The White House’s “Misinformation” Pressure Campaign Was Unconstitutional
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes I am one of five private plaintiffs in the landmark free speech case Missouri v. Biden. Earlier this month, the Fifth Circuit Court found that the government “engaged in a years-long pressure campaign designed to ensure that the censorship [on social media] aligned with the government’s preferred viewpoints” and that […]
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute September Update: Spring Bounce Fades. 20-City Index -0.6% from Peak in 2022, Flat Year-over-Year. San Francisco -11% from the peak, Seattle -10%, followed by Las Vegas, Phoenix, Portland, Denver, Dallas, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Tampa. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, released today, for the 20 metros […]
In Face-off with Biden, Haley, DeSantis Outperform Trump
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Former Ambassador and Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis both perform better against President Joe Biden in a hypothetical general election matchup than former President Donald Trump, according to The Center Square Voters’ Voice poll. Conducted in conjunction with Noble Predictive Insights, the poll found that in a […]
Sixty Years On, Why the Kennedy Assassination Still Matters
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes James W. Douglass describes how, by 1963, JFK had made himself irredeemably odious to the dark powers of the intelligence community and the military-industrial complex. A review of JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters, by James W. Douglass (Touchstone, 560 pages, $22) June 10, 2023, […]
Pima County Is to Prosperity What N. Korea Is to Democracy
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The county’s 13-point Prosperity Initiative won’t reduce the poverty that it and the City of Tucson have caused. The Pima County Board of Supervisors recently passed a 13-point Prosperity Initiative to increase prosperity and reduce poverty and its effects in metro Tucson. The initiative calls for the county to work […]
Supreme Court Allows Texas To Enforce New Border Law
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Texas law enforcement can begin charging illegal border crossers with a state crime after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a procedural ruling Tuesday. The court issued two rulings in less than 24 hours this week, ultimately allowing Texas’ border bill, SB 4, to go into effect. The opinion sends the […]
Polls Show Who Republicans Want As Trump’s VP Running Mate
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Republican voters have suggestions for former President Donald Trump when he considers his running mate for vice president. The Center Square Voter’s Voice poll released this week asked voters this question: “Who should Donald Trump choose as his vice presidential candidate?” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis narrowly edged out the other potential […]
Here’s How Gas Prices Rank Around the Country
The Prickly Pear’s TAKE ACTION focus this year is to help achieve a winning 2024 national and state November 5th election with the removal of the Biden/Obama leftist executive branch disaster, win one U.S. Senate seat, maintain and win strong majorities in all Arizona state offices on the ballot and to insure that unrestricted abortion […]
Boosters Beware: Stadiums Aren’t Magic
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Another day, another push to give many millions to multimillionaires. The Jacksonville Jaguars are pushing hard for the city to renovate their stadium. Not far away, St. Petersburg, Florida is shoveling money at the Tampa Bay Rays. As economists never tire of pointing out, however, government funding for stadiums throws bad money […]
An Estimated 200K Babies Saved from Abortion Since Dobbs
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Once again in America do unborn babies have the right to life, as the Declaration of Independence said all men have. A recent estimate said around 200,000 babies have been born instead of aborted since the landmark June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision overruling the infamous Roe v. Wade and […]