Tucker Carlson’s interview with Mike Benz should be a wake-up call for all Americans that our government is waging war on us. If you didn’t see Tucker Carlson’s interview last week with Mike Benz, you need to take an hour and watch the whole thing. In a mind-bending narrative about the emergence of what Benz […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/tucker.jpg7681280John Daniel Davidsonhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJohn Daniel Davidson2024-02-21 00:30:492024-02-21 12:27:13Government-Backed Censors Who Rigged The 2020 Election Are Now Stealing 2024
After the experience of Covid lockdowns, the manipulation of Federal Agencies and online platforms, the invasion of privacy, the suppression of free speech and assembly, and then the wild spending and debt burden undertaken to address problems caused by the government itself many Americans are left wondering if we could see a repeat of such […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/enviros.jpg315548Neland Nobelhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-02-19 00:30:552024-02-19 08:30:41The Four Corners of Environmental Opinion
Many university professors have an intellectually close-minded mentality and produce ill-informed, civically ignorant students. American civilization with its wealth has built an educational system beyond anything imagined in the past. We have staffed our universities with more than 1.4 million full- and part-time teachers. Of those instructors, 60 percent of college instructors identify as “left” […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1405261196.jpg14142121Donald T. Critchlowhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDonald T. Critchlow2024-02-19 00:28:142024-02-18 11:11:52As Long As Universities Are Identity Obsessed, America Will Have A Surplus Of Stupid Students
The state of American society and culture 30 years after the publication of “Defining Deviancy Down.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s essay, “Defining Deviancy Down,” was published in the 1993-1994 Winter edition of The American Scholar. It was certainly scholarly. It was also accurate, prescient, courageous, politically incorrect, and subsequently ignored by policymakers, social justice activists, media, […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/dpm.jpg536800Craig J. Cantonihttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2024-02-17 00:30:172024-02-16 08:06:58Weekend Read: Still Spiraling Down
The word “liberal” was once considered a compliment. It meant fair, principled, and thoughtful. The Age of Enlightenment was birthed by “classical liberals” with their then-fantastical notions about government by consent of the governed, legal equality of all, and individually owned rights. Later as ideologies like collectivism and class oppression gained favor among the intelligentsia, […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/lying-nose.jpg347496Thomas C. Pattersonhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas C. Patterson2024-02-17 00:28:062024-02-16 08:32:15Beware Those Who Intentionally Use Words To Lie
Media coverage of a lawsuit in California against President Joe Biden over his administration’s aid to Israel is leaving out a critical element: The coalition bringing the suit is led by pro-Hamas extremists. During a hearing before the U.S. District for the Northern District of California, the coalition accused the Biden Administration of violating national and international […]
Editor’s Note: When Stalin Came to Casa Grande – Part 1 was published in The Prickly Pear previously. We suggest reading both essay’s in sequence and together. As enlightening as the history of this New Deal, failed socialist experiment is for Americans, it is a revealing historic marker for the importance of free market capitalism, […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/stalin_casa_grande.jpg7401280Neland Nobelhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-02-16 00:30:002024-02-15 13:05:38When Stalin Came To Casa Grande – Part 2
University presidents have been in the limelight in recent months, more than at any other time in living memory. The additional scrutiny is amply warranted. They occupy powerful positions at their respective institutions. They formulate and communicate a vision for the university. They handle budgetary priorities. They approve hiring requests and promotions. They oversee the […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/yale-university-1604159_640.jpg428640Jonathan Barthhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJonathan Barth2024-02-16 00:26:012024-02-15 10:38:12It’s Time to Upend the Modern University
I feel scared. Very scared. Internet-wide surveillance and censorship, enabled by the unimaginably vast computational power of artificial intelligence (AI), is here. This is not a futuristic dystopia. It’s happening now. Government agencies are working with universities and nonprofits to use AI tools to surveil and censor content on the Internet. This is not political […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1550670587.jpg14142121Debbie Lermanhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDebbie Lerman2024-02-15 00:30:502024-02-14 15:50:32Government Funds AI Tools for Whole-of-Internet Surveillance and Censorship
Life-threatening’ storm to slam Southern California beginning Sunday, last for days Monster storm bears down on California: The danger zones, the forecast, the warnings Sunday’s ‘Pineapple Express’ expected to wallop Southern California Forecasters say a second storm fueled by an atmospheric river will hit California next week, roughly doubling the amount of rain falling Thursday […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/stormaz.jpg339509Bruce Bialoskyhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBruce Bialosky2024-02-15 00:28:332024-02-14 15:48:17The New Fear Weather
Government-Backed Censors Who Rigged The 2020 Election Are Now Stealing 2024
/in 2024 Election, Culture War, Election Integrity, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by John Daniel DavidsonTucker Carlson’s interview with Mike Benz should be a wake-up call for all Americans that our government is waging war on us. If you didn’t see Tucker Carlson’s interview last week with Mike Benz, you need to take an hour and watch the whole thing. In a mind-bending narrative about the emergence of what Benz […]
The Four Corners of Environmental Opinion
/in Culture War, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Neland NobelAfter the experience of Covid lockdowns, the manipulation of Federal Agencies and online platforms, the invasion of privacy, the suppression of free speech and assembly, and then the wild spending and debt burden undertaken to address problems caused by the government itself many Americans are left wondering if we could see a repeat of such […]
As Long As Universities Are Identity Obsessed, America Will Have A Surplus Of Stupid Students
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by Donald T. CritchlowMany university professors have an intellectually close-minded mentality and produce ill-informed, civically ignorant students. American civilization with its wealth has built an educational system beyond anything imagined in the past. We have staffed our universities with more than 1.4 million full- and part-time teachers. Of those instructors, 60 percent of college instructors identify as “left” […]
Weekend Read: Still Spiraling Down
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniThe state of American society and culture 30 years after the publication of “Defining Deviancy Down.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s essay, “Defining Deviancy Down,” was published in the 1993-1994 Winter edition of The American Scholar. It was certainly scholarly. It was also accurate, prescient, courageous, politically incorrect, and subsequently ignored by policymakers, social justice activists, media, […]
Beware Those Who Intentionally Use Words To Lie
/in Border Crisis, Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Thomas C. PattersonThe word “liberal” was once considered a compliment. It meant fair, principled, and thoughtful. The Age of Enlightenment was birthed by “classical liberals” with their then-fantastical notions about government by consent of the governed, legal equality of all, and individually owned rights. Later as ideologies like collectivism and class oppression gained favor among the intelligentsia, […]
The Extremists Behind the Anti-Israel Lawsuit Against Biden
/in Culture War, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, National Security, Politics/by Ryan MauroMedia coverage of a lawsuit in California against President Joe Biden over his administration’s aid to Israel is leaving out a critical element: The coalition bringing the suit is led by pro-Hamas extremists. During a hearing before the U.S. District for the Northern District of California, the coalition accused the Biden Administration of violating national and international […]
When Stalin Came To Casa Grande – Part 2
/in 2024 Election, Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Neland NobelEditor’s Note: When Stalin Came to Casa Grande – Part 1 was published in The Prickly Pear previously. We suggest reading both essay’s in sequence and together. As enlightening as the history of this New Deal, failed socialist experiment is for Americans, it is a revealing historic marker for the importance of free market capitalism, […]
It’s Time to Upend the Modern University
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Jonathan BarthUniversity presidents have been in the limelight in recent months, more than at any other time in living memory. The additional scrutiny is amply warranted. They occupy powerful positions at their respective institutions. They formulate and communicate a vision for the university. They handle budgetary priorities. They approve hiring requests and promotions. They oversee the […]
Government Funds AI Tools for Whole-of-Internet Surveillance and Censorship
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Debbie LermanI feel scared. Very scared. Internet-wide surveillance and censorship, enabled by the unimaginably vast computational power of artificial intelligence (AI), is here. This is not a futuristic dystopia. It’s happening now. Government agencies are working with universities and nonprofits to use AI tools to surveil and censor content on the Internet. This is not political […]
The New Fear Weather
/in Culture War, Environment, Featured, Latest News/by Bruce BialoskyLife-threatening’ storm to slam Southern California beginning Sunday, last for days Monster storm bears down on California: The danger zones, the forecast, the warnings Sunday’s ‘Pineapple Express’ expected to wallop Southern California Forecasters say a second storm fueled by an atmospheric river will hit California next week, roughly doubling the amount of rain falling Thursday […]