Politics

The Government’s Own Study Concluded Its Ban on ‘Assault Weapons’ Didn’t Reduce Gun Violence 2
- Politics, History
- June 6, 2022
Do something. This is a response—and perhaps a natural one—to a human tragedy or crisis. We saw this response in the wake of 9-11. We saw it during the COVID-19 pandemic. And we’re seeing it again following three mass shootings—in Buffalo, New York, Uvalde, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma—that claimed the lives of more than 30
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Laughter, the Bane of Tyrants 7
- Culture, Entertainment, Politics, Uncategorized
- June 1, 2022
The Babylon Bee isn’t one of my regularly visited websites, but I landed on its front page the other morning and started scrolling through headlines. Pretty soon a snicker escaped my lips, then a giggle, and then several bursts of downright hearty laughter, which a co-worker was soon sharing after I read him a choice
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The New York Times Explains Why Mask Mandates Don’t Work 3
- Politics, Science
- June 1, 2022
Throughout the pandemic, few things incited more discord than the mandated use of facemasks as a preventative measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19. At various times, merely questioning the effectiveness of masks or mask mandates could result in a social media suspension, as when Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) received the boot from YouTube for citing
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The Parental Quandary of Letting Go 5
- Culture, Family, Politics, Uncategorized
- May 31, 2022
She was my firstborn, the privileged one who received the slavish affections of a delirious father instantly smitten by the new, fragile, squirming, little creature. Her birth unleased a whole new range of emotions and sensations: drooling euphoria, unhinged rapture, besotted reverence, incoherent adulation. There were the feedings and diaper changes and other more tedious
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Unrestricted Warfare: China’s Ongoing Assault on the United States 1
- International, Politics, Western Civilization
- May 31, 2022
What I know about China I’ve learned from websites and online commentaries. In short, I don’t know much. But retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding does. Spalding, the author of a new book, War Without Rules: China’s Playbook for World Domination, discusses China’s policy of unrestricted warfare in a recent episode of The Epoch
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Bureaucracy Doesn’t Allow Courage 11
- Politics, Culture, Philosophy
- May 27, 2022
The tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, has shifted dramatically in the last few days from the horror of young lives needlessly snuffed out by a gunman, to the horror of why more wasn’t done to save them. Finger-pointing and blaming abound, particularly toward the police who responded to the shooting. Video footage and firsthand accounts have
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