In post-Roe America, Planned Parenthood is shifting gears. To make up for its lost abortion revenue, it’s expanding its reach into what it calls “transgender hormone therapy.” The recent spike in these services is telling. According to their most recent annual reports, most of the nearly 600 Planned Parenthood centers now dispense cross-sex hormones. In 2016, […]
Almost nobody is taking America’s drug crisis seriously. To be sure, the ever-mounting deaths attract headlines. They get a mention in the State of the Union, or on the campaign trail. But based on the outcomes, policymakers appear to have more or less given up. Some numbers put the problem in perspective. After Covid-19, drugs […]
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Editors’ Note: This information seems to go even beyond what is called “regulatory capture.” Rule making agencies often lack expertise and hence tend to recruit personnel from the very companies they regulate. Progressives argued that “market failure” required the guiding hand of bureaucrats to correct abuses. However, in this case, regulators actually stand to profit […]
The White House put immense pressure on the Big Tech company to limit what Americans were exposed to online. President Joe Biden’s White House demanded an increase of censorship from Facebook in 2021, new emails reveal — confirming once again that the administration believes Americans are stupid. In part three of what he deemed the “Facebook Files,” […]
Editors’ Note: The debate about legalization may not really be the debate. Smoking tobacco is legal, but restricted. Advertising is banned and its use is now severely frowned upon in today’s culture. Even the tobacco companies themselves must fund education against their own product. But marijuana gets a pass. It is an approved way to […]
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A trove of recently published documents reveals that authors of the Proximal Origin paper believed that the lab leak scenario was not just possible, but likely. A growing number of people, including prominent scientists, are calling for a full retraction of a high-profile study published in the journal Nature in March 2020 that explored the origins of […]
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A majority of heat deaths in Maricopa County are attributable to methamphetamine, according to the latest Maricopa County Department of Public Health heat deaths report. 53 percent of heat deaths involved meth last year, or 226 deaths. 67 percent of deaths involved some type of substance abuse. The county noted that the proportion of heat deaths involving […]
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When a Far Left screed like The New York Times publishes a first-page article that is harshly critical of some “free” or low-cost socialist program, you know that (1) it’s got to be really, really bad, and (2) what The New York Times is writing about it just has to be true. There are simply […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/medical-burearcracy.jpg339509Mark Wallacehttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMark Wallace2023-07-31 00:30:162023-07-27 03:20:04The Disaster of “Free” Universal Health Care
During the luncheon following a recent family funeral, people reminisced about my Uncle Bob, whom I never met. Bob, trained to translate Russian, was shot out of the sky while flying at 20,000 feet in a 17-person Air Force plane over Soviet Armenia on September 2, 1958. He was not yet 23. For over a […]
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A federal judge ruled against Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne in a lawsuit over banning transgender girls from participating on girls’ sports teams in schools. Arizona District Court Judge Jennifer Zipps, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, ordered a preliminary injunction that will allow girls who identify as transgender to play for […]
Don’t Defend Planned Parenthood’s ‘Gender-Affirming Care.’ Defund It.
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Melanie IsraelIn post-Roe America, Planned Parenthood is shifting gears. To make up for its lost abortion revenue, it’s expanding its reach into what it calls “transgender hormone therapy.” The recent spike in these services is telling. According to their most recent annual reports, most of the nearly 600 Planned Parenthood centers now dispense cross-sex hormones. In 2016, […]
How to Think about the Drug Crisis
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Charles Fain LehmanAlmost nobody is taking America’s drug crisis seriously. To be sure, the ever-mounting deaths attract headlines. They get a mention in the State of the Union, or on the campaign trail. But based on the outcomes, policymakers appear to have more or less given up. Some numbers put the problem in perspective. After Covid-19, drugs […]
Fauci, Collins Bagged 58 Royalty Payments Amid $325 Million Collected By NIH
/in Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Tyler DurdenEditors’ Note: This information seems to go even beyond what is called “regulatory capture.” Rule making agencies often lack expertise and hence tend to recruit personnel from the very companies they regulate. Progressives argued that “market failure” required the guiding hand of bureaucrats to correct abuses. However, in this case, regulators actually stand to profit […]
Latest ‘Facebook Files’ Confirm Biden Admin Censors Think You’re Too Stupid To Govern Yourself
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Jordan BoydThe White House put immense pressure on the Big Tech company to limit what Americans were exposed to online. President Joe Biden’s White House demanded an increase of censorship from Facebook in 2021, new emails reveal — confirming once again that the administration believes Americans are stupid. In part three of what he deemed the “Facebook Files,” […]
Weekend Read: Revolutionary State of Mind
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Peter HitchensEditors’ Note: The debate about legalization may not really be the debate. Smoking tobacco is legal, but restricted. Advertising is banned and its use is now severely frowned upon in today’s culture. Even the tobacco companies themselves must fund education against their own product. But marijuana gets a pass. It is an approved way to […]
Nature’s Proximal Origin [Covid] Paper Was a Work of ‘Fraud and Scientific Misconduct,’ Say Scientists Demanding a Retraction
/in Education, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Jon MiltimoreA trove of recently published documents reveals that authors of the Proximal Origin paper believed that the lab leak scenario was not just possible, but likely. A growing number of people, including prominent scientists, are calling for a full retraction of a high-profile study published in the journal Nature in March 2020 that explored the origins of […]
Majority Of Heat Deaths In Maricopa County Due To Meth
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Maricopa, Politics/by Corinne MurdockA majority of heat deaths in Maricopa County are attributable to methamphetamine, according to the latest Maricopa County Department of Public Health heat deaths report. 53 percent of heat deaths involved meth last year, or 226 deaths. 67 percent of deaths involved some type of substance abuse. The county noted that the proportion of heat deaths involving […]
The Disaster of “Free” Universal Health Care
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Mark WallaceWhen a Far Left screed like The New York Times publishes a first-page article that is harshly critical of some “free” or low-cost socialist program, you know that (1) it’s got to be really, really bad, and (2) what The New York Times is writing about it just has to be true. There are simply […]
People Are Questioning? It’s About Time
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Mark OshinskieDuring the luncheon following a recent family funeral, people reminisced about my Uncle Bob, whom I never met. Bob, trained to translate Russian, was shot out of the sky while flying at 20,000 feet in a 17-person Air Force plane over Soviet Armenia on September 2, 1958. He was not yet 23. For over a […]
Judge Halts Arizona Transgender Sports Ban, Horne Promises Appeal
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Cameron ArcandA federal judge ruled against Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne in a lawsuit over banning transgender girls from participating on girls’ sports teams in schools. Arizona District Court Judge Jennifer Zipps, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, ordered a preliminary injunction that will allow girls who identify as transgender to play for […]