The response on the left to Wednesday’s horrific mass-shooting in Minnesota of children at prayer by what appears to be a deranged trans “woman” has been to mock grieving survivors and supporters who are now praying for the victims’ souls. Elle Purnell at The Federalist offers a lesson in the meaning, purpose and value of prayer, one that elementary-school children can easily grasp but not, it seems, leading American politicians and media personalities.
Toppling a Communist Empire for $2.7 Million
Though widely thought of as focused on waterboarding terrorists or poisoning foreign potentates, it was by smuggling paper that the CIA achieved its most monumental triumph. R.M. Gerecht in a book review for The Washington Free Beacon charts how the late Cold War-era operation to flood Poland with Western books, magazines, printing supplies and audio recordings fatally weakened the country’s Communist dictatorship, setting the stage for the downfall of the entire Soviet empire. Total cost: US$2.7 million.