Investigations into human smuggling stemming from illegal immigration reveal that not everyone makes it safely to the U.S. Open border policies that incentivize foreign cartels’ estimated $100 million in weekly human smuggling operations across the southern border are illegal and inhumane, attorneys general who’ve recently sued the Biden administration argue. While they maintain the administration […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/border-patrol-1.jpg339509Bethany Blankleyhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBethany Blankley2022-02-14 01:45:582022-02-13 11:22:11Investigators: Human Trafficking Across U.S. Borders Result in Murders, Other Atrocities
Employees see themselves as enlightened about diversity but are members of a race-based employee group. I’m such an oddball that Amazon is incapable of pigeonholing me when it recommends books to buy. Netflix has the same problem when it recommends movies. Amazon’s logarithms can’t seem to fathom from my extensive book-buying history that I don’t […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/amazon.jpg340507Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2022-02-13 01:50:572022-02-11 07:32:32Cognitive Dissonance at Amazon
If you’ve been vaccinated and still feel mortally threatened by the virus, please read this. It’s obviously not easy to give up fear of Covid-19, to judge from a recent survey showing that the vaccinated are actually more frightened than the unvaccinated. Another survey found that most Democratic voters are so worried that they want to make it illegal for the […]
If you have a conversation with Jewish parents of teenagers, typically their overwhelming focus is not just that their children attend college, but they must attend the “right” college. That college may have a history of educating children like theirs, but today it is more interested in two things: Extracting huge sums of money from […]
Liberals and Progressives continue in their belief that the presence of guns causes crime rather than the presence of criminals causes crime. It appears no amount of evidence or logic can dissuade them. It is a purely emotional position devoid of logic and experience. This is the assumption behind almost all “gun control” legislation. Guns cause […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1328444235.jpg55368305Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2022-02-11 15:51:022022-02-14 08:59:05California Senate Bill 906: Making Schools a Logic Free Zone
But the costs of these draconian measures weren’t minimal at all. We’re into year three of the COVID-19 pandemic. From mask mandates to vaccine passports, government restrictions on our liberties remain in place. But, thankfully, at least in the US, the era of lockdown orders confining Americans’ to their homes to “slow the spread” is […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/closed-virus.jpg339509Brad Palumbohttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBrad Palumbo2022-02-11 02:05:192022-02-10 06:52:30‘Lockdowns Had Little to No Effect on COVID Mortality’: New Johns Hopkins Study
Rep. Jim Banks heavily criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her failure to hand over key documents related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, saying in a Monday interview that Republican lawmakers believe the severity of the riot was due to a “systemic breakdown and failure at the highest levels of the Capitol Police.” The […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/capitol-fenced.jpg339509Mary Margaret Olohanhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMary Margaret Olohan2022-02-11 01:55:172022-02-10 22:21:20‘Breadcrumbs Lead to Speaker’s Office,’ Rep. Jim Banks Warns as GOP Slams Capitol Police Leadership Over Capitol Riot
Editor’s note: June 22, 2021: Updated to include new states’ legislation and the current status of all known bills related to banning private funding of elections. July 12: Updates to Louisiana, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. August 16, 2021: Added Ohio and Arkansas. January 28, 2022: Added new vetoes, updated news articles across the board, removed Iowa, which did […]
American parents of school-aged children have long understood it’s a bad idea for politicians to grant government union bosses monopoly-bargaining power over how teachers and other school employees are compensated and managed. Over the years, millions of mothers and fathers have expressed their considered views on this question by voting with their feet. The fact […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1033164818-scaled.jpg17072560Stan Greerhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngStan Greer2022-02-10 02:05:172022-02-10 08:53:36Families Are Fed up with Big Labor-Dominated Schools
Philip Perry is a partner at Latham & Watkins, which works on behalf of foreign entities, including some flagged as threats to U.S. national security. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called on the U.S. to stand up to the “generational threat” posed by China while unveiling a major report on Beijing’s “malign behavior” at the same […]
Investigators: Human Trafficking Across U.S. Borders Result in Murders, Other Atrocities
/in Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Bethany BlankleyInvestigations into human smuggling stemming from illegal immigration reveal that not everyone makes it safely to the U.S. Open border policies that incentivize foreign cartels’ estimated $100 million in weekly human smuggling operations across the southern border are illegal and inhumane, attorneys general who’ve recently sued the Biden administration argue. While they maintain the administration […]
Cognitive Dissonance at Amazon
/in Culture War, Featured, Liberty, Satire/by Craig J. CantoniEmployees see themselves as enlightened about diversity but are members of a race-based employee group. I’m such an oddball that Amazon is incapable of pigeonholing me when it recommends books to buy. Netflix has the same problem when it recommends movies. Amazon’s logarithms can’t seem to fathom from my extensive book-buying history that I don’t […]
Understanding the Covid Odds
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by John TierneyIf you’ve been vaccinated and still feel mortally threatened by the virus, please read this. It’s obviously not easy to give up fear of Covid-19, to judge from a recent survey showing that the vaccinated are actually more frightened than the unvaccinated. Another survey found that most Democratic voters are so worried that they want to make it illegal for the […]
Jewish Parents Again Acting Stupid
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyIf you have a conversation with Jewish parents of teenagers, typically their overwhelming focus is not just that their children attend college, but they must attend the “right” college. That college may have a history of educating children like theirs, but today it is more interested in two things: Extracting huge sums of money from […]
California Senate Bill 906: Making Schools a Logic Free Zone
/in Culture War, Gun Rights, Liberty, Politics/by Neland NobelLiberals and Progressives continue in their belief that the presence of guns causes crime rather than the presence of criminals causes crime. It appears no amount of evidence or logic can dissuade them. It is a purely emotional position devoid of logic and experience. This is the assumption behind almost all “gun control” legislation. Guns cause […]
‘Lockdowns Had Little to No Effect on COVID Mortality’: New Johns Hopkins Study
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Brad PalumboBut the costs of these draconian measures weren’t minimal at all. We’re into year three of the COVID-19 pandemic. From mask mandates to vaccine passports, government restrictions on our liberties remain in place. But, thankfully, at least in the US, the era of lockdown orders confining Americans’ to their homes to “slow the spread” is […]
‘Breadcrumbs Lead to Speaker’s Office,’ Rep. Jim Banks Warns as GOP Slams Capitol Police Leadership Over Capitol Riot
/in Culture War, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Mary Margaret OlohanRep. Jim Banks heavily criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her failure to hand over key documents related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, saying in a Monday interview that Republican lawmakers believe the severity of the riot was due to a “systemic breakdown and failure at the highest levels of the Capitol Police.” The […]
States Banning or Restricting “Zuck Bucks”
/in Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Sarah LeeEditor’s note: June 22, 2021: Updated to include new states’ legislation and the current status of all known bills related to banning private funding of elections. July 12: Updates to Louisiana, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. August 16, 2021: Added Ohio and Arkansas. January 28, 2022: Added new vetoes, updated news articles across the board, removed Iowa, which did […]
Families Are Fed up with Big Labor-Dominated Schools
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Stan GreerAmerican parents of school-aged children have long understood it’s a bad idea for politicians to grant government union bosses monopoly-bargaining power over how teachers and other school employees are compensated and managed. Over the years, millions of mothers and fathers have expressed their considered views on this question by voting with their feet. The fact […]
Liz Cheney’s Hunter Biden Problem: Husband’s Firm Reps China Companies, Dictatorial Regimes
/in Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by John SolomonPhilip Perry is a partner at Latham & Watkins, which works on behalf of foreign entities, including some flagged as threats to U.S. national security. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called on the U.S. to stand up to the “generational threat” posed by China while unveiling a major report on Beijing’s “malign behavior” at the same […]