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  • Dismantling America Without a Replacement

    Dismantling America Without a Replacement0

    Calls to dismantle this group or that institution have become the topic du jour in American politics. It started with police departments and the criminal justice system, then it spread to museums, and now one Democratic congresswoman is raising the bar on a logarithmic scale. In a Tuesday press conference devoted to discussing America’s alleged systemic racism, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, D-MN,

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  • Study: COVID Lockdowns Crushed Minority-Owned Businesses the Most

    Study: COVID Lockdowns Crushed Minority-Owned Businesses the Most0

    Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, minorities have disproportionately suffered from the virus’s health effects. A new study reveals that the government-mandated economic lockdowns have also hit minorities hardest. In response to the outbreak and under the guidance of federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control, state and local governments imposed quarantine

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  • The Control Freaks in Our Midst

    The Control Freaks in Our Midst0

    The story of Jesus feeding some 5,000 people, as told in the books of Matthew and John, is well known throughout the world. It goes like this: As a large and hungry crowd gathers to hear Jesus, his disciples nervously ask him how so many people can be fed. The only food in their midst

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  • De-Unionizing Led to Camden’s Success With Police

    De-Unionizing Led to Camden’s Success With Police0

    A movement to “defund the police” is afoot following the high-profile death of George Floyd, a 46-year old Minneapolis man whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police on Memorial Day sparked nationwide protests and rioting. It’s unclear precisely what “defund the police” is supposed to mean. Or rather, it seems to mean different things

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  • Five of Seattle Protesters’ Most Ridiculous Demands

    Five of Seattle Protesters’ Most Ridiculous Demands0

    Following a week of protests and riots in Seattle, government authorities abandoned the police’s East Precinct headquarters and left protestors to establish the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.” What the police left behind of their barricades were quickly repurposed to mark out the protestors new territory, complete with a sign welcoming visitors to “Free Capitol Hill.”

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  • Minneapolis’ Business Exodus May Have Just Begun

    Minneapolis’ Business Exodus May Have Just Begun0

    Since 1987, Kris Wyrobek has owned and operated 7-Sigma Inc., a manufacturing company on 26th Ave. in south Minneapolis that employs some 50 people. Wyrobek says that after helplessly watching his plant burn during last month’s riots, he has no plans of sticking around. “The fire engine was just sitting there, but they wouldn’t do

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