Any phenomenon manifesting in a large, complex, multipart institution whose dynamics are downwind of society at large is bound to have not just one cause, but many. Current institutional case in point: the U.S. Armed Forces and the military recruitment crisis. For the two-plus years that the military’s branches (outside of the U.S. Marines) have faced […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/drill.jpg427640Rebecca Burgesshttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngRebecca Burgess2024-03-18 00:28:302024-03-16 06:48:00Military Recruitment Crisis: What If It *Is* The Product?
Authorities at a rural high school in southeastern Indiana apologized after a social media post about them asking a student to take down the U.S. national flag from his truck last Thursday on the campus went viral, according to reports. The counselor and vice-principal of East Central High School in St. Leon summoned the student, […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/aaflag.jpg5131134John Oyewalehttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJohn Oyewale2024-03-18 00:26:042024-03-16 06:29:23High School Apologizes For Asking Student To Remove American Flag From Truck
Leave it to Joe Biden. When the 80-year-old plutocrat John Forbes Kerry steps down as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC), he chose 75-year-old John David Podesta, Jr., to finish out the year. The two climate czars could not have come from more different beginnings. For his self-important mission to “save the planet,” Kerry has […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/kerry.jpg504706Duggan Flanakinhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDuggan Flanakin2024-03-17 00:30:312024-03-16 05:56:37A Tale Of Two Johns As SPEC [A John Kerry Tale]
For many years, the United States has been effectively a technocracy, run by unelected “experts.” Former Harvard president Claudine Gay’s fall from grace may mark the end of that era. Technocrats have long told us what we can and can’t do, what we’re allowed to own, what our kids must learn in school, and so on. […]
As the mother of two young daughters, I want to safeguard the values that make our nation great for the next generation. The recent acquisition of Tutor.com by the Chinese private equity firm Primavera Capital Group undermines those cherished values. This development gives me significant pause as a parent who understands that children sometimes need additional academic support outside […]
England’s National Health Service has declared that there’s not enough evidence of “safety and clinical effectiveness” for children and young people to be given puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria. “Puberty blockers (gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues) are not available to children and young people for gender incongruence or gender dysphoria, because there is not enough evidence […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1159643518.jpg14142121Mary Margaret Olohanhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMary Margaret Olohan2024-03-16 00:30:382024-03-16 10:06:39England Banning Puberty Blockers for Kids Will ‘Save Lives,’ Experts Predict
The venerable economist Milton Friedman once said, “Only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change.” That’s the impulse behind Winston Churchill’s admonition (later famously echoed by Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel): “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Well, welcome to the world of American higher education. Crippling tuition, bloated bureaucracies, huge rates of […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/collegelecture-scaled.jpg17072560Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShanehttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngFrederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShane2024-03-15 00:30:552024-03-14 06:17:07Taking On the College Cartel
Editors’ Note: Certainly left-wing oligarchs like Zuckerberg have the right to free speech, but we have the right to know what they are funding. If you don’t like the breakdown in law and order, it might be appropriate not to buy products from Facebook/Meta. It is also clear big left-wing money is corrupting some conservatives […]
As The Federalist reported, former Rep. Liz Cheney suppressed evidence that Trump requested National Guard troops for Jan. 6, 2021. In her memoir, former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., falsely framed former President Donald Trump as the mastermind of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, with claims that the commander-in-chief resisted calls to deploy the National […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/cheney_capitol_v01_520x347.jpg347520Tristan Justicehttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngTristan Justice2024-03-14 00:30:532024-03-12 06:44:21Liz Cheney Covered Up Trump’s Push For National Guard On J6 In Political Memoir
“A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood,” poet William Shenstone once wrote. These words are likely to strike a chord with those who have been following the World Health Organisation’s ever-more desperate attempts to convince an increasingly skeptical public of its benign intentions in […]
Military Recruitment Crisis: What If It *Is* The Product?
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, National Security, Politics/by Rebecca BurgessAny phenomenon manifesting in a large, complex, multipart institution whose dynamics are downwind of society at large is bound to have not just one cause, but many. Current institutional case in point: the U.S. Armed Forces and the military recruitment crisis. For the two-plus years that the military’s branches (outside of the U.S. Marines) have faced […]
High School Apologizes For Asking Student To Remove American Flag From Truck
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by John OyewaleAuthorities at a rural high school in southeastern Indiana apologized after a social media post about them asking a student to take down the U.S. national flag from his truck last Thursday on the campus went viral, according to reports. The counselor and vice-principal of East Central High School in St. Leon summoned the student, […]
A Tale Of Two Johns As SPEC [A John Kerry Tale]
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by Duggan FlanakinLeave it to Joe Biden. When the 80-year-old plutocrat John Forbes Kerry steps down as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC), he chose 75-year-old John David Podesta, Jr., to finish out the year. The two climate czars could not have come from more different beginnings. For his self-important mission to “save the planet,” Kerry has […]
The Collapse of Credentialism
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Rob JenkinsFor many years, the United States has been effectively a technocracy, run by unelected “experts.” Former Harvard president Claudine Gay’s fall from grace may mark the end of that era. Technocrats have long told us what we can and can’t do, what we’re allowed to own, what our kids must learn in school, and so on. […]
China’s Purchase Tutor.com Jeopardizes Students’ Security
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Mary VoughtAs the mother of two young daughters, I want to safeguard the values that make our nation great for the next generation. The recent acquisition of Tutor.com by the Chinese private equity firm Primavera Capital Group undermines those cherished values. This development gives me significant pause as a parent who understands that children sometimes need additional academic support outside […]
England Banning Puberty Blockers for Kids Will ‘Save Lives,’ Experts Predict
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Mary Margaret OlohanEngland’s National Health Service has declared that there’s not enough evidence of “safety and clinical effectiveness” for children and young people to be given puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria. “Puberty blockers (gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues) are not available to children and young people for gender incongruence or gender dysphoria, because there is not enough evidence […]
Taking On the College Cartel
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShaneThe venerable economist Milton Friedman once said, “Only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change.” That’s the impulse behind Winston Churchill’s admonition (later famously echoed by Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel): “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Well, welcome to the world of American higher education. Crippling tuition, bloated bureaucracies, huge rates of […]
“Zuck Bucks” for Soft-on-Crime Prosecution
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Parker ThayerEditors’ Note: Certainly left-wing oligarchs like Zuckerberg have the right to free speech, but we have the right to know what they are funding. If you don’t like the breakdown in law and order, it might be appropriate not to buy products from Facebook/Meta. It is also clear big left-wing money is corrupting some conservatives […]
Liz Cheney Covered Up Trump’s Push For National Guard On J6 In Political Memoir
/in Culture War, Election Integrity, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Tristan JusticeAs The Federalist reported, former Rep. Liz Cheney suppressed evidence that Trump requested National Guard troops for Jan. 6, 2021. In her memoir, former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., falsely framed former President Donald Trump as the mastermind of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, with claims that the commander-in-chief resisted calls to deploy the National […]
WHO’s Guilty of Fake News, Now?
/in Culture War, Featured, Foreign Policy, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Molly Kingsley“A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood,” poet William Shenstone once wrote. These words are likely to strike a chord with those who have been following the World Health Organisation’s ever-more desperate attempts to convince an increasingly skeptical public of its benign intentions in […]