What can one say after that surprisingly thrilling World Cup final? A great champion, Argentina's Messi -- who lost in 2014 -- has achieved his goal, while passing the torch to the only man to score more goals, France's Mbappe.
Well -- now, perhaps, Argentina can tackle inflation, which the country's labor minister said it would not do until after the country won the World Cup. Maybe things can finally turn around in that country -- and in ours? Who knows.
One thing is for sure: we are facing a crisis at the border, with the imminent end of Title 42, the only enforcement mechanism the Biden administration hadn't canceled. Amazingly, the media are blaming Republicans for the crisis.
We'll discuss the border, and some troubling news about suicide, but we'll also leave room for happiness and celebration -- discussing a new book about Sesame Street in Russia, and enjoying a live lighting of the Chanukah menorah.
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- John Binder - Breitbart News immigration reporter (and fashion consultant)
- Natasha Rogoff - television producer and author of "Muppets in Moscow"
- John Wordin - CEO of LifeScore, on preventing veteran suicides
- Brandon Darby - Breitbart Texas editor and chief border reporter
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The story of Noah is familiar; the details, less so.
Noah is often seen as an ambivalent figure. He was righteous -- but only for his generation. What was his deficiency?
One answer suggests itself: knowing that the world was about to be flooded, he built an Ark for the animals and for his own family -- but did not try to save anyone else or to convince them to repent and change their ways (the prophet Jonah, later, would share that reluctance).
Abraham, later, would set himself apart by arguing with God -- with the Lord Himself! -- against the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, saying that they should be saved if there were enough righteous people to be found (there were not).
Still, Noah was good enough -- and sometimes, that really is sufficient to save the world. We don't need heroes every time -- just ordinary decency.
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An interesting weekend -- one of the last of Daylight Savings Time -- in which there is much to celebrate, much to contemplate, and a bit to worry about.
The Gaza peace deal is shaky, but holding, after the living hostages returned; the shutdown is still going on, with no end in sight; the China trade war is heating up; and the confrontation with Venezuela continues to escalate.
The "No Kings" protest was a dud, despite the media's attempt to inflate it. What I find fascinating is that the Democrats have basically stolen the rhetoric and the imagery of the Tea Party protests, circa 2009. They claim they are defending the Constitution -- just like the Tea Party did.
On the one hand, this is good. How wonderful to have a political system in which both sides, bitterly opposed though they are, articulate differences through the Constitution -- and not, as in so many other countries, outside it.
On the other, this is sheer hypocrisy for the Democrats. Not only did they malign the Tea Party as ...
