Blog 3 Columns

Can California Be Saved From Its Politicians?0
- Economics
- October 8, 2020
It’s hard to choose one image, or juxtaposition of images, that best sums up the state of California at the end of summer, 2020. Is it the eight-year-old girl’s birthday party being broken up by a long line of police officers, or the lone paddleboarder arrested out in the ocean for violating social-distancing orders? While
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VA Public School District Wants Teachers to Enforce ‘Woke’ Revolution, or Else 0
- Education
- October 7, 2020
What has gotten into the water in Virginia? The commonwealth has quickly gone from a purple-state battleground to embracing a kind of left-wing extremism that makes California seem almost normal by comparison. The latest insanity comes from Loudoun County, where the school board is set to vote on a radical new code of conduct policy
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Three Inconvenient Truths 60 Minutes Forgot About the California Wildfires 0
- Politics
- October 7, 2020
CBS journalist Scott Pelley recently visited Butte County, California, to report on the wildfires devastating the Golden State. Government statistics show that more than 8,300 wildfires have burned some 4 million acres to date. The flames have claimed 31 lives and destroyed nearly 8,700 structures. One of those structures belonged to Fire Station 61 Chief
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The Pandemic That Killed Debate 0
- Politics
- October 7, 2020
Carl Sagan famously said, “the cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.” This wisdom has been sadly forsaken during the COVID19 pandemic, when one powerful narrative has taken not only the public, but the scientific community, by storm. The story is that societies cannot survive the pandemic without
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Keeping Company With Those We Oppose 0
- Culture
- October 7, 2020
After the first Biden-Trump presidential debate, one of my nephews posted on Facebook that anyone who supported President Donald Trump would no longer be a part of his life. Did this young man forget that his mother, stepfather, and sister are Trump supporters, as are several of his cousins, aunts, and uncles? Another young woman
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Clarence Thomas Signals Willingness to Overturn Obergefell v. Hodges 0
- History
- October 7, 2020
Much attention has been devoted to the potential role a Justice Amy Coney Barrett might play in overturning Roe v. Wade and ending the nationwide legalization of abortion. Now current Justice Clarence Thomas is also raising the possibility of overturning Obergefell v. Hodges and returning the legalization of gay marriage to the states. The Supreme Court was unanimous in its decision not to
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Why Friendships Are Falling Apart Over Politics 0
- Culture
- October 6, 2020
Former Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia were on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Yet despite their obvious legal disagreements, the liberal Ginsburg once described herself and the conservative Scalia as “best buddies.” This connection across ideological lines may seem surprising today. A striking feature of the current political moment is
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What Is a Nation?0
- Politics
- October 6, 2020
It often happens within societies that certain words and phrases become empty. This loss of meaning tends to happen in two ways. The first is when a society begins to use a word in such a multitude of ways that it becomes empty noise. When a word becomes used to describe everything, it no longer
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Socialist-Themed Vegan Meat Company Learns Marxism Works Better in Theory Than Practice 0
- Economics
- October 6, 2020
With products like Comrade Cluck (a plant meat, not actual chicken), No Evil Foods has had success casting itself as a “revolutionary” food company that embodies progressive values. But the company is learning marketing progressive ideas is easier than implementing socialist-style economics. For months, company leaders have been resisting a unionization effort by workers at
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Can California Be Saved From Its Politicians?0