in the path for the Republican-led reconciliation bill on June 1, 2026, calling on his Democratic colleagues to derail the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund designed to help those who have been victims of federal lawfare. The fund could pay folks who have alleged the legal system was “weaponized” against them, which has caused significant concern among lawmakers from both parties. Schumer stated in a letter he authored that Democrats will put together a coordinated effort to “shut the fund down” and force the GOP to take a vote on it. “This week,…
Legendary former University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban gave testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 3, 2026, concerning the “Protect College Sports Act,” a new piece of legislation designed to solve issues with name, image, and likeness practices in college sports. “If you had the biggest, baddest Ferrari that you could ever have going 150 miles per hour toward the Grand Canyon, someone needs to tap the brakes,” Saban stated during his testimony. The popular coach shared his concerns about the current NIL landscape, saying, “We’ve moved away from development to focusing on…
Democratic New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver blew her top on June 3, 2026 over the fact that, according to her, the Department of Homeland Security is not tossing enough white illegal aliens behind bars or booting them out of the country. McIver went on to lob accusations at DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin of being a racist because every illegal alien that has been detained at Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey is non-white. What McIver failed to mention in her rant is that data shows that over 80% of illegal immigrants in the country are non-white.…
In very unsurprising news out of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), Las Vegas Aces forward Brianna Turner, who also serves as the Treasurer of the WNBA Players Association, announced that she is boycotting the “America 250” patches that have been designed to celebrate 250 years of American independence, and urged the entire league to do the same and drop the patches. Doing so, Turner cited issues like “slavery” and “women’s rights” as the reasons why she is refusing to celebrate America and American independence on this incredible milestone of a national holiday, echoing leftist talking points like those made…
A reporter with NBC News quickly yanked her microphone away from a supporter of GOP Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt after the individual began to discuss, in great detail, what he saw happening in the city under the leadership of current Democrat Mayor Karen Bass. The incident occurred during the network’s coverage of Tuesday’s primary elections. NBC reporter Liz Kreutz took an opportunity to interview a group of Pratt’s supporters about the chances of the former reality television star making it into the November 2026 runoff race and asked them what about his campaign resonated with them. She got…
Soon to be retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi totally lost her mind on Thursday, June 4, when pressed by Lindell TV reporter Alison Steinberg about allegations of her involvement with the poor governmental response to January 6, with the congresswoman berating the reporter repeatedly for “spouting untruths” about that day. The moment came when Steinberg found and approached the former Speaker of the House, who has been in Congress for about four decades, on Capitol Hill, and approached her to ask about the days’ events on January 6 and her alleged involvement in blocking the National Guard from intervening. Pelosi freaking…
Posting on Facebook, leftist North Carolina lawmaker Terence Everitt, who was once banished to an office in a basement supply closet during his feud with the then-Speaker of the House, announced that he has decided to resign from office. He will instead be focusing on running a leftist non-profit in the state. For reference, the supply closet situation occurred in 2023, when Everitt pressed the Wake County district attorney to investigate the then-Speaker of the House, a Republican named Tim Moore. Everitt insisted an investigation was necessary because of the Speaker’s affair with a state employee. In the wake of…
Fans weighed in and were not at all unhappy. Those who do not care for sponsored sports beyond the Pee-Wee league had a moment of hope. More spending on schools, parks, and healthcare after seeing the Obama Presidential Library – well, yeah. A lot of that money will be spent in Indiana. Imagine being the governor who lost the Chicago Bears. In Rockton, IL, Mike Spera offered: “He didn’t lose them. I think he ate them.” There was a lot of noise from the skinny jeans crowd, who cried at first and then went verbally homicidal. One poor schlub asked…
At least 12 people were wounded by gunfire Saturday as multiple shots rang out near a busy street festival in Ohio, leaving eventgoers scrambling for cover while others rushed to help the victims. The victims’ ages ranged from 16 to 61. AP reports no suspects were in custody in the hours that followed the 5:30PM exchange of fire, Toledo Deputy Police Chief Joe Heffernan said. Officials urged anyone at the festival to step forward with any photos or videos on their phones for possible leads as the hunt for the perpetrators goes on. The shooting happened near the Old West…
A hiring sign at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City shopping mall in Arlington, Va., on Jan 3, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesTotal U.S. bankruptcy filings, which include filings made by both businesses and individuals, rose by 7 percent in May on a year-to-year basis. Individual bankruptcy filings rose by 8 percent during the one-year period. While overall commercial filings were down marginally by 0.1 percent, bankruptcy filings made by small businesses jumped 36 percent, according to a June 5 statement from the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI).We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech An Airbnb host is accusing a San Francisco robotics startup of trashing his precious pad while secretly using it to test prototype robots. In a lawsuit filed late last month and first reported by SFGate, the host, Sean Donovan, said that workers from The Bot Company booked his childhood home that he was renting out under “false pretenses” and left it in a wretched state, with damage found on everything from the paint to the floors to his antique furniture. This purportedly wasn’t…
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TERRA CEIA, Fla.—Lifelong citrus farmer Sidney Tillett cut a path through a grove that has endured in his family for four generations, stopping his SUV between two rows of trees. On one side was a long plot of lush green saplings, covered with protective mesh bags tied to stakes in the ground. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.
The Kaktovik Lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are seen in Kaktovik, Alaska, on Oct. 15, 2024. Lindsey Wasson/AP PhotoThe Bureau of Land Management held an oil and gas lease sale Friday for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, resulting in five leases and generating $3.74 million. According to the agency, two companies submitted bids on five tracts covering 72,049 acres. The Bureau of Land Management had offered 58 tracts encompassing approximately 688,829 acres for bidding during the sale. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript…
CNN’s biased man-in-the-street interviews strike again. Last month, the network cherry-picked two Texas Republicans who said they wouldn’t vote for Ken Paxton in the general election, including one who said he’d “absolutely” vote for James Talarico. It was then fair to ask how many actual Paxton supporters they interviewed before settling on just those two. It was more of the same on Saturday’s CNN This Morning: Weekend. Reporter Danny Freeman hit the streets in Maine ahead of Tuesday’s primary. There are over 386,000 registered Democrats in Maine. But Freeman couldn’t find — or CNN chose not to air — a single one…
Much of the civilized world and all civilized people are reeling in righteous anger at the murder of Henry Nowak, the 18-year-old British college student who was by all accounts a kind, good, hardworking young man with a bright future and who was savagely and senselessly stabbed by Vickrum Digwa, a Sikh Indian who falsely accused Nowak of a racist attack. On December 3, 2025, Digwa stabbed Nowak five times, two stab wounds to the back of his legs, one wound to his face, and a fatal stab wound to his chest that pierced his heart. As he lay dying,…
Thomas Massie’s primary loss in Kentucky was not simply the defeat of an incumbent congressman, although Washington will certainly try to file it away that neatly because the permanent class loves nothing more than turning earthquakes into paperwork. Ed Gallrein defeated Massie 57,822 to 47,539, roughly 55 percent to 45 percent, after Donald Trump put his full weight behind Gallrein and outside groups turned a congressional primary into a national loyalty test. The race became the most expensive U.S. House primary in history, with massive spending from Trump-aligned forces, the Republican Jewish Coalition, and AIPAC’s United Democracy Project, among others, aimed at removing one of…
What is your favorite bit of Orwellian Newspeak? Near the top of my list is “affirmative action.” It’s such an emollient phrase, so redolent of cheeriness (savor the word “affirmative”) and practicality (“action”). What it really means is “discrimination on the basis of sex, skin color, or some other item in the contemporary lexicon of victimology.” But you can—almost—forget that while the pleasing phrase “affirmative action” echoes in your recollection. Given the efforts of the Trump administration to end that bureaucratic hypostasis of affirmative action that travels under the acronym “DEI,” I thought I would take a moment to step back and reflect…
South Korea’s hard-Left regime is preventing former U.S. Ambassador Morse Tan from leaving the country. He is there as part of an election monitoring team. He has criticized election irregularities and the communist tendencies of the current government, and as a result, he is subject to a travel ban. This is scandalous behavior from an American treaty ally. It is a direct insult and challenge to President Trump and must be dealt with sharply by the American government. Bad things happen while Washington’s attention is diverted. While Washington is fighting to preserve American security by eliminating threats from Iran, Venezuela,…
Friday on HBO’s “Real Time,” former Vice President Mike Pence said anyone who assaulted police officers or vandalized government “should never get a dime.” Host Bill Maher asked, “OK, so, I mean, it seems like we could, so many of these things we could come to some agreement with the middle, like January 6, like, Trump, pardon everybody. Could we say that, yes, some people were there just for reasons of who knows, they weren’t exactly tourists, but they weren’t t having horrible intent. Other people? Can we say some bad people were here, like the ones who wanted to hang…
By Jennifer Spivey, Op-ed contributor Sunday, June 07, 2026iStock/Mykola Pokhodzhay“Targets 100% of daily pollution.” That phrase caught my eye, but not for the reason the marketing team probably intended. I paused and thought, “That phrase actually means nothing.”Sure, it targets 100% — but does it actually hit 100%? “Targeting” doesn’t guarantee success.I thought about that phrase throughout the morning. Later, as I tossed a load of laundry into the washer, I realized that I don’t even question whether the clothes will come out clean. I trust that the detergent will do its job. I don’t second-guess the rinse cycle. I…
By Richard Kannwischer, Op-ed contributor Sunday, June 07, 2026iStock/Andrii LysenkoFather’s Day is a complicated holiday.For some, it is a day of gratitude and celebration. For others, it carries disappointment, grief, or unanswered questions. Some were blessed with fathers who showed up faithfully. But many have only known absence, distance or loss. Yet the very complexity of the day points to something important: fathers’ matter.We know this, even when our culture seems uncertain about why. Conversations about fatherhood tend to focus on what fathers do: provide, protect, teach, coach and support. Don’t get me wrong, those things matter but they don’t…
In the wake of the nation’s first ban of AI “nudification” apps passed in Minnesota, Pennsylvania legislators are working hard to keep up with their own bill that will address the harmful and rapidly developing deep fake technology.While the commonwealth has already seen several bills introduced to protect individuals from the harmful uses of AI, including misleading AI chat interactions, legislation concerning apps that can undress individuals from a single photo have yet to be made. Republican Sen. Tracy Pennycuick, R-Red Hill, is proposing a bill that would see that distribution of “nudification” apps completely banned. “I do not believe…
Florida has seen record-breaking human trafficking enforcement over the last year with a 32% increase in individuals convicted in human trafficking cases, according to Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office.Notable cases included a 120-year sentence in Hillsborough County for Marquett James and a life sentence in Palm Beach County for Rual Brown for trafficking children. “With over 1,600 child predators and human traffickers arrested since February of last year, we are setting records that should keep the bad guys up at night,” said Uthmeier. “It’s an honor to partner with law enforcement, prosecutors, and private-sector businesses across Florida to educate the…
Another damning ballot dump in the rigged Los Angeles mayor race put Democratic City Councilwoman within striking distance of Spencer Pratt, now trailing by just 1% with nearly 200,000 ballots remaining to be counted. They’re counting ballots that came in after election day! Who could trust these results? Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has already been projected to advance to the November runoff. The top two candidates will advance if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote. After the Saturday results came in, Pratt now leads by just 7,494 votes, roughly 1.1% of the total ballots counted. The…
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By Sam Eaton, Op-ed contributor Sunday, June 07, 2026Unsplash/Jakob OwensThere was a season of my life when I sat in church feeling like I was living two different lives.On the outside, I looked fine. I showed up early. I knew the songs. I bowed my head at the right moments. If anyone asked how I was doing, I said I was good without thinking about it.But inside, something felt wrong. It was not loud or dramatic. It was quieter than that. A heaviness followed me home, sat with me in the car, and waited for me when I turned the…