A new bridge in Los Angeles is one example out of thousands. Los Angeles recently celebrated the opening of its new Sixth Street Bridge, which connects downtown to the city’s eastern district and crosses over an industrial area and the L.A. River (drainage wash). Designed to safely accommodate pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles, it is indeed […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/redtape.jpg387447Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2022-07-25 01:50:492022-07-22 12:42:12America Excels at Building Bureaucracy
Editors’ Note: Not much is known about the heroic young man who used his concealed weapon to stop a mass shooter. More will likely come out fairly soon. Was he violating mall policy to have the weapon on him? If so, thank heavens he violated that silly requirement. It never seems to dawn on Progressives […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/eli.webp6751200David Harsanyihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDavid Harsanyi2022-07-24 02:00:322022-07-24 08:55:28New York Times Inadvertently Makes The Case For More Concealed Carry
The December 2020 resignation of Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator under Trump, revealed predictable hypocrisy. Like so many other government officials around the world, she was caught violating her own stay-at-home order. Therefore she finally left her post following nine months of causing unfathomable amounts of damage to life, liberty, property, and […]
Perhaps the biggest mistake liberty-loving Americans can make is to assume that so-called “progressives” are people who have America’s best interests at heart but simply have different views about how to make America a better place. To believe this is to believe the wolf in sheep’s clothing is really a sheep. The wolf’s sheep clothing […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/ripping.jpg338507Mark Wallacehttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMark Wallace2022-07-23 02:00:362022-07-23 07:20:54Weekend Read: The“Progressive” Left: Existential Threat to America’s Constitution and Liberty
If America’s leaders had read Prisoners of Geography, maybe America would’ve stayed out of Iraq and Afghanistan. It hasn’t improved my middling IQ, but over my adult life, I’ve read hundreds of books on history and geopolitics. Almost all have been thick ones, many have been impenetrable ones, and most have been scholarly ones […]
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I was a child of the Watergate generation. Vacationing at a lake house the summer I was 17, I spent weeks glued to the committee hearings on TV. Back in school that fall, I wrote a paper arguing that Nixon should resist pressure to resign. Headed south the next August, I watched Nixon’s resignation speech […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence endorsed Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson on Monday, setting up another proxy battle with former President Donald Trump, who has endorsed Kari Lake in the race. Taylor Robson, a member of the Arizona Board of Regents from 2017-21, is also endorsed by outgoing Republican Gov. Doug Ducey. She has consistently polled in […]
Homebuilder stocks have been wobbling lower all year, now down between 24% and 40%. Homebuilders have struggled for well over a year with supply and labor shortages and ridiculously spiking costs. In addition, this year, the new holy-moly mortgage rates added to the woes, and unsold inventories surged to levels not seen since 2008, as […]
By a 6-3 decision in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a New York law that allowed government officials to pick and choose which class of citizens were deemed worthy of self-protection. Affirming that the Second Amendment “right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not a second-class right,” […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/sc_orig.png6301200Editors at the Rutherford Institutehttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngEditors at the Rutherford Institute2022-07-22 01:55:482022-07-19 17:22:11Supreme Court: The Government Cannot Require That Citizens Prove the Need for Self-Protection in Order to Carry a Gun Outside Their Home
Texans might be forgiven for thinking they have it better than the Brits when it comes to keeping the lights on. After all, they live in the energy capital of the world. However, the destructive nature of renewable energy like that used in Great Britain knows no borders, especially when American politicians push subsidies and […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/windmills.jpg339509Bill Peacockhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBill Peacock2022-07-21 02:05:082022-07-19 17:06:24Green Energy Threatens Reliability of Texas, US Electric Grids
America Excels at Building Bureaucracy
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniA new bridge in Los Angeles is one example out of thousands. Los Angeles recently celebrated the opening of its new Sixth Street Bridge, which connects downtown to the city’s eastern district and crosses over an industrial area and the L.A. River (drainage wash). Designed to safely accommodate pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles, it is indeed […]
New York Times Inadvertently Makes The Case For More Concealed Carry
/in Culture War, Featured, Gun Rights, Liberty, Politics/by David HarsanyiEditors’ Note: Not much is known about the heroic young man who used his concealed weapon to stop a mass shooter. More will likely come out fairly soon. Was he violating mall policy to have the weapon on him? If so, thank heavens he violated that silly requirement. It never seems to dawn on Progressives […]
Dr. Birx Praises Herself While Revealing Ignorance, Treachery, and Deceit
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Jeffrey TuckerThe December 2020 resignation of Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator under Trump, revealed predictable hypocrisy. Like so many other government officials around the world, she was caught violating her own stay-at-home order. Therefore she finally left her post following nine months of causing unfathomable amounts of damage to life, liberty, property, and […]
Weekend Read: The“Progressive” Left: Existential Threat to America’s Constitution and Liberty
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Mark WallacePerhaps the biggest mistake liberty-loving Americans can make is to assume that so-called “progressives” are people who have America’s best interests at heart but simply have different views about how to make America a better place. To believe this is to believe the wolf in sheep’s clothing is really a sheep. The wolf’s sheep clothing […]
The One Essential Book on History and Geopolitics
/in Culture War, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniIf America’s leaders had read Prisoners of Geography, maybe America would’ve stayed out of Iraq and Afghanistan. It hasn’t improved my middling IQ, but over my adult life, I’ve read hundreds of books on history and geopolitics. Almost all have been thick ones, many have been impenetrable ones, and most have been scholarly ones […]
Exploding the Watergate Myth
/in Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Bruce BawerI was a child of the Watergate generation. Vacationing at a lake house the summer I was 17, I spent weeks glued to the committee hearings on TV. Back in school that fall, I wrote a paper arguing that Nixon should resist pressure to resign. Headed south the next August, I watched Nixon’s resignation speech […]
Mike Pence Endorses Karrin Taylor Robson In Arizona Gubernatorial Primary
/in Arizona News, Featured, Politics/by Michael GinsbergFormer Vice President Mike Pence endorsed Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson on Monday, setting up another proxy battle with former President Donald Trump, who has endorsed Kari Lake in the race. Taylor Robson, a member of the Arizona Board of Regents from 2017-21, is also endorsed by outgoing Republican Gov. Doug Ducey. She has consistently polled in […]
Housing Bubble Getting Ready to Pop: Traffic of Prospective Buyers of New Houses Plunges, Homebuilders Cut Prices, Sentiment Dives
/in Economy, Featured, Personal Finance, Politics/by Wolf RichterHomebuilder stocks have been wobbling lower all year, now down between 24% and 40%. Homebuilders have struggled for well over a year with supply and labor shortages and ridiculously spiking costs. In addition, this year, the new holy-moly mortgage rates added to the woes, and unsold inventories surged to levels not seen since 2008, as […]
Supreme Court: The Government Cannot Require That Citizens Prove the Need for Self-Protection in Order to Carry a Gun Outside Their Home
/in Culture War, Featured, Gun Rights, Liberty, Politics/by Editors at the Rutherford InstituteBy a 6-3 decision in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a New York law that allowed government officials to pick and choose which class of citizens were deemed worthy of self-protection. Affirming that the Second Amendment “right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not a second-class right,” […]
Green Energy Threatens Reliability of Texas, US Electric Grids
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Bill PeacockTexans might be forgiven for thinking they have it better than the Brits when it comes to keeping the lights on. After all, they live in the energy capital of the world. However, the destructive nature of renewable energy like that used in Great Britain knows no borders, especially when American politicians push subsidies and […]