Starting with Obama and Trayvon Martin, and continuing through the George Floyd Riots and the summer of Black Lives Matter, it has become an article of faith among Democrats in particular, that the US suffers from what they call “systemic racism.” The concept is often asserted, but rarely with evidence or documentation. Ironically, much of […]
The stock market continued to move higher in January (about 3.5%), generally ignoring increased geopolitical risk in the Middle East and traditional signs of recession. Excitement about large amounts of cash on the sidelines, supposed easing financial conditions, expectations of imminent FED rate cuts, a “soft landing”, and all things AI pushed several key indices […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/istockphoto-462756183-612x612-1.jpg408612Neland Nobelhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-01-29 00:30:592024-01-29 09:48:31The Stock Market Continues to Party On
Maybe not in all respects but certainly socially and culturally. Great Britain lost its empire very quickly in the twentieth century, after becoming overextended militarily and economically, especially with the cost of the two world wars of that century. It turned left after the second of those wars, largely retreated to its island home, and […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/englishsoccer.jpg17072560Craig J. Cantonihttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2024-01-29 00:28:122024-01-27 08:17:36Is the US Following Britain Downhill?
When you buy a new internal combustion vehicle, you are also paying for someone else’s electric vehicle. While the subsidies are egregious enough, it turns out EV manufacturers are fleecing us out of billions, and doing it with government help. Attorneys Michael Buschbacher and James Conde explain at The Wall Street Journal: When carmakers test gasoline-powered […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1292252309-scaled.jpg17092560Craig Ruckerhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig Rucker2024-01-28 00:30:412024-01-27 07:37:55Electric Vehicles Are Fleecing Us Out Of Billions
America’s decline is not irreversible. Media coverage of world events focuses on one crisis at a time, as if each was a separate phenomenon. But Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, the assaults on shipping in the Red Sea, China’s threats on Taiwan, the closing of the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthis, and even Venezuelan plans to conquer much of oil-rich Guyana are […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/chinaclash.jpg339508Joel Kotkinhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJoel Kotkin2024-01-27 00:30:332024-01-26 06:38:36The Coming War of Civilizations
President Joe Biden has transformed America’s southern border into a humanitarian catastrophe and a national security nightmare. This bloody, deadly mess is a clear and present danger to this republic. But this also is a massive fiscal threat. Biden’s obliteration of the border is evaporating federal, state, and local coffers. Precise figures on anything illegal are, by definition, elusive. Nonetheless, the […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-458589839-scaled.jpg16682560Deroy Murdockhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDeroy Murdock2024-01-25 00:32:162024-01-23 12:09:28Millions of Illegal Aliens Are Costing Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions. Biden Couldn’t Care Less.
Recently The Prickly Pear ran an article by Oren Cass called Free Trade’s Origin Myth. Then we ran a rejoinder entitled On Comparative Advantage and International Capital Mobility by Donald Boudreaux, a staunch defender of free trade. As someone quite supportive of free markets, and free trade, we found reading both a bit disturbing. Furthermore, it […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/port.jpg339509Neland Nobelhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-01-25 00:30:542024-01-23 11:23:52Is Free Enterprise At Home More Important Than Free Trade Abroad?
The Left is constantly warning us about the dangers of losing our democracy. They were convinced The Orange Man (Donald Trump) was going to steal our democracy for four years and if elected again will finally complete his goal of becoming a strongman autocrat. One major publication changed its tagline to say that “Democracy Dies in Darkness” while keeping people in the dark. As usual, this is just a head fake as they have little interest in the process of democracy in our country.
In late December, after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen borrowed $90 billion in just one day, the federal government’s public debt eclipsed $34 trillion for the first time in history. The steady accumulation of public debt has become a mainstay in modern America, seemingly as inevitable as death and taxes. But something strange happened when the […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/rocketprices.jpg339509Jon Miltimorehttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJon Miltimore2024-01-24 00:30:252024-01-22 06:32:12Meet the Economist NPR Interviewed to Explain Why America’s $34 Trillion Debt Is Definitely Not a Problem
Editors’ Note: The administrative (deep) state of the Executive branch is the greatest threat to the individual sovereignty and liberty of all U.S. citizens in our Republic. The Chevron Deference doctrine granted the many parts of the executive branch and its departments to be the actual law writers and enforcers of its editing and rewriting […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/istockphoto-1176439627-170667a.jpg339509Margot Clevelandhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMargot Cleveland2024-01-23 00:32:572024-01-23 07:16:13How Disgruntled Fishermen Could Prompt SCOTUS To Capsize The Administrative State
Systemic Racism Is Bogus
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Latest News, Personal Finance, Politics/by Neland NobelStarting with Obama and Trayvon Martin, and continuing through the George Floyd Riots and the summer of Black Lives Matter, it has become an article of faith among Democrats in particular, that the US suffers from what they call “systemic racism.” The concept is often asserted, but rarely with evidence or documentation. Ironically, much of […]
The Stock Market Continues to Party On
/in Economy, Featured, Latest News, Personal Finance/by Neland NobelThe stock market continued to move higher in January (about 3.5%), generally ignoring increased geopolitical risk in the Middle East and traditional signs of recession. Excitement about large amounts of cash on the sidelines, supposed easing financial conditions, expectations of imminent FED rate cuts, a “soft landing”, and all things AI pushed several key indices […]
Is the US Following Britain Downhill?
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniMaybe not in all respects but certainly socially and culturally. Great Britain lost its empire very quickly in the twentieth century, after becoming overextended militarily and economically, especially with the cost of the two world wars of that century. It turned left after the second of those wars, largely retreated to its island home, and […]
Electric Vehicles Are Fleecing Us Out Of Billions
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Personal Finance, Politics/by Craig RuckerWhen you buy a new internal combustion vehicle, you are also paying for someone else’s electric vehicle. While the subsidies are egregious enough, it turns out EV manufacturers are fleecing us out of billions, and doing it with government help. Attorneys Michael Buschbacher and James Conde explain at The Wall Street Journal: When carmakers test gasoline-powered […]
The Coming War of Civilizations
/in Economy, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, National Security/by Joel KotkinAmerica’s decline is not irreversible. Media coverage of world events focuses on one crisis at a time, as if each was a separate phenomenon. But Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, the assaults on shipping in the Red Sea, China’s threats on Taiwan, the closing of the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthis, and even Venezuelan plans to conquer much of oil-rich Guyana are […]
Millions of Illegal Aliens Are Costing Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions. Biden Couldn’t Care Less.
/in Culture War, Economy, Election Integrity, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, National Debt, National Security/by Deroy MurdockPresident Joe Biden has transformed America’s southern border into a humanitarian catastrophe and a national security nightmare. This bloody, deadly mess is a clear and present danger to this republic. But this also is a massive fiscal threat. Biden’s obliteration of the border is evaporating federal, state, and local coffers. Precise figures on anything illegal are, by definition, elusive. Nonetheless, the […]
Is Free Enterprise At Home More Important Than Free Trade Abroad?
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Neland NobelRecently The Prickly Pear ran an article by Oren Cass called Free Trade’s Origin Myth. Then we ran a rejoinder entitled On Comparative Advantage and International Capital Mobility by Donald Boudreaux, a staunch defender of free trade. As someone quite supportive of free markets, and free trade, we found reading both a bit disturbing. Furthermore, it […]
No Interest in Democracy
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyThe Left is constantly warning us about the dangers of losing our democracy. They were convinced The Orange Man (Donald Trump) was going to steal our democracy for four years and if elected again will finally complete his goal of becoming a strongman autocrat. One major publication changed its tagline to say that “Democracy Dies in Darkness” while keeping people in the dark. As usual, this is just a head fake as they have little interest in the process of democracy in our country.
Meet the Economist NPR Interviewed to Explain Why America’s $34 Trillion Debt Is Definitely Not a Problem
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, National Debt, National Security, Politics/by Jon MiltimoreIn late December, after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen borrowed $90 billion in just one day, the federal government’s public debt eclipsed $34 trillion for the first time in history. The steady accumulation of public debt has become a mainstay in modern America, seemingly as inevitable as death and taxes. But something strange happened when the […]
How Disgruntled Fishermen Could Prompt SCOTUS To Capsize The Administrative State
/in Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Margot ClevelandEditors’ Note: The administrative (deep) state of the Executive branch is the greatest threat to the individual sovereignty and liberty of all U.S. citizens in our Republic. The Chevron Deference doctrine granted the many parts of the executive branch and its departments to be the actual law writers and enforcers of its editing and rewriting […]