Seven people were shot, one of them fatally, when multiple gunmen exited their vehicles shortly after noon Sunday and began shooting in the Chicago neighborhood of Humboldt Park.

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THE WASHINGTON STAND—More young men in America are remaining single than ever before, with the rate almost doubling over the last quarter century, according to concerning new data released earlier this week.

Statistics compiled by the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) revealed that there were 30.4 million single men aged 18 to 39 in 2025 in the U.S., amounting to almost 10 million more bachelors than there were in 2000 (20.7 million). IFS further estimated that there were 15 million more single men than husbands in this age group in 2025. In 2000, there was only a 2.6 million difference.

This rise in male singleness has translated to fewer married men. Over the last 25 years, the number of wedded men has plunged from 18.1 million to 15.4 million, a 15% drop.

Experts say the sinking numbers are extremely troubling for the future prospects of the country in a host of ways. Sociologists like IFS Fellow Brad Wilcox point out that single men are “more likely to be lonely, prone to deaths of despair and unhappy,” adding that “it’s never good for a society to have large numbers of unattached, dispirited and unhappy young men.” Data shows that unhappiness is rising among single men, from 16% in 1980 to 23% in 2020. Comparatively, the rate of unhappiness among married men has stayed steady, hovering between 8-7% over the same time span.

A large part of this is likely due to the fact that the number of men attending college and remaining in the job force are dropping. Data from 2024 showed that one million fewer men were in college compared to 2011. As for employment, Gen Z men aged 16-24 are particularly exiting the labor market, with data from July showing a 13% drop compared to numbers from 2000. This has led to many young men being less likely to attract a spouse through stable employment, owning a car, and other signs of financial steadiness.

High rates of male unemployment are closely tied to the decline in recent years of high-paying blue-collar jobs in the manufacturing sector, which are traditionally dominated by men. Over the last four years, job openings in manufacturing have nosedived, causing many men to settle for low-paying gig jobs or exit the workforce altogether.

Donna Turner, an educational psychologist in Indiana, told The Washington Times that economic instability is “playing a major role” in why so many men are remaining single. “When wages are unstable, and housing feels out of reach, many men feel they cannot qualify as husbands. Women are understandably reluctant to tie their futures to economic precarity.”

Economists say that a significant factor in seeing a revival in marriage and birth rates will depend on working-class men recovering financial stability. This can be encouraged through more public investment in skilled trades, experts say. “Not every young man needs to go for a four-year college degree,” Siri Terjesen, an associate business dean at Florida Atlantic University, emphasized. “America can make investments in apprenticeship and skilled trades programs that will lead to good economic outcomes.”

Another crucial factor in rejuvenating marriage among young men will also likely hinge on their increasing religiosity in recent years. In April, Gallup reported a sharp rise in men aged 18-29 who reported that religion was “very important” to them, climbing from 28% in 2022 to 42% in 2025. Data shows that religious men marry at higher rates than non-religious men.

Still, experts like David Closson, who serves as director of the Center for Biblical Worldview at Family Research Council, say that a turnaround in the prospects for men will depend on deep cultural renewal centered on biblical principles.

“At the deepest level, the rise in single men reflects a culture that has rejected God’s design for marriage, sex, and family,” he told The Washington Stand. “Scripture presents marriage as a good gift from God and calls men to mature into sacrificial responsibility, becoming the kind of husbands who love, provide for, and lead their families faithfully. Our culture has increasingly detached sex from covenant, delayed adulthood, and taught men to prioritize autonomy over obligation, all of which work against marriage.”

Closson added that churches will serve a central role in renewing a culture of marriage and discipling single men. “The most important thing churches can do is recover a robust biblical vision of manhood and marriage and intentionally disciple young men toward holiness, courage, work, self-denial, and readiness for family life. Churches should not idolize marriage, but they should once again speak clearly about it as a normative and deeply good calling for most Christians.”

Originally published by The Washington Stand.

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A Donald Trump-appointed judge blocked the mail-in ballot rule issued by the U.S. Postal Service last month, asserting the USPS likely exceeded its authority.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols of the District of Columbia issued an opinion late Sunday night that found the Postal Service rule would “exceed any conception of the outer bounds” of the agency’s authority, and that it does not have a role in elections.

“Less than three weeks ago, the United States Postal Service adopted a Final Rule requiring that all absentee and mail-in ballots for federal elections—including for the elections occurring in less than sixty days—be transmitted only in envelopes satisfying new design requirements and be transmitted only to voters who are verified by the Postal Service to have been enrolled in a newly created ‘Federal Ballot Mail Portal,’” the judge’s 24-page opinion says. “As the government concedes, the Postal Service could issue (and enforce) the Rule only if Congress gave it the authority to do so, but here no statute grants the Postal Service the power to issue key parts of the rule.”

The opinion adds, “Plaintiffs have therefore demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on their claim that the issuance of the rule was ultra vires, and the record otherwise weighs in favor of preliminary injunctive relief.”

This marks the second injunction against the USPS final rule on mail-in ballots, in a matter destined to return to the Supreme Court before the 2026 midterm elections.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts issued an earlier preliminary injunction that was upheld by the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in a case brought by Democrat-led states.

Plaintiffs in the case before Nichols were the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the League of Latin American Citizens, and the NAACP.

The USPS rule requires states to enroll mail-in voters in a federal portal to verify their legal eligibility. It bases the mailing of ballots on compliance. It requires all mail-in ballots for federal elections to be transmitted in envelopes with new design requirements sent to voters verified as eligible by the Postal Service.

The judge continued, “Nothing in the Postal Reorganization Act authorizes the Postal Service to impose new election procedures on state election officials, to create a data collection system for mail-in and absentee voters, or to refuse the transmission of lawful mail because it fails to meet these data collection requirements.”

Nichols also found that the Trump administration did not demonstrate the rule would prevent fraud.

“On the other side of the ledger, the federal government does not point to any record evidence that there will be significant fraud in the upcoming elections in the event the Court enters preliminary injunctive relief,” the opinion says. “That’s perhaps not surprising, since the government’s position is that the final rule is just a ‘regulation of the U.S. mail, and a modest one at that.’”

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The regional leader of the pro-border-control AfD party said his faction was "the clear winner of the evening".

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Practical Magic 2″ conjured a box-office victory this weekend, opening atop the North American charts nearly three decades after its predecessor grew from a modest theatrical performer into a cult favorite.

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Actress Gillian Anderson, famous for playing Agent Scully on "The X Files," has identified as pansexual, which means attraction to both sexes regardless of gender identity.

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Welcome to the eighth in our series “Landmark Speeches in American History.” We are celebrating America’s 250th anniversary with articles by prominent authors about how some of the greatest speeches in our history—by celebrated orators like Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr.—honored the vision of our founding document, the Declaration of Independence.Ronald Reagan’s Berlin Wall speech wasn’t supposed to happen the way it did: But it did happen, and as a result, it forever transformed world history. 

The whole matter of that history altering speech played out in subsequent years. The German government refused to put a statue of Reagan on German property despite the fact that he freed millions behind the Iron Curtain and defeated the Soviet Union. So, the statue went up on U.S. Embassy property in Berlin instead. 

Nor did they celebrate Reagan’s 100th birthday despite his great work for the German people. 

To read the full speech, click here.

One German politician knew his history when he said, “Ronald Reagan’s determination and clear message brought down the Iron Curtain in Europe. We should permanently remember this great friend of Germany in a prominent place.” He said reunification would not have been possible without Reagan. 

However, his words fell silent. The Germans have never honored Reagan. 

Some German politicians were known as being petty, in addition to other much more serious foibles. The old adage applied: “The problem with Germans is they are either at your feet or at your throat.” 

The complexities involving the city of Berlin retrace to postwar Germany: how the Allies administered the country and the city. 

The city was isolated as the Cold War was beginning to heat up. Berlin became a flashpoint in East-West relations. Millions of imprisoned people made their way to East Berlin then successfully fled to West Berlin and freedom. The Soviets responded by closing the border thus dooming the hopes of millions more who did not want to live under the evil subjugation. Those who tried to escape were prosecuted by the Soviets. 

The Truman Doctrine—first established by President Harry Truman—said that America and the West would oppose Soviet expansion by aiding threatened countries economically and militarily if necessary. 

After World War II, the Allies, in their borderline wisdom, divided control over the city among the four principal allies. The U.S., Great Britain, and France would control West Berlin, and the Soviets would control East Berlin. The city itself was deep inside East Germany. 

But to stem the tide of people fleeing Soviet slavery, the Soviets built a wall in August of 1961. It became the most tangible example of the struggle between East and West. On one side, there was slavery and deprivation as caused by the Soviet state, on the other side there was freedom and prosperity. 

Back in 1963, the great anticommunist President John F. Kennedy spoke there, making clear his opposition to Soviet communism. Speaking to a huge audience, JFK outlined the struggle between the two economic states and, to show his strong support for the citizens of the city, said “as a free man, I take pride in saying ‘Ich bin Ein Berliner!’” 

Millions went wild. Nonetheless, the Wall—unfortunately—stood for many more years. 

The Reagan Doctrine took Truman’s Doctrine one step further and said the U.S. would not only oppose Soviet expansion, but that it would aid democratic movements that were developing in Soviet-occupied territories. 

Reagan, as always, was on offense. 

Previous presidents such as Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter had pursued détente policies with the Evil Empire—basically slow-motion surrender. 

Reagan rejected détente outright. 

President Ronald Reagan spoke at the Berlin Wall on June 12, 1987, with a backdrop of the Brandenburg Gate.  

Reagan’s original speech, drafted by Reagan speechwriter Peter Robinson, was a tough denunciation of Soviet communism and the wall separating communist East Berlin from free West Berlin. Robinson knew Reagan, the tough anticommunist, would appreciate the draft speech 

Reagan’s original speech contained many hard-hitting descriptions of Soviet communism, but, as in all foreign policy draft speeches, the bureaucrats at the State Department reviewed the remarks before they were given.  

As could have been expected, the “striped pants set” at the department deleted all of the tough comments in Reagan’s remarks. However, Ronald Reagan did not back down; he put the tough rhetoric back in. The State Department took it out again. Reagan put it back. At one point he stormed, “I’m the president, aren’t I?” 

They submitted alternative draft speeches, which Reagan rejected. He was determined to give the original speech drafted by Robinson, throwing everything he had at the Soviets—including the bully pulpit. 

And he did. 

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” 

And now, in a final piece of justice, freedom and the defeat of communism, a large piece of the Berlin Wall stands at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. It is a lasting reminder of Reagan’s history-altering speech and the greatness of the man. 

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Wisconsin is the latest state to fall victim to rampant illegal alien crimes that have resulted in hundreds of preventable accidents, assaults, and deaths, according to a new documentary released Monday.

Steve Cortes, a Daily Signal contributor who hosts the “Danger in the Heartland” documentary, explores the policies that lead to this tragic trend, interviews families of victims, and presents a case for stricter immigration enforcement.

“It’s the very same story we’ve seen in Lewiston, Maine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in far too many other places in America,” Cortes said, “where ruling class power brokers and political elites decided that borders don’t really matter and that American citizens—they come last.”

Sanctuary Jurisdictions

Democrats in Wisconsin’s most populous counties, Milwaukee and Dane, actively advocate belligerence against immigration officers and promote their counties as “sanctuary cities,” Cortes said.

“The radical Democrats who largely run Wisconsin, they have decided that illegals should be prioritized above the citizens of the United States,” Cortes said. “They encourage the mass invasion of the United States, and they then prevent state and local police from cooperating with federal law enforcement to do the needed work of enforcement and deportations.”

 “Those policies down in Milwaukee really do have an impact on us,” Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said, “because crimes don’t know lines on a map.”

In his smaller county, Schmidt said he sees illegal alien crime every day.

“If you believe you are in a county in the state of Wisconsin that does not have a cartel member living there, you are mistaken,” Schmidt said. “It is really incredible to see how much violence there is surrounding illegal aliens.”

According to Schmidt, many of these illegals have been arrested and released multiple times.

The Victims  

High school sweethearts Brady Heiling and Hallie Helgelson were both killed by an illegal immigrant while driving home from a concert in Madison.

Noelia Saray Martinez-Avola had multiple prior arrests and no driver’s license, yet that night, she drove drunk on the wrong side of the highway, colliding with the young couple head on.

Helgeson’s mother, Allison, said this tragedy could have been prevented by strict immigration enforcement.

“ [Martinez-Avola] shouldn’t have been here,” Allison Helgeson said, “and if she wasn’t here, she wouldn’t have been driving drunk on the wrong side of the interstate — and our kids would be here.”

Gubernatorial Race

Wisconsin will hold gubernatorial elections on Nov. 3.

With such a contentious issue, both candidates are making their views clear.

Democrat David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, sees himself as a representative for both the legal and illegal immigrant population of Wisconsin. He supports granting illegal aliens driver’s license and taxpayer-funded school tuition.

His opponent is U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a Republican, who said he wants to abolish sanctuary cities, strengthen cooperation with federal law enforcement, and ensure prosecuted criminals end up behind bars or deported.                   

“Wisconsin can choose safety, sovereignty, and the rule of law, or it can follow the path. that has turned once peaceful towns into terrible cautionary tales,” Cortes said. “The choice, this choice now falls to the patriotic citizens of Wisconsin.”

Baby Boomers didn't need advertising to introduce them to guns. They grew up in a postwar America where firearms were already part of hunting, sport, defense and everyday life.

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