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, […]
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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
I don’t fault any Zionist or ally of Israel for having embraced the two-state solution, as I did for many years. No other peace plan could reconcile self-interest and lofty principles so seamlessly. No other plan could offer a better way to transcend the contradictions that reality imposed on Israelis, by making a Zionist argument, […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/byanymeans-scaled.jpg17072560Gadi Taubhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngGadi Taub2024-02-15 00:26:172024-02-15 06:35:44Sorry, But There Is No Two-State Solution
Fontes dismissed concerns about Arizona’s election administration, but a new lawsuit alleges widespread failures. While Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes was in D.C. this week smearing election integrity advocates as election “deniers,” a lawsuit was filed against Maricopa County election officials by the local nonprofit civic group Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona and Eric […]
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Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal created the largest agricultural collective in the US as an experiment to test socialist theories about both farming and human nature. Collectives have a long history in the US and elsewhere, and they all failed. In the Soviet model, this failure was admitted, and thus the collectivization required force, terror, and starvation to “convince” people to operate properly in the collective environment. But even with massive brutal force and the full weight of the state, in the end, they could not make the idea work. Most food production came from a small amount of privately owned plots that represented about 3% of the land under cultivation.
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/stalin_casa_grande.jpg7401280Neland Nobelhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-02-13 00:30:282024-02-13 10:46:28When Stalin Came to Casa Grande (Part 1)
In a recent trio of posts to X, Elon Musk wrote that (1) illegal immigrants “are not prevented from voting in federal elections,” (2) “you don’t need government-issued ID to vote,” and (3) Democrats “are importing voters.” To rebut those statements, the New York Times published an article by Jim Rutenberg and Kate Conger claiming that Musk is “spreading election misinformation” about “illegal voting by noncitizens” and echoing a “conspiracy theory” spread by Donald Trump. While Musk’s words are imprecise, the gist of what he wrote is correct, and the Times is categorically wrong.
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Accommodating overseas elites by tolerating antisemitism on U.S. campuses is part of a scheme to turn loss-leader DEI categories into profit centers Five weeks after Rutgers University suspended the New Brunswick campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on Dec. 11 for violating several university policies, the school reversed its decision and reinstated […]
The FBI is reducing hiring standards to the point where it is considering overweight applicants and hiring barely literate agents, a group of current and former FBI agents and analysts allege. In a report delivered to the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, the FBI officials describe how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is being prioritized in […]
A December 19, 2023, article by Brett Arends on MarketWatch caught my eye with the oh-so-clickable title of “This Is the Scariest Number for Social Security.” Given the fact that many corporate media articles today focus on pointing out to the Rubes how their senses are wrong and, gosh golly, everything is just peachy, it did […]
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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 […]
Sorry, But There Is No Two-State Solution
/in Culture War, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Gadi TaubI don’t fault any Zionist or ally of Israel for having embraced the two-state solution, as I did for many years. No other peace plan could reconcile self-interest and lofty principles so seamlessly. No other plan could offer a better way to transcend the contradictions that reality imposed on Israelis, by making a Zionist argument, […]
Arizona Secretary Of State Shrugs Off Election Problems As Lawsuit Highlights 2022 Failures
/in Arizona News, Election Integrity, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Maricopa, Politics/by Erin Marie JoyceFontes dismissed concerns about Arizona’s election administration, but a new lawsuit alleges widespread failures. While Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes was in D.C. this week smearing election integrity advocates as election “deniers,” a lawsuit was filed against Maricopa County election officials by the local nonprofit civic group Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona and Eric […]
When Stalin Came to Casa Grande (Part 1)
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Neland NobelFranklin Roosevelt’s New Deal created the largest agricultural collective in the US as an experiment to test socialist theories about both farming and human nature. Collectives have a long history in the US and elsewhere, and they all failed. In the Soviet model, this failure was admitted, and thus the collectivization required force, terror, and starvation to “convince” people to operate properly in the collective environment. But even with massive brutal force and the full weight of the state, in the end, they could not make the idea work. Most food production came from a small amount of privately owned plots that represented about 3% of the land under cultivation.
Elon Musk is Right and the NY Times is Wrong About Illegal Voting By Non-Citizens
/in 2024 Election, Border Crisis, Election Integrity, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Midterms 2022, National Security, Politics/by James D. AgrestiIn a recent trio of posts to X, Elon Musk wrote that (1) illegal immigrants “are not prevented from voting in federal elections,” (2) “you don’t need government-issued ID to vote,” and (3) Democrats “are importing voters.” To rebut those statements, the New York Times published an article by Jim Rutenberg and Kate Conger claiming that Musk is “spreading election misinformation” about “illegal voting by noncitizens” and echoing a “conspiracy theory” spread by Donald Trump. While Musk’s words are imprecise, the gist of what he wrote is correct, and the Times is categorically wrong.
Why America’s Richest Universities Are Protecting Hate-Filled Foreign Students
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Tony BadranAccommodating overseas elites by tolerating antisemitism on U.S. campuses is part of a scheme to turn loss-leader DEI categories into profit centers Five weeks after Rutgers University suspended the New Brunswick campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on Dec. 11 for violating several university policies, the school reversed its decision and reinstated […]
FBI Hired Barely Literate Candidates, Urged Fat Applicant To Continue Process, Report Alleges
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by James LynchThe FBI is reducing hiring standards to the point where it is considering overweight applicants and hiring barely literate agents, a group of current and former FBI agents and analysts allege. In a report delivered to the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, the FBI officials describe how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is being prioritized in […]
Social Insecurity: It’s Not Wrong to be Concerned about Facts
/in Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, National Debt, Personal Finance, Politics/by Karl StreitelA December 19, 2023, article by Brett Arends on MarketWatch caught my eye with the oh-so-clickable title of “This Is the Scariest Number for Social Security.” Given the fact that many corporate media articles today focus on pointing out to the Rubes how their senses are wrong and, gosh golly, everything is just peachy, it did […]