Politics

Fauci Claims He Had ‘Nothing to Do’ With School Closures. His Own Statements Suggest Otherwise 2
- Politics, Science
- October 18, 2022
The economist John Kenneth Galbraith once quipped, “Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.” The line comes to mind after watching Dr. Anthony Fauci’s interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl over the weeknd. In the interview, Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was asked whether it
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The Three Stooges Make a Comeback 6
- International, Politics
- October 17, 2022
“The rewards for being sane are not many, but knowing what’s funny is one of them.” Thus spoke the late novelist Kingsley Amis through a character in his work, Stanley and the Women. Whether I am sane may be a point of contention, especially since the hammer blows from the political and cultural disasters of
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Why So Many Elites Can’t Stand Elon Musk 3
- Culture, Politics
- October 17, 2022
Elon Musk’s Twitter-acquisition saga saw new developments last week as Musk reaffirmed his original offer to buy the company for $54.20 per share, a price that puts the company’s value at a whopping $44 billion. After the original deal was settled in April, Musk tried to back out in July, alleging Twitter was misrepresenting the
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Of Bureaucrats and Bunk Beds 2
- Culture, Family, Politics
- October 14, 2022
Want to take in foster kids in Maryland? You can’t let them sleep in bunk beds. The fine print of Maryland’s foster care regulations says: “Each child shall have an individual bed that may not be stacked in vertical bunk bed formation.” In practice that means that if you don’t have a lot of extra
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Why Migrants Still Love America 4
- International, Politics
- October 12, 2022
A daily diet of negative stories about America’s impending collapse feed today’s headlines. Yet such alarmist tendencies conceal the complexity of the American experience. Reality demonstrates that America still excels at attracting citizens from around the globe, partially due to its superb ability to mobilize resources and institutions to support individual achievement. Nothing illustrates the
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In Support of a Young America First Scapegoat 3
- Culture, Politics
- October 12, 2022
Next week, a young college student will face a federal judge in Washington, D.C., at a sentencing hearing over his nonviolent participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol rally. UCLA undergrad Christian Secor was arrested last February and spent more than a month in solitary confinement. Think about that. Unlike the weekly parade of repeat violent
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