Biden’s Blunders, From A to Z
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes After reading my list of former President Donald Trump’s triumphs, from A to Z, nationally syndicated radio host Bill Martinez suggested during one of our weekly interviews that I give President Joe Biden’s blunders the same alphabetical treatment. Here goes. Afghanistan’s humiliating abandonment to the Taliban, amid America’s chaotic and deadly military […]
11 Defensive Gun Uses Show How Lawful Gun Owners ‘Get It Right’
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Often lost in conversations about gun violence is the reality of who is responsible for the bulk of that violence. Most gun crimes aren’t committed by lawful gun owners but by a small subset of repeat violent offenders who already are prohibited from legally possessing firearms. At the same time, […]
Economics in Action by Brian Balfour
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Very few young Americans learn anything about economics. Some high schools offer it, but the courses are usually taught by teachers who have scant knowledge of the field, using books that are heavily laden with anti-market sentiments. Such books reinforce socialistic ideas about worker exploitation, the supposed instability of capitalist […]
Inflation Stuck on High, Shifts from Item to Item
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Not encouraging: core PCE price index refuses to come down, and has moved sideways since July last year. The inflation index favored by the Fed, the core PCE price index – which, by excluding the food and energy products, is a measure of underlying inflation – re-accelerated in April, as […]
Weekend Read: Make America California
Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes The neo-feudal Newsom model has been a disaster. Like the buffoonish commanding officer in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, Gavin Newsom for many represents “the very model of a modern Major-General,” filling the expectations of the progressive political elite. Handsome, articulate, and politically savvy, Newsom has emerged as […]
How Can We Stop Serving Students So Poorly?
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes In 1942, there were 108,579 public school districts in the United States. By the 2020-21 school year, there were only 13,187. That massive consolidation of school districts was propelled by the belief that economies of scale created by larger school districts would lower costs and serve students better. Those presumed efficiencies have […]
Arizona GOP Lawmakers Hint At University Budget Cuts Over Free Speech Concerns
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Editors’ Note: Free speech certainly is a major concern. However, it goes much deeper than that. The Left has established an intellectual monopoly on our campuses that will allow no diversity of viewpoints. Search committees, faculty senates, and departments all work in tandem to deny Conservative scholars from being hired. […]
The Coming War of Civilizations
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes America’s decline is not irreversible. Media coverage of world events focuses on one crisis at a time, as if each was a separate phenomenon. But Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, the assaults on shipping in the Red Sea, China’s threats on Taiwan, the closing of the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthis, and even Venezuelan […]
New U. Arizona DEI Course Requirement Hit With Criticism: ‘academically unserious’
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Students could graduate without learning about the Constitution, Civil War, or landmark Supreme Court cases, critic argues As universities nationwide scale back diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, Arizona’s flagship public institution is preparing to implement a new mandate for students — two courses with a DEI emphasis as a graduation […]
On Vaccine Passports and the Interpretation of Reality
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Recently I found myself in a dust-up with some friends and acquaintances. The subject was vaccine passports. Although mild and civil throughout, this dust-up, conducted over email, nevertheless robbed me of sleep. More on my sleep loss in the conclusion. The dust-up was sparked by my interpretation of the latest of Dr. Leana […]