The neo-feudal Newsom model has been a disaster. Like the buffoonish commanding officer in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, Gavin Newsom for many represents “the very model of a modern Major-General,” filling the expectations of the progressive political elite. Handsome, articulate, and politically savvy, Newsom has emerged as the new matinee idol, in […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/vagramts.jpg339509Joel Kotkinhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJoel Kotkin2023-09-30 00:30:102023-09-27 10:32:55Weekend Read: Make America California
Total encounters reported at both the northern and southwest land borders in August was 304,162, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. It is the greatest total number of illegal entries of any month in recorded U.S. history, according to CBP data. Total encounter data excludes nearly 30,000 gotaways at the southwest border reported by Border Patrol […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/yuma-1.jpg427640Bethany Blankleyhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBethany Blankley2023-09-30 00:29:362023-09-27 10:20:36August Border Encounters Of More Than 322,000 Highest Monthly Total In U.S. History
George Orwell had little hope that the lies of totalitarians would be exposed by a free press. His essay “The Freedom of the Press” was intended as the preface to Animal Farm, but was not published until 1972. Orwell revealed that the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Information (MOI) (created during the Second World War) advised Orwell’s […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/orwell.jpg338507Barry Brownsteinhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBarry Brownstein2023-09-30 00:28:422023-09-27 10:13:22Orwell Exposed the Cowardice of Journalists and Intellectuals
“There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing the information coming in. I had found a shocking fact. It wasn’t the secret police who were doing this wide-scale surveillance and hiding on every street corner. It was the ordinary German people who were informing on their neighbors.”—Professor Robert Gellately, author of Backing Hitler […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/spying-1536x975-1.jpg9751536John W. Whiteheadhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJohn W. Whitehead2023-09-29 00:30:182023-09-27 08:21:12A Nation of Snitches: DHS Is Grooming Americans to Report on Each Other
AS economic freedom in the world has plunged in recent years, due mainly to the interventions and fiscal-monetary profligacy associated with COVID shutdowns, mandates, and subsidies. The global measure is given in Figure One. This is a significant reversal of freedom’s increase between 2010 and 2019. But the downtrend is much worse and more prolonged […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/chains.jpg480640Richard M. Salsmanhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngRichard M. Salsman2023-09-29 00:26:362023-09-27 09:37:48The Multiyear Decline in US Economic Freedom
Editors Note: For years, the progressive clarion call has been to “follow California.” From auto emissions, treatment of the homeless, criminal enforcement or lack thereof, to gun policy, our oversized state has provided a swagger and arrogance coupled with its immense economic power, to change the political debate. However, overreach has now become a huge […]
Six Atlantic shore Governors are begging the Feds to bail them out of a huge looming offshore wind cost overrun. They sent Biden a joint letter asking for a list of relief measures ranging from tax breaks to revenue sharing. The outcome is far from clear but my guess is the largess is unlikely to […]
Famously, at the start of his 1849 essay, “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau observed, “That government is best which governs least.” Few policymakers or politicians during COVID were influenced by Thoreau, who also pointed out that “government never furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got of its […]
Recently I encountered a study by an organization called Oxfam Research. That study: Where Hard Work Doesn’t Pay Off. As defined in Wikipedia, Oxfam was founded in 1942 as a confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations, centered in Oxford England focusing on alleviating global poverty and led by Oxfam International. There is an American affiliate. I […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/usa-1198930_1280.jpg8501280Bruce Bialoskyhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBruce Bialosky2023-09-27 00:28:222023-09-25 09:31:26Is America A Bad Place To Work?
Something was seen in the city that is common in other cities but rare in Tucson. My wife and I saw a shocking sight on a recent trip to the Barnes and Noble bookstore on East Broadway Blvd. in the City of Tucson. The bookstore’s parking lot was crumbling, unkempt, and devoid of any landscaping. […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/tucsonlitter.jpeg541706Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2023-09-27 00:26:472023-09-25 09:45:45A Shocking Sight in Tucson
Weekend Read: Make America California
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by Joel KotkinThe neo-feudal Newsom model has been a disaster. Like the buffoonish commanding officer in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, Gavin Newsom for many represents “the very model of a modern Major-General,” filling the expectations of the progressive political elite. Handsome, articulate, and politically savvy, Newsom has emerged as the new matinee idol, in […]
August Border Encounters Of More Than 322,000 Highest Monthly Total In U.S. History
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Economy, Education, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Bethany BlankleyTotal encounters reported at both the northern and southwest land borders in August was 304,162, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. It is the greatest total number of illegal entries of any month in recorded U.S. history, according to CBP data. Total encounter data excludes nearly 30,000 gotaways at the southwest border reported by Border Patrol […]
Orwell Exposed the Cowardice of Journalists and Intellectuals
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Barry BrownsteinGeorge Orwell had little hope that the lies of totalitarians would be exposed by a free press. His essay “The Freedom of the Press” was intended as the preface to Animal Farm, but was not published until 1972. Orwell revealed that the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Information (MOI) (created during the Second World War) advised Orwell’s […]
A Nation of Snitches: DHS Is Grooming Americans to Report on Each Other
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by John W. Whitehead“There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing the information coming in. I had found a shocking fact. It wasn’t the secret police who were doing this wide-scale surveillance and hiding on every street corner. It was the ordinary German people who were informing on their neighbors.”—Professor Robert Gellately, author of Backing Hitler […]
The Multiyear Decline in US Economic Freedom
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Richard M. SalsmanAS economic freedom in the world has plunged in recent years, due mainly to the interventions and fiscal-monetary profligacy associated with COVID shutdowns, mandates, and subsidies. The global measure is given in Figure One. This is a significant reversal of freedom’s increase between 2010 and 2019. But the downtrend is much worse and more prolonged […]
California Ban On Standard-Capacity Gun Magazines Overturned
/in Culture War, Featured, Gun Rights, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Kenneth SchruppEditors Note: For years, the progressive clarion call has been to “follow California.” From auto emissions, treatment of the homeless, criminal enforcement or lack thereof, to gun policy, our oversized state has provided a swagger and arrogance coupled with its immense economic power, to change the political debate. However, overreach has now become a huge […]
Desperate Governors Beg For Offshore Wind Cost Relief
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by David WojickSix Atlantic shore Governors are begging the Feds to bail them out of a huge looming offshore wind cost overrun. They sent Biden a joint letter asking for a list of relief measures ranging from tax breaks to revenue sharing. The outcome is far from clear but my guess is the largess is unlikely to […]
A Noted Physician Advocates COVID Civil Disobedience
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Barry BrownsteinFamously, at the start of his 1849 essay, “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau observed, “That government is best which governs least.” Few policymakers or politicians during COVID were influenced by Thoreau, who also pointed out that “government never furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got of its […]
Is America A Bad Place To Work?
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyRecently I encountered a study by an organization called Oxfam Research. That study: Where Hard Work Doesn’t Pay Off. As defined in Wikipedia, Oxfam was founded in 1942 as a confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations, centered in Oxford England focusing on alleviating global poverty and led by Oxfam International. There is an American affiliate. I […]
A Shocking Sight in Tucson
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniSomething was seen in the city that is common in other cities but rare in Tucson. My wife and I saw a shocking sight on a recent trip to the Barnes and Noble bookstore on East Broadway Blvd. in the City of Tucson. The bookstore’s parking lot was crumbling, unkempt, and devoid of any landscaping. […]