Peter Brookes

Gov. Gavin Newsom has recently taken to boasting that California is a true bastion of freedom, unlike Republican states. So, what freedoms do Californians enjoy that they should be so proud of are protected by state Democrats? How about the freedom to solicit "sex work" outside a grade school? Local news outlets in East Oakland have captured videos showing young women, suspected to be prostitutes, soliciting work right across the street from a Catholic grade school.

Good news for schools grappling with transgender bathroom issues. In a Dec. 30 7-4 decision , the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that in a case involving a transgender student and the school board of St. Johns County, Florida, separating use of male and female bathrooms in public schools based on students' biological sex does not violate the Equal Protection Clause or Title IX.

Please don’t get starry-eyed over North Korea’s latest “charm offensive.” When I say charm offensive, I mean press reports out of South Korea that in meetings with North Korea, Pyongyang offered up some fantastical initiatives to possibly reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula. For instance, Seoul and Pyongyang confirm that they will hold a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, next month. It’d be their first meeting. Wait, it gets better.