The notion of introducing a per-mile taxation system, as modeled by Oklahoma’s Fair Miles pilot project[1], has been touted as an alternative to traditional fuel taxes to generate revenue for road maintenance and infrastructure projects. While the aim to diversify and stabilize the revenue base is understandable, it is vital to examine the implications this […]
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We are just coming off another summer of Pride here in the US, so let’s try out a thought experiment to assess where we are as a society. Imagine yourself in a crowded room with few exits. Everyone is chatting amicably when someone yells, “Fire!” What happens? My guess is you expected people to start […]
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As revolutions go, it’s probably better to be subjected to the bloodless kind. Our current ideological revolution (bloodless so far, at least) seeks to throw America’s Founders down from the heights of past admiration. This must be done, we are told, because they violated every standard that thankless and petulant Americans can anachronistically muster for […]
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Total encounters reported at both the northern and southwest land borders in August was 304,162, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. It is the greatest total number of illegal entries of any month in recorded U.S. history, according to CBP data. Total encounter data excludes nearly 30,000 gotaways at the southwest border reported by Border Patrol […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/yuma-1.jpg427640Bethany Blankleyhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBethany Blankley2023-09-30 00:29:362023-09-27 10:20:36August Border Encounters Of More Than 322,000 Highest Monthly Total In U.S. History
George Orwell had little hope that the lies of totalitarians would be exposed by a free press. His essay “The Freedom of the Press” was intended as the preface to Animal Farm, but was not published until 1972. Orwell revealed that the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Information (MOI) (created during the Second World War) advised Orwell’s […]
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“There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing the information coming in. I had found a shocking fact. It wasn’t the secret police who were doing this wide-scale surveillance and hiding on every street corner. It was the ordinary German people who were informing on their neighbors.”—Professor Robert Gellately, author of Backing Hitler […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/spying-1536x975-1.jpg9751536John W. Whiteheadhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJohn W. Whitehead2023-09-29 00:30:182023-09-27 08:21:12A Nation of Snitches: DHS Is Grooming Americans to Report on Each Other
AS economic freedom in the world has plunged in recent years, due mainly to the interventions and fiscal-monetary profligacy associated with COVID shutdowns, mandates, and subsidies. The global measure is given in Figure One. This is a significant reversal of freedom’s increase between 2010 and 2019. But the downtrend is much worse and more prolonged […]
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Editors Note: For years, the progressive clarion call has been to “follow California.” From auto emissions, treatment of the homeless, criminal enforcement or lack thereof, to gun policy, our oversized state has provided a swagger and arrogance coupled with its immense economic power, to change the political debate. However, overreach has now become a huge […]
Famously, at the start of his 1849 essay, “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau observed, “That government is best which governs least.” Few policymakers or politicians during COVID were influenced by Thoreau, who also pointed out that “government never furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got of its […]
Recently I encountered a study by an organization called Oxfam Research. That study: Where Hard Work Doesn’t Pay Off. As defined in Wikipedia, Oxfam was founded in 1942 as a confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations, centered in Oxford England focusing on alleviating global poverty and led by Oxfam International. There is an American affiliate. I […]
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Policy Analysis: Opposition to Per-Mile Taxation Systems Considering the Implications for Motorcyclists in Arizona
/in Arizona News, Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Personal Finance, Politics/by Michael InfanzonThe notion of introducing a per-mile taxation system, as modeled by Oklahoma’s Fair Miles pilot project[1], has been touted as an alternative to traditional fuel taxes to generate revenue for road maintenance and infrastructure projects. While the aim to diversify and stabilize the revenue base is understandable, it is vital to examine the implications this […]
Shouting Your Pronouns in a Crowded Theater
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Dave BarfieldWe are just coming off another summer of Pride here in the US, so let’s try out a thought experiment to assess where we are as a society. Imagine yourself in a crowded room with few exits. Everyone is chatting amicably when someone yells, “Fire!” What happens? My guess is you expected people to start […]
Rediscovering an Extraordinary Founder
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty/by Glenn A. MootsAs revolutions go, it’s probably better to be subjected to the bloodless kind. Our current ideological revolution (bloodless so far, at least) seeks to throw America’s Founders down from the heights of past admiration. This must be done, we are told, because they violated every standard that thankless and petulant Americans can anachronistically muster for […]
August Border Encounters Of More Than 322,000 Highest Monthly Total In U.S. History
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Economy, Education, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Bethany BlankleyTotal encounters reported at both the northern and southwest land borders in August was 304,162, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. It is the greatest total number of illegal entries of any month in recorded U.S. history, according to CBP data. Total encounter data excludes nearly 30,000 gotaways at the southwest border reported by Border Patrol […]
Orwell Exposed the Cowardice of Journalists and Intellectuals
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Barry BrownsteinGeorge Orwell had little hope that the lies of totalitarians would be exposed by a free press. His essay “The Freedom of the Press” was intended as the preface to Animal Farm, but was not published until 1972. Orwell revealed that the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Information (MOI) (created during the Second World War) advised Orwell’s […]
A Nation of Snitches: DHS Is Grooming Americans to Report on Each Other
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by John W. Whitehead“There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing the information coming in. I had found a shocking fact. It wasn’t the secret police who were doing this wide-scale surveillance and hiding on every street corner. It was the ordinary German people who were informing on their neighbors.”—Professor Robert Gellately, author of Backing Hitler […]
The Multiyear Decline in US Economic Freedom
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Richard M. SalsmanAS economic freedom in the world has plunged in recent years, due mainly to the interventions and fiscal-monetary profligacy associated with COVID shutdowns, mandates, and subsidies. The global measure is given in Figure One. This is a significant reversal of freedom’s increase between 2010 and 2019. But the downtrend is much worse and more prolonged […]
California Ban On Standard-Capacity Gun Magazines Overturned
/in Culture War, Featured, Gun Rights, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Kenneth SchruppEditors Note: For years, the progressive clarion call has been to “follow California.” From auto emissions, treatment of the homeless, criminal enforcement or lack thereof, to gun policy, our oversized state has provided a swagger and arrogance coupled with its immense economic power, to change the political debate. However, overreach has now become a huge […]
A Noted Physician Advocates COVID Civil Disobedience
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Barry BrownsteinFamously, at the start of his 1849 essay, “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau observed, “That government is best which governs least.” Few policymakers or politicians during COVID were influenced by Thoreau, who also pointed out that “government never furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got of its […]
Is America A Bad Place To Work?
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyRecently I encountered a study by an organization called Oxfam Research. That study: Where Hard Work Doesn’t Pay Off. As defined in Wikipedia, Oxfam was founded in 1942 as a confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations, centered in Oxford England focusing on alleviating global poverty and led by Oxfam International. There is an American affiliate. I […]