NEWS AND OPINION:

A spherical of applause please, for Fox News contributor Kat Timpf — who can also be co-host of “Gutfeld!” — the very humorous late-night providing that may be a showcase for comic Greg Gutfeld.

Ms. Timpf has authored a brand new ebook titled “You Can’t Joke About That: Why Everything is Funny, Nothing is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together” — and it's now No. 1 on the Publishers Weekly bestseller record for hardcover non-fiction books, as of Monday. In addition, Ms. Timpf’s ebook additionally tops Amazon’s total “Most Sold” record, rising as No. 1, additionally on Monday.

It was revealed by Broadside Books, the conservative imprint of Harper Collins Publishers.

“Timpf hilariously and movingly challenges the accepted narrative, using stories from her own life, observations from pop culture and society, and good old-fashioned research. Tapping her singular vein of humor, she tackles a surfeit of contemporary conversational taboos: traumatic break-ups, cancer, dead moms, body issues, religion, aging, transgender athletes, campus censorship, money, and even bad Christmas presents,” the writer stated in an announcement.

“Sadly, many of our cultural norms surrounding speech come from nothing more than a thoughtless, knee-jerk adherence to decorum, even when statistics and research prove that the opposite is true. Honestly, even though we are talking about levity — the stakes couldn’t be higher. Openness and humor absolutely need to break free from the constraints of fear and cultural censorship. It’s so important for all of us, both individually and as a society,” Ms. Timpf stated in a written assertion shared with the Beltway.

The ebook itself was revealed April 18.

Take the check

One presidential hopeful is satisfied that President Biden and different political officers ought to take a sure check as they proceed to serve in workplace. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley made her opinion recognized in a Fox News editorial revealed Monday.

“It’s time for a competency test for politicians. Here’s why” advises the telling title of her essay.

“I wish Joe Biden the best of health, but it’s only sensible to consider the reality of an already slipping president serving through his mid-80s. If Biden is re-elected, Vice President Harris would have the highest likelihood of becoming president in the middle of a term of any vice president ever. The question before voters in 2024 is, to an unprecedented degree, whether they want Kamala Harris to be president, not vice president,” Ms. Haley stated.

“The test I’m proposing for Sen. Feinstein, President Biden and others is not complicated or difficult. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test is a widely used tool for detecting cognitive decline. It involves rather simple things like naming animals, memorizing and recalling a few words, and listing words that begin with the same letter. They should both take the test, along with every other politician over the age of 75 — Republican or Democrat, man or woman — and publish the results,” she continued.

“This is not a qualification for office. Failing a mental competency test would not result in removal. It is about transparency. Voters deserve to know whether those who are making major decisions about war and peace, taxation and budgets, schools and safety, can pass a very basic mental exam,” Ms. Hayley wrote.

“Career politicians and elites” oppose competency exams, Ms. Hayley suggested.

“They dislike them because they don’t want to hold the present leadership of our country accountable. They don’t want a new generation to turn our country around. But that’s what the American people deserve,” she stated.

Here comes the almanac

Those who want some calming studying at this time limit ought to think about The Old Farmer’s Almanac — which informs the Beltway that the model new 2023 almanacs are “shipping now.”

The outdated farmers definitely have a lot to say — and there are recipes, climate predictions, kids’s fare, a retailer and different absorbing fare. Find the web model of the venerable publication (based in 1792) at Almanac.com.

Ivy coated halls

“We should all be ashamed of what the Senior Survey shows,” writes Matthew Wilson, a junior at Princeton University — who is worried about sure social features of his college, and expressed them within the Daily Princetonian, a nonprofit pupil publication based in 1876.

“On April 22, the Daily Princetonian released the results of its highly anticipated annual Senior Survey. Among a wide array of data points it collected, the survey asked 571 graduating seniors (approximately 44% of the class of 2023) to answer questions about their political views — quizzing them on topics ranging from their vote in the 2020 U.S. presidential election to how their stances on issues have evolved over the course of their undergraduate education,” Mr. Wilson says in his op-ed, revealed Monday.

“The survey’s results are alarming and are a shameful reflection on the state of civil discourse and freedom of expression at Princeton. Two data points stood out to me: first, that 64.3% of ‘very conservative’ and 55.2% of ‘somewhat conservative’ students expressed significant discomfort with openly sharing their political views on campus, versus just 3.2% of self-identified ‘leftist’ students and 5.2% of ‘very liberal’ students; and second, that 44.5% of students described their views as shifting further to the left over their four years at Princeton, versus just 17% who reported their views moving toward the right,” Mr. Wilson suggested.

Poll du jour

63% of registered U.S. voters disapprove of the way in which Present Biden is dealing with the U.S. financial system.

62% disapprove of the way in which he's dealing with gun-related points.

61% disapprove of the way in which he's dealing with U.S. relations with China.

61% disapprove of the way in which the president is dealing with immigration points.

53% disapprove of the way in which he's dealing with the U.S. response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

52% disapprove of the way in which he's dealing with nationwide safety on the whole.

Source: A Fox News ballot of 1,004 registered U.S. voters performed April 21-24.

Helpful data to jharper@washingtontimes.com.

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