Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed three bills Wednesday restricting abortion, child sex-change surgeries, and male participation in women’s sports. Ducey signed a bill into law banning gender-reassignment surgeries for minors, which makes exceptions for children born with sex disorders or other medically verifiable issues. The legislation specifies a long list of surgeries doctors cannot perform on children, including mastectomies, […]
One of my fondest memories of childhood in the 1950s was being allowed by our parents to eat dinner in the living room while watching Walt Disney on Sunday night. Among the most memorable was the Davy Crockett series starring Fess Parker. I had a Davy Crockett rifle, pistol, jacket, and of course, the coonskin […]
Minimum wage laws are a malicious attack on the least of us. The minimum wage is a sort of litmus test. And not only for economists. For social justice advocates, too. Forget, for a moment, the economics of it. In essence, minimum wage legislation imposes compulsory unemployment on the poor, the unskilled, racial minorities, the young, […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/depressed-youth.jpg339509Walter Blockhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngWalter Block2022-04-03 01:55:522022-03-31 13:04:56Debunking the Myth That Minimum Wage Laws Are ‘Progressive’
The Enemy of the Nanny State Addressing a Boston anti-slavery audience in 1865, abolitionist Frederick Douglass asked, “What shall we do with the Negro?” The answer he provided was a favorite of the conservative economist Walter E. Williams, though if Douglass were to utter it today he would probably be condemned by Black Lives Matter and deplatformed […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/waltw.jpg565864Jack Trotterhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJack Trotter2022-04-02 02:05:092022-03-31 12:31:32Weekend Read: Remembering Walter E. Williams
A newly released report from Republican lawmakers on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis alleges that teachers’ unions had “unprecedented access” in determining school COVID-19 guidelines after giving millions of dollars to Democratic candidates in 2020. The report confirmed what The Center Square reported last year, including that teachers’ unions such as the American […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/family-in-grip.webp340488Casey Harperhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCasey Harper2022-04-02 02:00:052022-03-31 12:40:01GOP report: Teachers Unions Got ‘Unprecedented Access’ After Donating Tens of Millions to Democrats
Democrats have increasingly pushed their expansive climate agenda through the financial sector and legal system as Congress has failed to implement Green New Deal reforms. “Congress is really unwilling to impose much in the way of costs and to address climate change,” David Kreutzer, the senior economist at the Institute for Energy Research, told the […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/esg.jpg339509Thomas Catenaccihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas Catenacci2022-04-01 01:50:272022-03-31 11:48:14Democrats Look To Sustainable Investing Craze As Means For Pushing Climate Agenda
Editors’ Note: The use, or abuse, of language is now an integral part of the culture war. The attack on Florida by activists, the press, and corporations, is for the most part caused by deliberate verbal distortions of what the legislation actually says. But activists believe a higher cause is served by repeating a lie […]
Sweden, which avoided strict lockdowns, now has a lower COVID mortality rate than 29 countries in Europe alone. Early in the coronavirus pandemic, I asked a simple question. Could Sweden’s laissez-faire approach to the coronavirus actually work? Unlike its European neighbors and virtually all US states, the Swedes had opted to not shut down the economy. The […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/anders-tegnell.webp896900Jon Miltimorehttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJon Miltimore2022-03-30 01:55:142022-03-26 16:13:34Sweden—Once Mocked for Its COVID Strategy—Now Has One of the Lowest COVID Mortality Rates in Europe
Here’s a very, very powerful addition to my danger of conservative complacency post. Writing on Bari Weiss’s invaluable Substack, Aaron Sibarium details the corruption of the American legal profession by wokeness. Y’all, this is a five-alarm situation. Excerpts: Read it all. Seriously, every word. As scholar Eric Kaufmann said over the weekend (see my link […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-brown-jackson.webp6681024Rod Dreherhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngRod Dreher2022-03-29 02:00:082022-03-26 11:30:31Law Schools Fall To Revolutionaries – A Commentary on SCOTUS Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
Lithium is often dubbed as “white gold” for the development of electric vehicles. The cost of lithium needed to make electric car batteries is up 472% just in the past 12 months and 850% since Biden took office. Biden, Harris, Buttigieg, and Democrats want America to go all green and want to force Americans to […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/li-mining.jpg339510Dr. Rich Swierhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDr. Rich Swier2022-03-29 01:55:122022-03-26 10:53:23Biden’s Dream of ‘Clean Cars’ is Turning Into a Lithium Nightmare
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Signs Bills Addressing Hot Button Social Issues
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Laurel DugganArizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed three bills Wednesday restricting abortion, child sex-change surgeries, and male participation in women’s sports. Ducey signed a bill into law banning gender-reassignment surgeries for minors, which makes exceptions for children born with sex disorders or other medically verifiable issues. The legislation specifies a long list of surgeries doctors cannot perform on children, including mastectomies, […]
The Tragic Kingdom
/in Culture War, Education, Featured/by Neland NobelOne of my fondest memories of childhood in the 1950s was being allowed by our parents to eat dinner in the living room while watching Walt Disney on Sunday night. Among the most memorable was the Davy Crockett series starring Fess Parker. I had a Davy Crockett rifle, pistol, jacket, and of course, the coonskin […]
Debunking the Myth That Minimum Wage Laws Are ‘Progressive’
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Walter BlockMinimum wage laws are a malicious attack on the least of us. The minimum wage is a sort of litmus test. And not only for economists. For social justice advocates, too. Forget, for a moment, the economics of it. In essence, minimum wage legislation imposes compulsory unemployment on the poor, the unskilled, racial minorities, the young, […]
Weekend Read: Remembering Walter E. Williams
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Jack TrotterThe Enemy of the Nanny State Addressing a Boston anti-slavery audience in 1865, abolitionist Frederick Douglass asked, “What shall we do with the Negro?” The answer he provided was a favorite of the conservative economist Walter E. Williams, though if Douglass were to utter it today he would probably be condemned by Black Lives Matter and deplatformed […]
GOP report: Teachers Unions Got ‘Unprecedented Access’ After Donating Tens of Millions to Democrats
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Casey HarperA newly released report from Republican lawmakers on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis alleges that teachers’ unions had “unprecedented access” in determining school COVID-19 guidelines after giving millions of dollars to Democratic candidates in 2020. The report confirmed what The Center Square reported last year, including that teachers’ unions such as the American […]
Democrats Look To Sustainable Investing Craze As Means For Pushing Climate Agenda
/in Culture War, Education, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Thomas CatenacciDemocrats have increasingly pushed their expansive climate agenda through the financial sector and legal system as Congress has failed to implement Green New Deal reforms. “Congress is really unwilling to impose much in the way of costs and to address climate change,” David Kreutzer, the senior economist at the Institute for Energy Research, told the […]
Conservative News Sites Are Pushing Misleading Activist Phrase ‘Don’t Say Gay’
/in Culture War, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Laurel DugganEditors’ Note: The use, or abuse, of language is now an integral part of the culture war. The attack on Florida by activists, the press, and corporations, is for the most part caused by deliberate verbal distortions of what the legislation actually says. But activists believe a higher cause is served by repeating a lie […]
Sweden—Once Mocked for Its COVID Strategy—Now Has One of the Lowest COVID Mortality Rates in Europe
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Jon MiltimoreSweden, which avoided strict lockdowns, now has a lower COVID mortality rate than 29 countries in Europe alone. Early in the coronavirus pandemic, I asked a simple question. Could Sweden’s laissez-faire approach to the coronavirus actually work? Unlike its European neighbors and virtually all US states, the Swedes had opted to not shut down the economy. The […]
Law Schools Fall To Revolutionaries – A Commentary on SCOTUS Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
/in Culture War, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Rod DreherHere’s a very, very powerful addition to my danger of conservative complacency post. Writing on Bari Weiss’s invaluable Substack, Aaron Sibarium details the corruption of the American legal profession by wokeness. Y’all, this is a five-alarm situation. Excerpts: Read it all. Seriously, every word. As scholar Eric Kaufmann said over the weekend (see my link […]
Biden’s Dream of ‘Clean Cars’ is Turning Into a Lithium Nightmare
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics/by Dr. Rich SwierLithium is often dubbed as “white gold” for the development of electric vehicles. The cost of lithium needed to make electric car batteries is up 472% just in the past 12 months and 850% since Biden took office. Biden, Harris, Buttigieg, and Democrats want America to go all green and want to force Americans to […]