The last week has seen some of the most bizarre behavior I have ever witnessed by our country. Yes, we had an election, complete with the usual vitriol, slanders and innuendos. Yes, we had the usual partisan lines drawn. Yes, we had the usual swamp dwellers climb out from the swamp and try to sway […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/I0p2Hxu3KBOCElKAGPIGP36oGsEundpV.jpeg16662499Mark T. Cicerohttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMark T. Cicero2020-11-10 07:19:412020-11-10 07:19:41Inconceivable! – The “Election” of Joseph Biden
TUCSON – As the nation has divided into red and blue (Republican and Democrat), purple people like myself no longer have a political party. Most of us are classical liberals or distant cousins to today’s libertarians. Purple had become our color because we had preferred a blend of red and blue policies at the national […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1170868951-scaled.jpg17092560Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2020-11-10 07:00:062020-11-10 07:38:08Purple People Without a Political Party: A purple person recounts a lifetime of living among the red and blue
Starbucks recently announced that it is tying pay to the accomplishment of diversity goals. Specifically, its goals are to have at least 30% of its U.S. corporate employees and 40% of its U.S. retail and manufacturing employees to be people of color defined as black people, other people of color and indigenous people. It will track them […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-494441422-scaled.jpg14222560Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2020-11-04 09:14:192020-11-04 09:14:19Questions for Starbucks About Its New Diversity Policy
The diversity movement has broken free of all earthly bounds It was recently announced that 40% of management positions on Mars will be filled by minorities. No, not the red planet, but my former employer, the privately-held Mars, Inc., a conglomerate with an estimated $37 billion in revenue and 130,000 employees. The announcement is an […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1168094947-scaled.jpg14702560Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2020-11-04 09:14:192020-11-04 09:14:19Diversity Lands on Mars
The following is adapted from a panel presentation on October 9, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska, at a Hillsdale College Free Market Forum. My goal today is, first, to present the facts about how deadly COVID-19 actually is; second, to present the facts about who is at risk from COVID; third, to present some facts about […]
Consider the expression “social justice”. What does it actually mean? Presumably, everyone is in favor of justice, as opposed to unfairness. But let’s consider what the people bloviating most strongly actually mean by the expression. What do they really want? In the broadest sense the expression suggests that someone (or some group) is getting more […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1249019777-scaled.jpg17072560Ken Veithttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngKen Veit2020-11-04 08:56:392020-11-04 09:17:51A Perspective on Social Justice
In today’s understanding of “social justice”, it is axiomatic that differences in populations are attributed to race. This is precisely the position held by such enlightened organizations as the Ku Klux Klan. People who are white are lumped together, regardless of socio-economic background or ethnic differences, and treated as a lump of humanity. Likewise, are […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-493216259-scaled.jpg17072560Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2020-11-04 08:49:052020-11-04 09:14:19The Injustice of Social Justice
To paraphrase Will Rogers, it ain’t so much what Joe Biden doesn’t know about guns; it’s what he is sure he knows that just isn’t so. Biden considers himself an expert on guns; just ask him. He is completely unaware that he knows nothing, and that what he thinks he knows is just flat wrong. […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Unknown.jpeg665828Charles M. Strausshttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCharles M. Strauss2020-10-29 19:51:112020-11-04 09:34:10Leg-Shootin’ Joe (Biden)
Election Day is less than a week away and that means that if you’re an Arizona voter, you should no longer mail your ballot. If you’re a resident of Maricopa County, you can still take your mail-in ballot to any of the locations listed on this website, and drop it in a special box without waiting […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Richer-Stephen.jpeg525750Stephen Richerhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngStephen Richer2020-10-28 11:17:042022-10-24 10:27:27Don’t Mail Your Ballot (Anymore)! But do VOTE. And vote for me (please!)
If you have a history of hypertension, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, breast or prostate cancer, lumbar stenosis, treated grand-mal seizures or any of tens of thousands of conditions in the spectrum of human disease, you have a pre-existing condition. As a member of the human race, you either have or will eventually have one or multiple […]
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Inconceivable! – The “Election” of Joseph Biden
/in Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Mark T. CiceroThe last week has seen some of the most bizarre behavior I have ever witnessed by our country. Yes, we had an election, complete with the usual vitriol, slanders and innuendos. Yes, we had the usual partisan lines drawn. Yes, we had the usual swamp dwellers climb out from the swamp and try to sway […]
Purple People Without a Political Party: A purple person recounts a lifetime of living among the red and blue
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniTUCSON – As the nation has divided into red and blue (Republican and Democrat), purple people like myself no longer have a political party. Most of us are classical liberals or distant cousins to today’s libertarians. Purple had become our color because we had preferred a blend of red and blue policies at the national […]
Questions for Starbucks About Its New Diversity Policy
/in Culture War, Liberty/by Craig J. CantoniStarbucks recently announced that it is tying pay to the accomplishment of diversity goals. Specifically, its goals are to have at least 30% of its U.S. corporate employees and 40% of its U.S. retail and manufacturing employees to be people of color defined as black people, other people of color and indigenous people. It will track them […]
Diversity Lands on Mars
/in Culture War, Education, Liberty, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniThe diversity movement has broken free of all earthly bounds It was recently announced that 40% of management positions on Mars will be filled by minorities. No, not the red planet, but my former employer, the privately-held Mars, Inc., a conglomerate with an estimated $37 billion in revenue and 130,000 employees. The announcement is an […]
IMPRIMIS: A Sensible and Compassionate Anti-COVID Strategy
/in Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Jay BhattacharyaThe following is adapted from a panel presentation on October 9, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska, at a Hillsdale College Free Market Forum. My goal today is, first, to present the facts about how deadly COVID-19 actually is; second, to present the facts about who is at risk from COVID; third, to present some facts about […]
A Perspective on Social Justice
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Ken VeitConsider the expression “social justice”. What does it actually mean? Presumably, everyone is in favor of justice, as opposed to unfairness. But let’s consider what the people bloviating most strongly actually mean by the expression. What do they really want? In the broadest sense the expression suggests that someone (or some group) is getting more […]
The Injustice of Social Justice
/in Culture War, Education, Healthcare, Liberty/by Neland NobelIn today’s understanding of “social justice”, it is axiomatic that differences in populations are attributed to race. This is precisely the position held by such enlightened organizations as the Ku Klux Klan. People who are white are lumped together, regardless of socio-economic background or ethnic differences, and treated as a lump of humanity. Likewise, are […]
Leg-Shootin’ Joe (Biden)
/in Latest News, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Charles M. StraussTo paraphrase Will Rogers, it ain’t so much what Joe Biden doesn’t know about guns; it’s what he is sure he knows that just isn’t so. Biden considers himself an expert on guns; just ask him. He is completely unaware that he knows nothing, and that what he thinks he knows is just flat wrong. […]
Don’t Mail Your Ballot (Anymore)! But do VOTE. And vote for me (please!)
/in Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Stephen RicherElection Day is less than a week away and that means that if you’re an Arizona voter, you should no longer mail your ballot. If you’re a resident of Maricopa County, you can still take your mail-in ballot to any of the locations listed on this website, and drop it in a special box without waiting […]
The “Myth” of Pre-Existing Conditions
/in Economy, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by John R. Ammon, MDIf you have a history of hypertension, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, breast or prostate cancer, lumbar stenosis, treated grand-mal seizures or any of tens of thousands of conditions in the spectrum of human disease, you have a pre-existing condition. As a member of the human race, you either have or will eventually have one or multiple […]