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AOC’s Baseless Accusation That the U.S. Is a ‘Brutal, Barbarian Society’0
- Culture
- April 17, 2020
According to democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the COVID-19 pandemic is proving that the United States “is a brutal, barbarian society for the vast majority of working-class Americans.” As evidence of this, she claims that “40% of us couldn’t even afford a $400 emergency” before this crisis, and COVID-19 “is more than a $400 emergency.” However,
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A Depression-Era Rebuke for Social Justice Warriors0
- Culture
- April 17, 2020
At present, the previously incessant caterwauling of social justice warriors has died down. With college campuses shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic and college adminstrations wondering if students will ever return, the hotbeds of liberal academia and far left political activism have fallen silent for the present at least. Student activism in the popular imagination is often
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The Spanish Flu Aftermath Suggests There’s Hope for America0
- Culture
- April 16, 2020
The coronavirus may be abating. The curve for new cases in New York City has flattened, officials are reporting fewer cases across the country, and the number of deaths from the virus has slackened. So why have Americans gotten even crazier than they were? On Saturday, the day before Easter, my local grocery store was
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Gun Control: We’re Avoiding It During COVID-19 So Far0
- Politics
- April 16, 2020
If history has taught us anything, it’s that a crisis is the lifeblood of state growth. The coronavirus saga offers a treasure trove of power grabs that elected officials are seeking to ram through while Americans must make significant readjustments in their daily lives due to state-imposed shutdowns around the nation. Some of the attempts
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Evidence for Wuhan Labs as the True COVID Culprit Is Growing0
- International
- April 16, 2020
It’s been billed as a right-wing nut-job conspiracy theory: the idea that the coronavirus accidentally escaped from a virology facility in Wuhan, China. Originally the virus was thought to have originated in Wuhan at a so-called wet market. In fact, those who have dared to discuss such a possibility – a seemingly logical one, as
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Canada’s Government-Run Health Care Buckles Under COVID-190
- Economics
- April 16, 2020
In an editorial last week, the Los Angeles Times declared it conventional wisdom that COVID-19 proves Bernie Sanders was right about “Medicare for All,” because with universal health coverage, the government wouldn’t have to send emergency aid to “hospitals and state health programs.” This assertion is completely false, however, and we know because billions in
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After Trump, Who Will Progressives Hate?0
- Culture
- April 16, 2020
Recently New York City’s Comptroller Scott Stringer suffered the loss of his mother, Arlene Stringer-Cuevas. Stringer-Cuevas died at age 86 due to complications from COVID-19. Labeling his pain as “incalculable,” Stringer appeared on CNN to proclaim his anger. During an interview with Anderson Cooper Stringer lashed out: “Donald Trump has blood on his hands, and he has
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Trump to Halt US Funding for WHO2
- Breaking News
- April 15, 2020
Somebody had to say it. Speaking at a press briefing on April 7, President Trump chastised the World Health Organization (WHO) for having “really called, I would say, every aspect of it [the coronavirus] wrong.” Trump went further Tuesday evening, announcing that the U.S. would place a hold on WHO funding over its handling of
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How to Support Your Husband’s Career0
- Culture
- April 15, 2020
In January the hashtag #tradwife burst onto our collective consciousness. British housewife Alena Kate Pettit gave an interview to the BBC to talk about her traditional lifestyle. She calls herself a “tradwife” and does not work outside the home, preferring to cook and clean for her husband. Her interview strongly divided opinions and many commentators noted the
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