By Doug Bandow Big political moves are afoot in the People’s Republic of China. A critical Politburo meeting is set to begin on November 8 but, as in Joseph Stalin’s time, it will effectively be a meeting of one, with everyone else merely playing the political equivalent of a movie extra. It is the latest […]
By Allen Mendenhall Higher education in the United States is in dire condition. Priced Out, a report by Neetu Arnold of the National Association of Scholars released earlier this year, describes several problems afflicting colleges and universities: profligate spending, administrative bloat, exorbitant tuition costs, massive student loan debt, mission drift, student radicalism—the list goes on. What can be […]
By John Lott This year has seen the largest increase ever in the number of concealed handgun permit holders—more than two million, for a total of 21.52 million. That is a 48 percent increase since 2016. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of NYSRPA v. Bruen, which has a chance to further increase this […]
By Neland Nobel The mandate to require employers to force employees to take an experimental vaccine, which at best seems to provide protection from severe symptoms for a limited amount of time, was struck down by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The full ruling can be found here. The Court makes a number of salient […]
By Cole Lauterbach Editors’ Note: As we see the spread of “tiny tyrants” and the abuse of liberty by local officials, it is worth exploring where this attitude originated. Besides coming from the universities that have become bastions of intolerance, the attitude of the Federal Government cannot be dismissed. The constant rhetoric coming from the […]
By Charles M. Strauss Note: This article was written before closing arguments. If facts mattered, the jury would find Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts, except for possession by a minor. However, facts don’t matter. If facts mattered, he would not have been charged in the first place. So, there is always the possibility that […]
By Neland Nobel Not too long ago, we wrote a satirical piece about the disappearance of Sweden. For all intents and purposes, when it comes to public policies towards the Wuhan virus, Sweden is just ignored. Why? Their story is an important one and could inform our own debate about what policies make sense. Sweden […]
By Cole Lauterbach A former adviser to Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has again won a racial discrimination case against the state official from their time in the state Legislature. A jury sided with Talonya Adams, a former legal advisor to the Arizona Senate Democrats, in her claim that she was discriminated against when […]
By Thomas C. Patterson Americans are barraged with messaging from left-wing politicians and their supportive media informing us we are a fundamentally racist nation, frozen in amber from our slaveholding past, and denying it only proves how racist we are. But the fact case is against these purveyors of resentment. Yes, racism exists, duh – but […]
By May Davis Despite the president’s initial confusion, let’s be clear about where we’ve landed: the Biden DOJ is absolutely planning to pay up to $450,000 per illegal migrant separated under the short-lived Zero Tolerance policy as part of a settlement. Biden has since recanted, shouting at a reporter that border crossers, “whether they crossed legally or […]
By Ronald Stein Over the last decade, climate activists have successfully pressured governments, banks, and corporations to divest from crude oil and natural gas companies. The energy infrastructures are just like the “civil” infrastructures the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure Report Cards constantly addresses, and the resultant poor “grades” given to the infrastructures […]
By David McGrogan One of the more surprising features of the response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic internationally has been the deafening silence of human rights advocates about the restrictions on fundamental freedoms that have been introduced. Across the developed world, governments have taken it upon themselves, frequently by executive fiat, to restrict the movements of […]
By Terri Jo Neff The Scottsdale Unified School District’s administration is scrambling to do damage control after a group of mothers discovered Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg had access to a Google Drive full of personal information, documents, and photos of about 47 people, including children. An email sent out Wednesday evening by the SUSD’s […]
By Wolf Richter Americans, as they struggle with the meaning of the Fed’s terms “transitory” and “temporary,” expect that inflation one year from now will rise to 5.7%, the 12th month in a row of relentless increases, the highest in the data going back to 2013, creating a beautiful record spike (red line), according to […]
By Joyce Lee Malcolm After nearly a decade rejecting Second Amendment cases, the Supreme Court has just agreed to hear New York Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York. It is high time and not a moment too soon. Since McDonald v. City of Chicago in 2010 when the Court incorporated “the right of individuals to […]
By Max Borders This is behavior that picks and chooses precepts from both syndromes [taking and trading], creating monstrous moral hybrids.” – Jane Jacobs, from Systems of Survival Disclosure: I am vaccinated against Covid-19. So allow me to inoculate myself from any charges that I am an ‘anti-vaxxer.’ I am not. Yet, I join millions of people […]
By Jordan Davidson An Arizona school board colluded with local law enforcement to kick out and arrest parents who spoke out against the district’s anti-science mask mandate for young children. According to emails obtained by Not in our Schools, Sgt. Greg Howarth of the Chandler Police Department spent time in April and May gathering evidence on […]
By Rachel Bovard Editors’ Note: We share the concern of the author. One of the great failures of the Trump Administration was the reliance on executive orders, largely because he lacked clear majorities in the House and Senate and was also opposed by many Republicans. The latter may have been a product of his successful […]
By Neland Nobel Editors’ Note: The Tucker Carlson three-part Fox Nation series on January 6th is so revealing. The bottom line, though, is what actually happened in the 2020 Presidential election to bring so Americans to distrust our electoral system. Today, the Prickly Pear posted a superb Featured Video interview with Arizona Senator Wendy Rogers who has […]
By Cole Lauterbach A teacher union-backed ballot initiative to strike a state law protecting small business owners from a new 3.5% income tax increase failed to get the voter support needed to make the ballot. An attorney for Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs disclosed the update Friday in a court hearing challenging tax-related citizen […]
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