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U.S. Representative Andy Biggs – A Model of Constituency Service and Real Care of Those He Representatives
By John R. Ammon Arizona U.S. Representative Andy Biggs is a unique federal legislator. He is a strong advocate for liberty and the foundational and constitutional basis of the United States and aggressively fights to defend our liberty and opportunity for all Americans. We should expect no less from all our federal and state legislators […]
The Illusion of Being Offended
By Gayle Nobel I cannot offend you. You cannot offend me. People seem to be offended all over the place today and wear that badge on their sleeves like an honor or a cause. So much so, that freedom of expression has been under attack in an unprecedented way in our country. There have been […]
Katie Hobbs Says She Supports No Limits on Abortion, Even Up to Birth
By Corinne Murdock In a Sunday interview, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs said she wouldn’t put any limits on abortion. Hobbs also evaded questions about her strength to handle a debate with Lake, as well as who caused the present border crisis. Hobbs’ remarks occurred during her 8-minute one-on-one interview with CBS host Major Garrett, as part […]
The Coming Radical Political Shift
By Bruce Bialosky Editors’ Note: The following article defines today’s Democrat party accurately. One no longer has to dissect through their ‘moderate’ messaging that has hidden their true agenda for decades. What you are seeing is what we get when today’s Democrats have unbalanced power. The Founders’ design of our Republic made every citizen sovereign […]
Arizona Democrat Won’t Say If She Supports Any Limits On Abortion
By Nicole Silverio Democratic Arizona gubernatorial nominee Katie Hobbs refused to give a direct answer as to whether she supports any limitations on abortion during a Sunday appearance on “Face the Nation.” The candidate said she opposes the national 15-week abortion ban proposed by Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, prompting host Major Garrett to […]
Mark Kelly Can’t Hide From His Embrace Of Joe Biden
By Tristan Justice Mark Kelly is in lockstep with flailing President Joe Biden, and there’s no denying it. There’s one statistic Sen. Mark Kelly can’t run from: The Arizona Democrat has voted with President Joe Biden’s radical agenda more than 94 percent of the time. With a White House approval rating below 43 percent, that’s […]
Banned Books Week Looks More Like Porn For Kids Week
By Nicole Solas Banned Books Week is not about censorship. It’s about power. Let’s get one thing straight about Banned Books Week: there are no banned books in America. The American government does not prohibit the publishing or importing of books as Czarist or Communist Russia did. Books sexualizing children are not burned in a […]
Stop the Attacks Against Peaceful, Pro-Life Americans
By Melanie Israel In the five months since someone leaked a draft majority opinion by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade—which the high court officially did June 24—pro-life Americans have faced a wave of violent attacks. Pro-abortion politicians from President Joe Biden on down haven’t just been silent about the attacks on pro-life organizations. […]
Drag Queens Are the New Black Face
By Neland Nobel It is easy to find on YouTube numerous videos of parents dragging their own children to drag queen shows where the children are encouraged to touch the genital areas of the performers or stuff dollar bills into the same geography. Or they will haul their children to a place of learning, usually […]
FBI, Justice Department Twist Federal Law to Arrest, Charge Pro-Life Activist
By Hans von Spakovsky and Cully Stimson In an early morning raid Friday in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, about two dozen FBI agents with weapons drawn pounded on the door of Mark Houck’s home, where he lives with his wife and seven children. The FBI agents arrested Houck based on a federal indictment. Sounds serious, right? Is Houck a domestic […]
Poll: Arizona Democrats Riding on Abortion Rights to Make Up for Poor Biden Approval
By Cole Lauterbach Democrats in Arizona say they’re more interested in November’s election, with abortion laws becoming their battle cry. But, they will have to outwork President Joe Biden’s mid-term approval ratings. A recent Arizona Public Opinion Pulse poll from OH Predictive Insights found that 59% of Arizona voters think there should be limits on […]
EXCLUSIVE: Trump-Endorsed Arizona Attorney General Nominee And Former Prosecutor Abe Hamadeh HAMMERS Woke Anti-Police Radical Kris Mayes During AG Candidate Forum (VIDEO)
By Jordan Conradson Editors’ Note: As the 2022 midterm election approaches (November 8th), mail-in ballots are to be mailed out on October 12th. The Prickly Pear asks all readers and all Arizonans two simple questions: Is Arizona to be a state like California where there is widespread crime, homelessness, defunding of police and rapid deterioration […]
Court Allows Arizona’s Near-Total Abortion Ban To Go Into Effect
By Trevor Schakohl Are you fed up? Are you worried that America in rapidly sliding into a neo-Marxist state by the radical left in control of Washington with historically narrow majorities in the U.S. House and Senate and an Executive controlled by unnamed far leftists in place of a clinically incompetent President Biden? They are […]
To Our Conservative and Moderate Friends
By Kim Miller Are you considering voting for a Democrat, or not voting for a Republican because you think they’re crazy? If you’re someone who votes according to the “candidate I like,” rather than the political party, consider what RESULTS your vote will bring to America, Arizona, and your family. A candidate’s likability and respectfulness […]
Dr. Devil Worshiper Vs. Monkeypox
By Rod Dreher Are you fed up? Are you worried that America in rapidly sliding into a neo-Marxist state by the radical left in control of Washington with historically narrow majorities in the U.S. House and Senate and an Executive controlled by unnamed far leftists in place of a clinically incompetent President Biden? They are […]
Make Democrats Defend Their Abortion Extremism
By David Harsanyi The modern left isn’t pro-choice anymore. Senator Lindsey Graham has introduced the “Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act” which would limit abortions past 15 weeks of pregnancy. The bill includes exceptions for rape and incest, offers protections for the woman’s life, and prohibits the prosecution of those seeking abortions. By any […]
Religious Individuals Versus Collectivist Control
By Bruce W. Davidson A century ago, Princeton scholar J. Gresham Machen remarked that “historic Christianity is in conflict at many points with the collectivism of the present day; it does emphasize, against the claims of society, the worth of the individual soul. . . It does give a man courage to stand, if need be, […]
NBA Suspends Phoenix Suns Owner Robert Sarver, Fines Him $10 Million After Probe Found he Used Racial Slurs, Made Sexist Comments Toward Female Employees
By Cristina Laila Editors’ Note: We can’t determine whether the charges made against Mr. Sarver are true or not. It would seem the NBA thinks so and they are judge, jury, and executioner. However, it is worth noting sports owners have been at the forefront of promoting their sport as the spearpoint of left-wing social […]
A Skeptic Confronts False Prophets
By Joshua Mitchell John McWhorter has written an important book—a heretical book, really, because, in today’s America, black men are anathema if they believe what he believes, or write what he writes. McWhorter knows the bounds within which he is expected to live, but will not suffer the faux righteousness disseminated by the Elect of […]
It Is Critical to Drain the School Board Swamp This November
By Arizona Free Enterprise Club Public schools are out of control. And it’s going to get worse if we don’t do something about it. Unfortunately, for far too long, school board elections have been some of the most ignored around our state. But whether you have kids in public school, private school, or homeschool—whether your […]
Major League Blunder: Baseball Teams’ ‘Pride Nights’ Help Fund Gender Transitions for Minors
By Joshua Arnold Editors’ Note: If you need another excuse not to waste hundreds of dollars for an evening with a game that drags on until your rear end goes numb, simply go to the Diamondback website: click on this link. Both of the Editors at The Prickly Pear played baseball and loved baseball. Not […]
Federal Court Ruling on Gender Identity Upends Civil Rights Law
By Sarah Parshall Perry In a shocking and first-of-its-kind reading of a more than 30-year-old disability law, a federal judge ruled that the distress that results from a person feeling that he or she is of the wrong sex is a disability that must be accommodated under the Americans with Disabilities Act. If the opinion is […]
The US Engages in LGBTQI+ Imperialism
By Craig J. Cantoni Sweden, Finland, and Britain are in America’s sex and gender crosshairs. Ukraine and Russia are at war. China and Taiwan are throwing more than words at each other. North Korea is firing ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. India and Turkey are making goo-goo eyes at Russia. Saudi Arabia is […]
Sexual Neocons Inch Closer to Social Conservatism
By Austin Lamb The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, by Louise Perry (Polity: August 2022), 200 pages. Among the remarkable things about The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry, set to hit shelves tomorrow, is that it’s not much of a case against the sexual revolution at all. Given the title, you’d expect Perry’s book […]
AZ Voters Divided on Abortion, Energy Subsidies; United Against Higher Taxes and Bad Economy
By The Editors at Center Square The tight race for Arizona governor is within the margin of error, according to a new survey from Scott Rasmussen’s RMG Research, and incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-AZ, holds a 7-point lead over Republican challenger Blake Masters. On hot-button issues such as the economy, Arizonans took positions Rasmussen believes could […]
Errant DAs Are Not Only Ones Destroying Our Justice System
By Bruce Bialosky There is an active revolt going on against District Attorneys who once elected decide to take the law into their own hands and apply laws at their personal whim. This has caused havoc and uproar across our nation highlighted recently by the charges against a bodega worker in New York City (later […]
Monkeypox And The Face Of Gay Promiscuity
By Rod Dreher Promiscuous gay German man’s nose nearly rots off from monkeypox. He also had advanced syphilis and HIV, but didn’t know it That’s a pretty horrible picture, isn’t it? It’s a 40-year-old German monkeypox patient whose nose began to rot off after he caught the disease. Turns out that he was HIV-positive and […]
DeSantis, Trump, and a New Right Comfortable With Power
By Pedro Gonzalez Editors’ Note: This article touches on an important subject that we hope will be expanded by conservative leaders of all hues. We certainly do not wish to become as illiberal as our opponents. Politics should be more than just gangs fighting over who gets to control the levers of state power. In […]
Will the Real “Independent” Please Stand Up?
By Joe Pitts After a heated Republican primary and some lukewarm Democratic battles, candidates for Arizona’s statewide offices are positioning themselves for the general election on November 8th. Even the winners of the most contentious races, like Kari Lake, are calling for post-primary unity among members of their party. When the clock struck 8 pm […]
Did Lockdowns Turn Americans Into Lazy Bums?
By Jeffrey Tucker It looks as if we can add another line to the long list of lockdown harms. Sloth. This explains so much actually. For months, we’ve been watching working/population ratios and labor participation rates and have been stunned by how they both continue to plummet. We search for explanations. Early retirement. Women driven […]