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‘TRISO’: Fueling America’s nuclear future

The Following Content Has Been Provided by:RealClearWire Most U.S. nuclear power plants are fueled by uranium oxide (urania), which has a sufficiently high fissile density, exhibited good stability, and effectively retained fission products. Urania is also highly resistant to radiation damage, though it does suffer from being harder to extract energy because of its relatively […]

‘Escalation’: Choke points of collapse now in play for Venezuelan chief

The Following Content Has Been Provided by:RealClearWire Three U.S. warships, a nuclear submarine, and a Marine detachment are sliding into the Caribbean. By themselves they cannot bring down Nicolas Maduro, but they can blockade ports, choke resupply, and cripple the refineries and substations that keep his state on life support. This is not mere signaling; […]

Government efficiency: IRS computers left ‘inoperable’ after repair contract executed

The Following Content Has Been Provided by:RealClearWire Topline: A contractor that received $1.5 million from the Internal Revenue Service for computer maintenance left some computers unusable for over a year, according to an Aug. 8 report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Key facts: The IRS has 100 computer terminals located around the […]

‘Treat all people equally’: Lawsuit prompts city to abandon race requirements for commission

The Following Content Has Been Provided by:Bob Unruh Asheville, N.C., City Hall A lawsuit has prompted officials in Asheville, North Carolina, to abandon their race requirements for city commission appointments. A report from the Pacific Legal Foundation said the city council has voted to eliminate “race-based membership preferences” for its Human Relations Commission. The change […]

Cease-and-desist: Texas delivers demands to groups shipping deadly abortion pills into state

The Following Content Has Been Provided by:WND Staff Texas authorities have delivered cease-and-desist letters to groups and organizations that are shipping the deadly abortion pills into the state. A report at Live Action News explains the letters are from the office of Attorney General Ken Paxton, and targeted three “radical organizations.” The state demands include […]

The useless consultant class

The Following Content Has Been Provided by:Laura Hollis The Cracker Barrel chain of restaurants has backed off the disastrous plan they had to revamp their classic logo, which had featured an elderly white man in overalls (“Old Timer” or “Uncle Herschel”) leaning on a barrel. The new logo was a bland shape in the same […]

‘Appalled’: Longtime Dem donor gives money to black GOP candidate after racist attack

The Following Content Has Been Provided by:Daily Caller News Foundation Winsome Sears addresses supporters in Chantilly, Virginia, Nov. 3, 2021. (Video screenshot) A longtime Democratic donor publicly displayed his support for Republican Virginia gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign following a racist attack on the black GOP candidate during a protest outside a school board meeting […]

Civics revolution: Conservatives revive traditional education with a modern twist

The Following Content Has Been Provided by:RealClearWire U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The classroom subject of “civics” evokes antiquated images of Cold War-era conformity, but Andrew Hart describes a recent teacher workshop on civics with a schoolboy’s exuberance: “It was really refreshing. I was, like, wow.” The weeklong seminar at the Museum of the American […]