By Peter C. Earle From August 22 through 24th, an extended coalition of over 40 nations which has become known as BRICS+ will meet in Johannesburg, South Africa. Among the likely topics of discussion is the feasibility of setting up a jointly-owned international financial institution. It would be funded by gold deposits, issue a currency, […]
By Ken Braun Author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century. The 2005 book wasn’t advocating the agenda of the Flat Earth Society, and Friedman likely hasn’t used the proceeds to help fund such a ludicrous group. But the charitable foundation he runs with his wife […]
By Mark Wallace Almost a half-century ago, legendary trader Richard Dennis of C&D Commodities put on a famous trade: long (soy)beans and short bonds. The trade reflected the established bull market in commodities and bear market in 30-year U.S. Treasury Bonds. It was an era of high inflation (peaking at 14 percent during the disastrous […]
By Jordan Boyd The White House put immense pressure on the Big Tech company to limit what Americans were exposed to online. President Joe Biden’s White House demanded an increase of censorship from Facebook in 2021, new emails reveal — confirming once again that the administration believes Americans are stupid. In part three of what he deemed […]
By Eric Rozenman U.S. policy toward China appears to be suffering from a belief in magic – that, for instance, withdrawing from Afghanistan would be a great idea; that Putin would be happy with a “minor incursion” into Ukraine; that the Chinese spy balloon was “silly;” that the mission of education and the military should be to ensure “equity,” […]
By Jay Greene and Jason Bedrick On the occasion of his “eleventy-first” birthday, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins famously disappeared. On July 31, we celebrate[d] what would have been the 111th birthday of another man who was diminutive in size but larger than life in spirit: Milton Friedman. Were he to reappear today, he would likely […]
By Tim Graham The line between radical activism and “mainstream” journalism has been obliterated, especially when it comes to the LGBTQ+ lobbyists. The war on traditional Christianity is on. It was splashed all over the front page of the July 25 USA Today. The headline above the photograph was “Christian transgender man says fighting LGBTQ+ discrimination has […]
By John Daniel Davidson It’s not about Trump. It’s about criminalizing dissent and punishing the millions who voted for him — and warning them not to do it again. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden’s Justice Department took the unprecedented step of indicting former President Donald Trump — Biden’s chief rival in the upcoming 2024 election — […]
By Thomas Harrington While I come from what might be called the traditional left, or what today can perhaps be called the RFK, Jr left, I have always been very interested in reading thinkers from other schools of political thought, especially libertarians. This, owing to their generalized disdain for war and empire, their fierce belief […]
By Jack Fitzhenry When Nebraskans went to the polls last November, nearly two-thirds of voters decided to amend Nebraska’s Constitution to require people to present a valid photo identification before casting a vote in future elections. To implement the amendment, Nebraska’s Legislature recently passed a law setting forth the exact voter ID requirements and striking […]
By Jon Miltimore Federal lawmakers created a glut of EVs with their meddling, and it’s likely to have an adverse impact on both the auto market and the environment. Ford Motor recently announced it is slashing prices on its F-150 Lightning, an electric vehicle the company rolled out in 2021. The Lightning now carries a suggested […]
By Corinne Murdock A majority of heat deaths in Maricopa County are attributable to methamphetamine, according to the latest Maricopa County Department of Public Health heat deaths report. 53 percent of heat deaths involved meth last year, or 226 deaths. 67 percent of deaths involved some type of substance abuse. The county noted that the proportion of […]
By Bruce Bialosky We have been searching for a place to focus our charitable efforts. For more than 30 years, most of our giving went to our synagogue. Sadly, we were compelled to leave after two left-wing Rabbis were more interested in being community organizers than teaching the Torah. We have been giving to Prager […]
By Neland Nobel What a run it has been! The S&P is up better than 20% and the tech-laden NASDAQ is up better than 45% year to data. Label it as either a new bull market or a bear market rally, it has been strong. The stock market seems poised to challenge old highs based […]
By The Editors The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Maricopa County Transportation Tax Passes Arizona Legislature Lawmakers send Hobbs Prop. 400 tax […]
By Bethany Blankley As agents continue to apprehend more known, suspected terrorists (KSTs) illegally entering the U.S., internal federal agency processes have allowed them to enter the U.S. and “potentially threaten national security and public safety,” an Office of Inspector General report found. The OIG, which audited the Department of Homeland Security, the agency created in response […]
By Neland Nobel We published an interesting interview with Tom Lewis, the generous benefactor who had to withdraw his significant contributions to ASU because of militant left-wing bias among its faculty. In that interview, he has high praise for Michael Crow, although he admits he does not think Michael Crow knows what is going on […]
By Cameron Arcand Editors’ Note: It is one of the defining issues of our time: the limits to personal liberty, especially absent any broadly accepted moral code. It seems many are their own God, making up their own moral code or copying one from social media. Democrats, i.e., the Left, like to sell themselves as […]
By Gage Klipper There’s one sure sign that the Republican Establishment is the weakest it’s ever been. Reaganism, fusionism, neoconservatism, whatever you want to call it — the vast majority of American conservatives appear to have rejected the ideology that stands for unlimited commitments abroad and free market fundamentalism overall. Instead, the polling average among […]
By Rob Bluey Tom Lewis is among America’s most generous philanthropists. Over more than 20 years, his T.W. Lewis Foundation has funded causes helping children and families, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations like The Heritage Foundation. But he’s now taking a different approach with colleges and universities after a controversy at Arizona State University. Lewis pulled his funding following […]
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