A review of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities, by Michael Shellenberger, Harper Publishing, New York, 395 pages. Living in Tucson makes me feel a kinship with Michael Shellenberger, the author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities. He laments how the progressive wing of his party, the Democrat Party, has ruined his hometown […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/homeless-san-fransisco.jpg339509Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2022-01-10 02:00:212022-01-07 21:22:40A Progressive’s Indictment of Progressive Urban Policies
Pennsylvania county election officials were caught on tape plotting to hide alleged violations of state election law. New whistleblower videos capture Delaware County, Pennsylvania officials plotting to recreate missing election data from the November 2020 contest, with one official later bragging that the local Democrat district attorney “owes him.” These recordings represent the latest evidence […]
A disaster for students and good teachers alike. “All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.” The above caveat about government unions – usually known by the kinder and […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/school-buses.jpg339509Larry Sandhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngLarry Sand2022-01-08 02:05:082022-01-07 07:27:58It’s Time To Abolish The Teachers Unions
The controversy over Covid management is not a medical disagreement but a political fight. It’s also a free speech issue, the question of whether those who disagree with the political/medical status quo should be silenced. Although we have learned more over time about the origins and development of Covid, there is no question it is […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/images.jpg157321Thomas C. Pattersonhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas C. Patterson2022-01-08 02:00:512024-01-17 10:22:51Free Speech And The Great Barrington Declaration
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced his support for constitutional-carry legislation on Wednesday. The announcement was made at Adventure Outdoors, which touts itself as the “World’s Largest Gun Store” in Smyrna, outside Atlanta. Kemp was joined by other Republicans supporting the move. Constitutional carry refers to the carrying of a handgun, either openly or concealed, without requiring its […]
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Traditionally it has never been questioned, either in doctrine or practice, that the legislature possesses the power, as it was put in early years, ‘to inquire into the honesty and efficiency of the executive branch.’ Under the American system it is this that is the heart of the investigatory power. … [I]f it lost the […]
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should have taken leadership lessons from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s January 6 Commission was supposed to help Democrats hold onto their slim majority during tough 2022 midterm elections. Instead, it stumbled out of the gate, failed to gain legitimacy among the public, and has […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/nancy_pelosi.jpg6751200Mollie Hemingwayhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMollie Hemingway2022-01-07 02:05:132022-01-21 14:20:08Pelosi Owns The J6 Commission, And That’s Why It Failed
Academic freedom, free thought and free speech are under assault on our nation’s college campuses. And it’s not just conservative white men, or the Federalist Society at Ivy League schools such as Yale University, that are under attack. It is also women, including women of color, who are caught up in this new “cancel”-meets-“consequence” culture. We […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/penguins.jpg340505Christina Crenshawhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngChristina Crenshaw2022-01-07 02:00:572022-01-04 06:15:18How To Remedy The Campus Groupthink That Targeted Us
Notwithstanding all the hysterical rhetoric surrounding the events of January 6, 2021, two critical things stand out. The first is that what happened was much more hoax than insurrection. In fact, in my judgment, it wasn’t an insurrection at all. An “insurrection,” as the dictionary will tell you, is a violent uprising against a government […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/closed-capitol..jpg339509Roger Kimballhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngRoger Kimball2022-01-06 03:00:062022-01-21 14:21:07Hillsdale College Imprimis: The January 6 Insurrection Hoax
The January 6th Capitol riot is a blot on the Republican Party and former President Donald J. Trump. What started as a legitimate protest turned ugly. How that happened and why incursions into the Capital began even before Trump had finished speaking, remain a mystery. But a former Marine from Queen Creek, Arizona has increasingly […]
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A Progressive’s Indictment of Progressive Urban Policies
/in Culture War, Liberty, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniA review of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities, by Michael Shellenberger, Harper Publishing, New York, 395 pages. Living in Tucson makes me feel a kinship with Michael Shellenberger, the author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities. He laments how the progressive wing of his party, the Democrat Party, has ruined his hometown […]
New Videos Capture Pennsylvania Officials Hiding Evidence Of Alleged Election Fraud
/in Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Margot ClevelandPennsylvania county election officials were caught on tape plotting to hide alleged violations of state election law. New whistleblower videos capture Delaware County, Pennsylvania officials plotting to recreate missing election data from the November 2020 contest, with one official later bragging that the local Democrat district attorney “owes him.” These recordings represent the latest evidence […]
It’s Time To Abolish The Teachers Unions
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Larry SandA disaster for students and good teachers alike. “All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.” The above caveat about government unions – usually known by the kinder and […]
Free Speech And The Great Barrington Declaration
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Thomas C. PattersonThe controversy over Covid management is not a medical disagreement but a political fight. It’s also a free speech issue, the question of whether those who disagree with the political/medical status quo should be silenced. Although we have learned more over time about the origins and development of Covid, there is no question it is […]
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Pushes Legislators to Pass Constitutional-carry Bill
/in Gun Rights, Liberty, Politics/by Bob AdelmannGeorgia Governor Brian Kemp announced his support for constitutional-carry legislation on Wednesday. The announcement was made at Adventure Outdoors, which touts itself as the “World’s Largest Gun Store” in Smyrna, outside Atlanta. Kemp was joined by other Republicans supporting the move. Constitutional carry refers to the carrying of a handgun, either openly or concealed, without requiring its […]
Can the January 6 Investigation Serve Congress as an Institution?
/in Liberty, Politics/by Phillip WallachTraditionally it has never been questioned, either in doctrine or practice, that the legislature possesses the power, as it was put in early years, ‘to inquire into the honesty and efficiency of the executive branch.’ Under the American system it is this that is the heart of the investigatory power. … [I]f it lost the […]
Pelosi Owns The J6 Commission, And That’s Why It Failed
/in Culture War, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Mollie HemingwayHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi should have taken leadership lessons from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s January 6 Commission was supposed to help Democrats hold onto their slim majority during tough 2022 midterm elections. Instead, it stumbled out of the gate, failed to gain legitimacy among the public, and has […]
How To Remedy The Campus Groupthink That Targeted Us
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Christina CrenshawAcademic freedom, free thought and free speech are under assault on our nation’s college campuses. And it’s not just conservative white men, or the Federalist Society at Ivy League schools such as Yale University, that are under attack. It is also women, including women of color, who are caught up in this new “cancel”-meets-“consequence” culture. We […]
Hillsdale College Imprimis: The January 6 Insurrection Hoax
/in Culture War, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Roger KimballNotwithstanding all the hysterical rhetoric surrounding the events of January 6, 2021, two critical things stand out. The first is that what happened was much more hoax than insurrection. In fact, in my judgment, it wasn’t an insurrection at all. An “insurrection,” as the dictionary will tell you, is a violent uprising against a government […]
RAY EPPS: Mystery Man from Queen Creek and the January 6th Capitol Riot
/in Culture War, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by The EditorsThe January 6th Capitol riot is a blot on the Republican Party and former President Donald J. Trump. What started as a legitimate protest turned ugly. How that happened and why incursions into the Capital began even before Trump had finished speaking, remain a mystery. But a former Marine from Queen Creek, Arizona has increasingly […]