Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and the Fight to Contain Radical Islam

<![CDATA[Greets! Welcome to Sunday, May 3, 2026. Today is also National Lemonade Day, National Chocolate Custard Day, National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day, International Wild Koala Day (with apologies to Tim Conway), and Sun Day (my, that’s clever).Today in History:1374 BC: A solar eclipse lasting 2 minutes, 7 seconds is seen at Ugarit by Mesopotamian astronomers.1621: After confessing to corruption, Lord Chancellor of England Francis Bacon is sentenced to imprisonment in the Tower of London, fined £40,000, and banished from court, Parliament, and public office.1715: Edmond Halley observes the total eclipse phenomenon known as “Baily’s Beads.”1765: The first North American medical school is established at the College of Philadelphia.1802: Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.1830: The first regular steam train passenger service in the U.S. begins in South Carolina, using the locomotive The Best Friend of Charleston.1915: Canadian poet and physician John McCrae writes “In Flanders Fields” at Ypres on the Western Front.1936: Joe DiMaggio makes his Major League debut with the New York Yankees, recording three hits.1937: Margaret Mitchell wins the Pulitzer Prize for Gone with the Wind.1944: Going My Way, directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby, premieres (wins Best Picture in 1945).1954: Pulitzer Prizes are awarded to Charles Lindbergh for his biography The Spirit of St. Louis.1958: WINS suspends disc jockey Alan Freed after he is charged with inciting a riot at a Boston concert; he quits, and the charges are later dropped.Birthdays Today Include: Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian statesman and author (The Prince); Emmett Dalton, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang); Beulah Bondi, character actress (It’s a Wonderful Life; Of Human Hearts); Dodie Smith, novelist and playwright (101 Dalmatians); Golda Meir, Israeli teacher, stateswoman and 4th prime minister of Israel (1969–74), known as the “Iron Lady” of Israeli politics; Hugo Friedhofer, American cellist, orchestrator and Academy Award-winning film composer (The Best Years of Our Lives; An Affair to Remember); Bing Crosby, singer (“White Christmas,” “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy”) and actor (Going My Way); Mary Astor, actress (The Maltese Falcon); Pete Seeger, folk singer (The Weavers – “Goodnight Irene”) and activist; Joe Ames, singer and actor (The Ames Brothers Show); Sugar Ray Robinson, boxer (world welterweight champion 1946–51; middleweight champion 1951–52, 1955, 1958); James Brown, R&B, gospel, soul and funk singer-songwriter known as “The Godfather of Soul”; Frankie Valli, singer (The Four Seasons – “Sherry”); Ron Popeil, inventor and TV personality who popularized the phrase “But wait, there’s more!”; Mary Hopkin, singer (“Those Were the Days”; “Goodbye”); Bruce Hall, American rock bassist (REO Speedwagon); Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corporation; David Ball, English synth-pop keyboardist (Soft Cell – “Tainted Love”); and Joe Murray, cartoonist (Rocko’s Modern Life).]]>