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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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Country Mouse, City Mouse: A Fable for Our Time 1
- Culture
- October 8, 2020
You’ve probably heard the old fable of the country mouse and the city mouse. The city mouse visits his cousin in the country and pokes fun at his rustic life and plain diet. “Come back to the city with me,” he says, “and you can live like a king.” The country mouse takes off with
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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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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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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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