In 2021, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen assured Americans that recent inflation was “transitory.” Back in 2017, Yellen, then Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, hinted there would not be another financial crisis “in our lifetimes.” Maybe she got that idea from Morgan Stanley boss James Gorman, who in 2013 put the chance of a crisis […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/federal-reserve-building-two.png6831024William M. Briggshttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngWilliam M. Briggs2022-10-20 01:58:012022-10-18 06:19:08Economic Truths, Perennially Forgotten
Schools of education are failing the future teachers of our country. For some teachers, the beginning of the year represents another in a long string of years in education; but for others, it is the first few weeks of what might be a long career. By this point in October, for many of these new […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/classroom-1.jpg335515Jason Angerhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJason Anger2022-10-20 01:55:332022-10-17 12:50:29Schools of Education Are Failing to Train Teachers
Editors’ Note: We worry that the legal and moral precedents accepted by many during the pandemic, will soon be applied to the next progressive cause. The biggest threat is “global warming”, which puts us all in a similar quandary. The science is largely controlled and contrary data suppressed. It makes similar demands: we must give […]
The blockbuster film The Woman King has resurrected the myth that slavery furnishes wealth. While irate critics argue that the film downplays the fact that the Dahomey Empire derived its wealth from slavery, however, this observation wrongly conflates political success with human flourishing. The state and individual are two distinct entities, and as such the […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1253306356-scaled.jpg19042560Lipton Matthewshttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngLipton Matthews2022-10-11 01:50:542022-10-11 08:48:22The West Didn’t Become Rich Because of Slavery But in Spite of It
Banned Books Week is not about censorship. It’s about power. Let’s get one thing straight about Banned Books Week: there are no banned books in America. The American government does not prohibit the publishing or importing of books as Czarist or Communist Russia did. Books sexualizing children are not burned in a pyre in […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/boyread.jpg384683Nicole Solashttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNicole Solas2022-10-10 01:55:492022-10-09 07:29:14Banned Books Week Looks More Like Porn For Kids Week
Drawing a distinction between moral judgment and empathetic analysis In the study of history, presentism is an interpretation of the past through a prism of contemporary values. Recently, historian James Sweet, President of the American Historical Association, created a major kerfuffle for daring to question presentism in the AHA Journal. Sweet’s rebuke was mild […]
Editors’ Note: You may not think that Critical Race Theory and Queer Theory are on the ballot this election. But they are, especially when it comes to school board elections. Teacher unions have moved well beyond representing teachers in salary and workplace conditions. They are now the tip of the spear for promoting Critical Race […]
Editors’ Note: This article is a strong reminder that Republicans need to press their Democrat opponents on the issue of the fair and equal application of the laws of the land. As the Biden Administration constructs a racial spoils system, where is Mark Kelly? Does he support it or oppose it? While his silence is deafening, it […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/kharris.jpg526751Mike Gonzalezhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMike Gonzalez2022-10-05 01:55:242022-10-04 07:31:44Kamala Harris Remains True to Doctrine of Unequal Treatment [Where Are You Mark Kelly?]
Test Scores are abysmal for Amber, Chase, Juanita, and Jamal, but their woke scores are off the charts. You’ve no doubt heard about the abysmal reading and math scores of America’s youth. Meanwhile, teachers are learning how to teach students all of the politically-correct genders and pronouns. In San Francisco, for example, teacher training […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-908137972.jpg8361254Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2022-10-05 01:50:462022-10-04 11:21:00Students Can’t Read but Know Their Pronouns and Genders
Probably the most common legal argument against the Biden administration’s student loan bailout plan is that the federal Department of Education simply doesn’t have the authority to accomplish it. That’s a core argument in a new lawsuit filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation on behalf of an employee whose student debt is affected by the bailout plan. […]
Economic Truths, Perennially Forgotten
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by William M. BriggsIn 2021, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen assured Americans that recent inflation was “transitory.” Back in 2017, Yellen, then Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, hinted there would not be another financial crisis “in our lifetimes.” Maybe she got that idea from Morgan Stanley boss James Gorman, who in 2013 put the chance of a crisis […]
Schools of Education Are Failing to Train Teachers
/in Culture War, Education, Featured/by Jason AngerSchools of education are failing the future teachers of our country. For some teachers, the beginning of the year represents another in a long string of years in education; but for others, it is the first few weeks of what might be a long career. By this point in October, for many of these new […]
The Real Reason Vaccine Mandates are Wrong
/in Culture War, Education, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Julie PonesseEditors’ Note: We worry that the legal and moral precedents accepted by many during the pandemic, will soon be applied to the next progressive cause. The biggest threat is “global warming”, which puts us all in a similar quandary. The science is largely controlled and contrary data suppressed. It makes similar demands: we must give […]
The West Didn’t Become Rich Because of Slavery But in Spite of It
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Lipton MatthewsThe blockbuster film The Woman King has resurrected the myth that slavery furnishes wealth. While irate critics argue that the film downplays the fact that the Dahomey Empire derived its wealth from slavery, however, this observation wrongly conflates political success with human flourishing. The state and individual are two distinct entities, and as such the […]
Banned Books Week Looks More Like Porn For Kids Week
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Life Advocacy/by Nicole SolasBanned Books Week is not about censorship. It’s about power. Let’s get one thing straight about Banned Books Week: there are no banned books in America. The American government does not prohibit the publishing or importing of books as Czarist or Communist Russia did. Books sexualizing children are not burned in a pyre in […]
Against Presentism
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Politics/by Jeffry BedoreDrawing a distinction between moral judgment and empathetic analysis In the study of history, presentism is an interpretation of the past through a prism of contemporary values. Recently, historian James Sweet, President of the American Historical Association, created a major kerfuffle for daring to question presentism in the AHA Journal. Sweet’s rebuke was mild […]
‘Showing Their True Self’: Biden Admin Empowers Teachers Unions To Push Gender Ideology And Critical Race Theory
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Reagan ReeseEditors’ Note: You may not think that Critical Race Theory and Queer Theory are on the ballot this election. But they are, especially when it comes to school board elections. Teacher unions have moved well beyond representing teachers in salary and workplace conditions. They are now the tip of the spear for promoting Critical Race […]
Kamala Harris Remains True to Doctrine of Unequal Treatment [Where Are You Mark Kelly?]
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Mike GonzalezEditors’ Note: This article is a strong reminder that Republicans need to press their Democrat opponents on the issue of the fair and equal application of the laws of the land. As the Biden Administration constructs a racial spoils system, where is Mark Kelly? Does he support it or oppose it? While his silence is deafening, it […]
Students Can’t Read but Know Their Pronouns and Genders
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniTest Scores are abysmal for Amber, Chase, Juanita, and Jamal, but their woke scores are off the charts. You’ve no doubt heard about the abysmal reading and math scores of America’s youth. Meanwhile, teachers are learning how to teach students all of the politically-correct genders and pronouns. In San Francisco, for example, teacher training […]
Borrower Sues to Stop Biden’s Unfair, Illegal Student Loan Bailout
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Adam KisselProbably the most common legal argument against the Biden administration’s student loan bailout plan is that the federal Department of Education simply doesn’t have the authority to accomplish it. That’s a core argument in a new lawsuit filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation on behalf of an employee whose student debt is affected by the bailout plan. […]