Border security experts expect the nation will bear the consequences of more illegal immigration whether the Biden administration ends a key public health measure by the end of the month or does it later. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last month that the policy, known as Title 42, would expire May 23. […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/borderpatroltruck.jpg339506Fred Lucashttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngFred Lucas2022-05-16 01:50:162022-05-14 11:05:43Lifting Title 42 Will Mean Fewer Border Patrol Agents in Field
Editors’ Note: Although the following comments relate to Los Angeles, major cities in Arizona have similar issues, although not to the same extreme. The questions he raises are questions to be asked of our mayors and city councilmen. Here are some additional questions: If drug abuse is fundamentally the cause of “homelessness”, what is the […]
My wife recently rummaged through family keepsakes and found bills for an emergency hysterectomy that her grandmother had in 1944, at St. Francis Hospital in Olean, NY, in the northwestern part of the state. She was transported 20 miles by ambulance from her rural home outside of Bradford, PA. Below, in rounded numbers, is what […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/1940.jpg371460Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2022-05-14 01:55:312022-05-12 07:22:17Costs of a Hysterectomy in 1944 versus Now
When I had the opportunity to engage one of the major candidates for Mayor of Los Angeles, I stated there are only two issues in the race. The first being proper funding and use of the police and the second being the Homeless. The candidate agreed with me and the issues for the June 7th […]
The jobs report this morning seemed like good news (3.6% unemployment) until you look at the details: “The U.S. labor force shrank by 363,000 people in April from a month earlier, the Labor Department said Friday. The labor force participation rate, or the share of American adults working or looking for a job, ticked down […]
Wearing a mask may still give some people a sense of security, but they could breathe more easily if they’d face the facts. The pandemic has eased, but not the compulsion of many Americans to cover their faces. Fully vaccinated adults are still wearing masks on their solitary walks outdoors, and officials have been enforcing […]
During the recent government panic over Covid, almost all governments in one form or another used “lockdown”, or the quarantining of the healthy, in order to stop the spread of the disease. This was a first in history because usually, isolating the sick or the especially vulnerable was the strategy. The result was severe economic […]
Politico leaked a draft version of a Supreme Court decision for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization late on May 2. It would uphold a Mississippi law protecting unborn children when they can feel pain—15 weeks of pregnancy—and overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Dated Feb. 10, the draft decision is not […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/pro-life.jpg316547Melanie Israelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMelanie Israel2022-05-05 02:05:222022-05-05 05:59:11Here’s What to Watch Following Dobbs Draft Leak
The Shanghai Composite and Hang Seng fall to where they’d first been in 2007 during the run-up of the bubble. The Shanghai Composite Index plunged 5.1% to 2,928 on Monday, the biggest one-day drop since February 2020, during the Wuhan crisis. The index is now down 20% year-to-date and down 14% from a year […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/lockdown-china.jpg339509Wolf Richterhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngWolf Richter2022-05-01 01:55:202022-05-01 08:13:19Stock Markets in China & Hong Kong Dive, Yuan Slides, Crude Oil Drops on Confidence Crisis in China
For the past 20 years, medical practitioners (nurses and doctors) were ranked the most trusted professions by the Gallup Honesty and Ethics poll. When a patient visits a doctor, he or she can assume that the doctor will only consider treatments benefiting the patient. This is because hundreds of years of medical practice have established […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/chinese-warlord.jpg469800Joe Wanghttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJoe Wang2022-04-30 01:55:242022-04-29 06:29:26The Grave Dangers of Politicizing Medicine
Lifting Title 42 Will Mean Fewer Border Patrol Agents in Field
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Fred LucasBorder security experts expect the nation will bear the consequences of more illegal immigration whether the Biden administration ends a key public health measure by the end of the month or does it later. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last month that the policy, known as Title 42, would expire May 23. […]
The Homeless Election Battle
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyEditors’ Note: Although the following comments relate to Los Angeles, major cities in Arizona have similar issues, although not to the same extreme. The questions he raises are questions to be asked of our mayors and city councilmen. Here are some additional questions: If drug abuse is fundamentally the cause of “homelessness”, what is the […]
Costs of a Hysterectomy in 1944 versus Now
/in Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniMy wife recently rummaged through family keepsakes and found bills for an emergency hysterectomy that her grandmother had in 1944, at St. Francis Hospital in Olean, NY, in the northwestern part of the state. She was transported 20 miles by ambulance from her rural home outside of Bradford, PA. Below, in rounded numbers, is what […]
The Homeless Election Battle
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyWhen I had the opportunity to engage one of the major candidates for Mayor of Los Angeles, I stated there are only two issues in the race. The first being proper funding and use of the police and the second being the Homeless. The candidate agreed with me and the issues for the June 7th […]
Governments Giveth and Taketh Away
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Jeffrey TuckerThe jobs report this morning seemed like good news (3.6% unemployment) until you look at the details: “The U.S. labor force shrank by 363,000 people in April from a month earlier, the Labor Department said Friday. The labor force participation rate, or the share of American adults working or looking for a job, ticked down […]
Maskaholics
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by John TierneyWearing a mask may still give some people a sense of security, but they could breathe more easily if they’d face the facts. The pandemic has eased, but not the compulsion of many Americans to cover their faces. Fully vaccinated adults are still wearing masks on their solitary walks outdoors, and officials have been enforcing […]
Sweden Finally Gets Some Recognition
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Neland NobelDuring the recent government panic over Covid, almost all governments in one form or another used “lockdown”, or the quarantining of the healthy, in order to stop the spread of the disease. This was a first in history because usually, isolating the sick or the especially vulnerable was the strategy. The result was severe economic […]
Here’s What to Watch Following Dobbs Draft Leak
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Melanie IsraelPolitico leaked a draft version of a Supreme Court decision for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization late on May 2. It would uphold a Mississippi law protecting unborn children when they can feel pain—15 weeks of pregnancy—and overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Dated Feb. 10, the draft decision is not […]
Stock Markets in China & Hong Kong Dive, Yuan Slides, Crude Oil Drops on Confidence Crisis in China
/in Economy, Featured, Healthcare/by Wolf RichterThe Shanghai Composite and Hang Seng fall to where they’d first been in 2007 during the run-up of the bubble. The Shanghai Composite Index plunged 5.1% to 2,928 on Monday, the biggest one-day drop since February 2020, during the Wuhan crisis. The index is now down 20% year-to-date and down 14% from a year […]
The Grave Dangers of Politicizing Medicine
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Joe WangFor the past 20 years, medical practitioners (nurses and doctors) were ranked the most trusted professions by the Gallup Honesty and Ethics poll. When a patient visits a doctor, he or she can assume that the doctor will only consider treatments benefiting the patient. This is because hundreds of years of medical practice have established […]