Entries by ThePricklyPear.org

GOVERNMENT OVERREACH: Had Enough Yet?

By Bobby Anne Flower Cox I’m currently down here in the free state of Florida for a summit this weekend where I am one of the legal experts on the panel of lawyers (hence me being a day late in posting this week’s Substack). The lineup of speakers here has been phenomenal. Truly brilliant minds, […]

CHILDREN: Majority of Americans Believe Transgender Movement Has Gone Too Far

By Susan Berry, PhD A new poll finds 75 percent of likely American voters believe the transgender movement has gone too far by encouraging underage minors to use drugs and surgery to transition to the opposite sex. The survey, co-sponsored by Colorado-based Summit Ministries – which embraces a Christian worldview – and national polling firm […]

Marc Victor Makes It a Two Man Race

By Neland Nobel Libertarian candidate for the US Senate in Arizona has pulled out of the Arizona US Senate race, making it now a clear choice between Democrat incumbent Mark Kelly and Republican challenger Blake Masters. The Prickly Pear has expressed concern that in such a tight race, votes for the libertarian candidate would be “wasted” […]

FOX NEWS: Arizona Senate Race – Libertarian candidate drops out, endorses Blake Masters

By Editorial Staff By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Republican Blake Masters is facing Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly in the midterm election The Libertarian candidate in Arizona’s Senate race has dropped out and endorsed his Republican opponent. Libertarian Senate candidate Marc Victor, who was polling at 1% in a New York Times/Siena College poll released Monday, […]

America Runs on Diesel!

By Mark T. Cicero Editors Note: When the President of the United States said he will shut down the fossil fuel industry, what do you think happens to capital flows for the industry? When the ESG movement said they will not fund the fossil fuel industry, what do you think happens to capital flows? Well, […]

Hispanic Brilliance and Blather

By Craig J. Cantoni A self-identified Hispanic reveals the speciousness of today’s racial/ethnic labels but then falls into the same trap. A reader of the Wall Street Journal with the surname of Flores had me cheering enthusiastically over part of what he wrote in the Reader Comments of the online edition of the newspaper. He […]

How Deadly Is Covid? A Major Study Defies Conventional Wisdom

By Will Jones COVID-19 is much less deadly in the non-elderly population than previously thought, a major new study of antibody prevalence surveys has concluded. The study was led by Dr. John Ioannidis, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Stanford University, who famously sounded an early warning on March 17th, 2020 with a widely-read article in Stat News, […]

VICTORY! Arizona Court Strikes Down Pima County’s “Balloondoggle”

By Timothy Sandefur In a major win for Arizona taxpayers—thanks to the work of the Goldwater Institute—a state appellate court yesterday declaredthat Pima County officials violated the state Constitution when they adopted a multimillion-dollar subsidy for the World View company, a business that’s supposed to take passengers on rides to the stratosphere in specially modified high-altitude […]

Making Crime Into Political Violence While Ignoring Crime That Is

By Neland Nobel Not too long ago, The Prickly Pear ran a piece, “Don’t Take the Bait”.  It suggested that the press and the Democrats were deliberately baiting conservatives to take action that would result in violence, so it could be to discredit conservatism.  It went on to recommend that conservatives swear off any kind […]

“Republican” PAC Outspends Others With Millions Just to Defeat Kari Lake

By Corinne Murdock Editors’ Note: The following information is appalling. The dark money from multiple PACSs connected to wealthy Democrat globalists and major American corporations committed to destroying any Trump-endorsed candidate should be a wake-up call to Arizona voters. Additionally, the connection of Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (who was elected in 2020 on the […]

It Takes a Village to Take Your Child

By Peachy Keenan Hillary Clinton’s 1996 groomer handbook It Takes a Village made the case that parents can’t do it alone; you need an active and involved community to raise your children for with you. “We all depend on other adults whom we know—from teachers to doctors to neighbors to pastors—and on those whom we […]

Cynical Legislation to Destroy Jobs

By Bruce Bialosky I have read a lot of legislation over the years, but never have I read a piece of  legislation quite as cynical as California’s AB257 Fast Food Accountability and Standards Act passed by the Legislature and signed by Gallivanting Governor Newsom. The people who created this legislation obviously think we are all […]

Identity Crisis

By Kelsey Bolar In the early Spring I began working on a documentary series for Independent Women’s Forum called “Identity Crisis.” The project tells the stories of four mothers whose daughters fell victim to gender ideology, two detransitioners who now warn of the harms this movement is causing, and one mental health professional who rails […]

Senate report details ‘substantial evidence’ COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab

By The Editors The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Minority oversight staff on Thursday released an interim report asserting that the “Senate report details ‘substantial evidence’ supporting the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic originated as the result of a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). “Experts have proposed two dominant […]

Arizona Is on the Cusp of an “America First” Wave

By Erica Mitchell Editors’ Note: The following article should not and must not give Arizona voters any reason to let up on their intention (and citizen responsibility) to actually vote. Most Arizonans vote by mail. Get your ballots in now!! No one should be submitting mail-in-ballots later than this coming Tuesday, November 1st to be […]

The New Threat to Democracy: The Shadow Candidate

By Neland Nobel The recent debate performance of Senatorial candidate John Fetterman in Pennsylvania was revelatory. The man clearly has serious cognitive issues that would make him unable to serve. Yet President Biden said Fetterman’s wife would make a great Senator. This remark seemed to imply that party officials understand Fetterman is not able to […]

America Is Facing a Cycle of Doom But Nobody Seems To Care

By Thomas C. Patterson Editors’ Note: We think the author is spot on – that our political elites, the media, and the public at large are currently living a delusional life. They simply do not recognize the serious nature of our financial situation. The markets however are starting to see the problem. Not only have […]