Editors’ Note: What is it with this Administration and its constant emphasis on Queer and Trans ideas and programs? And given the gross incompetence of the Secret Service, is Disneyland the best place to get training? This story is enough to make your blood boil. USSS staff are off to Orlando, Fla., next week […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/queerss.webp10241792M.D. Kittlehttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngM.D. Kittle2024-10-05 00:28:422024-10-04 06:29:46Will Secret Service Agents Protect Trump With ‘Queer Joy And Resilience?’
Editors’ Note: We agree with the author that even determining who is “Hispanic” can be difficult. Moreover, it does not sound very inclusive. Are we at the point where Irish, German, and Jewish students are made to feel “marginalized” by such designations? Do they feel welcome and safe at the U of A? How much […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/university-of-arizona-739561__340-1.jpg340477Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2024-09-30 00:26:572024-09-29 07:26:02Does the University of Arizona Serve Only Hispanics?
Shortly after the shooting of former President Trump, have you heard of the riots developing almost spontaneously across many American cities? Even though the candidate for President was hit, but not killed, anger as a reaction to the attempt set off multiple riots and the looting of stores. Whole blocks of stores were stripped of luxury goods and electronics as deplorables vented their anger. MAGA supporters saw their candidate framed by police and intelligence agencies, falsely impeached, pilloried in the media, sued, and prosecuted. Significantly, it was the attempted killing of the former President and likely next President that set off the masses. Years of “marginalization” and discrimination against white heterosexual males just could not be contained any longer.
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/kenosha-rioting.jpg338507Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-07-18 00:32:062024-07-18 09:00:49Do We Have A Deal On Political Violence?
It seemed just yesterday that Progressives were having a fit over the possibility of having “a convicted felon in the White House”. Now comes word that Hunter Biden is sitting in on key White House meetings. So, we do have a felon in the Oval Office. We can only imagine the wisdom he is departing. […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/49404623708_e4fdbb59df_k.jpg13652048Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-07-02 16:49:412024-07-03 18:10:30It Was More Than A Bad Night
In advance of an upcoming elective surgery, I have been on the phone with personnel from a local Tucson hospital to provide my medical history, insurance coverage, and other required information. The hospital does a great job and its employees are personable, professional, and thorough. A charming woman asked me on one of the calls […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-493216537.jpg14142121Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2024-04-07 00:30:102024-04-09 10:13:11Am I Male?
The human capacity for inconsistency, contradiction, hypocrisy, double standards, and cognitive dissonance fascinates me—especially my own large capacity for such intellectual somersaults. Somersaults were on display in a recent news story in the Arizona Daily Star. The story was about “Sonoran hot dog king” Daniel Contreras being in intensive care in a Tucson hospital. (“Family […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/aasonoran.jpg5231170Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2024-03-09 00:26:362024-03-07 05:51:15Somersaulting Over Sonoran Hot Dogs
“What a fool believes, no wise man has the power to reason away.” Doobie Brothers, 1978 Liberalism/Progressivism (or whatever they are calling Marxism these days) is a mental illness, characterized by delusions impervious to facts and reason. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th Edition (DSM-5) defines “delusions” as “…fixed beliefs that are not […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Tin_foil_hat_3.png326295Charles M. Strausshttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCharles M. Strauss2024-01-08 00:26:562024-01-07 08:14:38What A Fool Believes
Editors’ Note: Enjoy the first two paragraphs of satire introducing the events in the House of Representatives last week with the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The essay below is penned by Conlan Salgado, The Prickly Pear’s newest contributor. Mr. Salgado is a college junior, astute political observer and highly informed conservative. His essay deserves […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-588592670.jpg14142121Conlan Salgadohttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngConlan Salgado2023-10-09 00:30:272023-10-09 07:20:23The House Ouster: Today, We Are All MAGA Republicans
What’s the dividing line between fashionable and unfashionable tattoos? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So is fashion. Being neither beautiful nor fashionable, I have a burning question: At what point do tattoos go from being fashionably attractive to being unfashionably ugly? I need to know in case I ever decide to […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/tatoo.jpg56638495Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2023-09-01 00:26:502023-08-29 07:51:07A Fashion Question about Tattoos
I have been taken aback by the chorus of my fellow Republicans who have questioned the word of President Joe Biden regarding his involvement in his son’s business dealings. Mr. Biden was obviously busy with other matters, as you can only expect from a man of his stature. So why would we question his involvement? […]
Will Secret Service Agents Protect Trump With ‘Queer Joy And Resilience?’
/by M.D. KittleEditors’ Note: What is it with this Administration and its constant emphasis on Queer and Trans ideas and programs? And given the gross incompetence of the Secret Service, is Disneyland the best place to get training? This story is enough to make your blood boil. USSS staff are off to Orlando, Fla., next week […]
Does the University of Arizona Serve Only Hispanics?
/by Craig J. CantoniEditors’ Note: We agree with the author that even determining who is “Hispanic” can be difficult. Moreover, it does not sound very inclusive. Are we at the point where Irish, German, and Jewish students are made to feel “marginalized” by such designations? Do they feel welcome and safe at the U of A? How much […]
Do We Have A Deal On Political Violence?
/by Neland NobelShortly after the shooting of former President Trump, have you heard of the riots developing almost spontaneously across many American cities? Even though the candidate for President was hit, but not killed, anger as a reaction to the attempt set off multiple riots and the looting of stores. Whole blocks of stores were stripped of luxury goods and electronics as deplorables vented their anger. MAGA supporters saw their candidate framed by police and intelligence agencies, falsely impeached, pilloried in the media, sued, and prosecuted. Significantly, it was the attempted killing of the former President and likely next President that set off the masses. Years of “marginalization” and discrimination against white heterosexual males just could not be contained any longer.
It Was More Than A Bad Night
/by Neland NobelIt seemed just yesterday that Progressives were having a fit over the possibility of having “a convicted felon in the White House”. Now comes word that Hunter Biden is sitting in on key White House meetings. So, we do have a felon in the Oval Office. We can only imagine the wisdom he is departing. […]
Am I Male?
/by Craig J. CantoniIn advance of an upcoming elective surgery, I have been on the phone with personnel from a local Tucson hospital to provide my medical history, insurance coverage, and other required information. The hospital does a great job and its employees are personable, professional, and thorough. A charming woman asked me on one of the calls […]
Somersaulting Over Sonoran Hot Dogs
/by Craig J. CantoniThe human capacity for inconsistency, contradiction, hypocrisy, double standards, and cognitive dissonance fascinates me—especially my own large capacity for such intellectual somersaults. Somersaults were on display in a recent news story in the Arizona Daily Star. The story was about “Sonoran hot dog king” Daniel Contreras being in intensive care in a Tucson hospital. (“Family […]
What A Fool Believes
/by Charles M. Strauss“What a fool believes, no wise man has the power to reason away.” Doobie Brothers, 1978 Liberalism/Progressivism (or whatever they are calling Marxism these days) is a mental illness, characterized by delusions impervious to facts and reason. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th Edition (DSM-5) defines “delusions” as “…fixed beliefs that are not […]
The House Ouster: Today, We Are All MAGA Republicans
/by Conlan SalgadoEditors’ Note: Enjoy the first two paragraphs of satire introducing the events in the House of Representatives last week with the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The essay below is penned by Conlan Salgado, The Prickly Pear’s newest contributor. Mr. Salgado is a college junior, astute political observer and highly informed conservative. His essay deserves […]
A Fashion Question about Tattoos
/by Craig J. CantoniWhat’s the dividing line between fashionable and unfashionable tattoos? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So is fashion. Being neither beautiful nor fashionable, I have a burning question: At what point do tattoos go from being fashionably attractive to being unfashionably ugly? I need to know in case I ever decide to […]
I Believe President Biden
/by Bruce BialoskyI have been taken aback by the chorus of my fellow Republicans who have questioned the word of President Joe Biden regarding his involvement in his son’s business dealings. Mr. Biden was obviously busy with other matters, as you can only expect from a man of his stature. So why would we question his involvement? […]