“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://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/spying-1536x975-1.jpg9751536John W. Whiteheadhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_website_2022_v3_400x61.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 […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/chains.jpg480640Richard M. Salsmanhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_website_2022_v3_400x61.pngRichard M. Salsman2023-09-29 00:26:362023-09-27 09:37:48The Multiyear Decline in US Economic Freedom
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 […]
Six Atlantic shore Governors are begging the Feds to bail them out of a huge looming offshore wind cost overrun. They sent Biden a joint letter asking for a list of relief measures ranging from tax breaks to revenue sharing. The outcome is far from clear but my guess is the largess is unlikely to […]
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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Something was seen in the city that is common in other cities but rare in Tucson. My wife and I saw a shocking sight on a recent trip to the Barnes and Noble bookstore on East Broadway Blvd. in the City of Tucson. The bookstore’s parking lot was crumbling, unkempt, and devoid of any landscaping. […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/tucsonlitter.jpeg541706Craig J. Cantonihttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_website_2022_v3_400x61.pngCraig J. Cantoni2023-09-27 00:26:472023-09-25 09:45:45A Shocking Sight in Tucson
Since early 2021 we have witnessed somewhere between 7 million and 8 million illegal entries across the now-nonexistent southern border of the U.S. The more the border vanished, the more federal immigration law was rendered inert, and the more Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spun fantasies that the “border is secure.” He is now written off as […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1189510256.jpg14142120Victor Davis Hansonhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_website_2022_v3_400x61.pngVictor Davis Hanson2023-09-26 00:30:392023-09-26 11:47:42Here’s How Biden Admin Destroyed Our Immigration Law
Editors’ Note: This investigation follows the July dismissal of Florida State University professor Eric Stewart, a criminology “scholar” who was found to have faked data and rigged research. Boston University is investigating the head honcho of “anti-racism” studies, Ibram X. Kendi, according to a reporter from The Boston Globe. Kendi, who I consider to be […]
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul called out his fellow Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham over Ukraine aid Thursday while on Fox Business. Graham told reporters Wednesday those opposed to giving Ukraine more aid should stay out of it until they’ve visited Ukraine and seen the war firsthand. “Somebody needs to remind the Senator that […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/rand_paul.jpg533799Brianna Lymanhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_website_2022_v3_400x61.pngBrianna Lyman2023-09-26 00:26:122023-09-24 06:51:32Rand Paul Comes Out Swinging Against Lindsey Graham Over Ukraine Aid
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 […]
Desperate Governors Beg For Offshore Wind Cost Relief
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Politics /by David WojickSix Atlantic shore Governors are begging the Feds to bail them out of a huge looming offshore wind cost overrun. They sent Biden a joint letter asking for a list of relief measures ranging from tax breaks to revenue sharing. The outcome is far from clear but my guess is the largess is unlikely to […]
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 […]
A Shocking Sight in Tucson
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Politics /by Craig J. CantoniSomething was seen in the city that is common in other cities but rare in Tucson. My wife and I saw a shocking sight on a recent trip to the Barnes and Noble bookstore on East Broadway Blvd. in the City of Tucson. The bookstore’s parking lot was crumbling, unkempt, and devoid of any landscaping. […]
Here’s How Biden Admin Destroyed Our Immigration Law
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics /by Victor Davis HansonSince early 2021 we have witnessed somewhere between 7 million and 8 million illegal entries across the now-nonexistent southern border of the U.S. The more the border vanished, the more federal immigration law was rendered inert, and the more Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spun fantasies that the “border is secure.” He is now written off as […]
Premiere Racist Scholar Ibram X. Kendi Under Investigation
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics /by Chrissy ClarkEditors’ Note: This investigation follows the July dismissal of Florida State University professor Eric Stewart, a criminology “scholar” who was found to have faked data and rigged research. Boston University is investigating the head honcho of “anti-racism” studies, Ibram X. Kendi, according to a reporter from The Boston Globe. Kendi, who I consider to be […]
Rand Paul Comes Out Swinging Against Lindsey Graham Over Ukraine Aid
/in Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics /by Brianna LymanKentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul called out his fellow Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham over Ukraine aid Thursday while on Fox Business. Graham told reporters Wednesday those opposed to giving Ukraine more aid should stay out of it until they’ve visited Ukraine and seen the war firsthand. “Somebody needs to remind the Senator that […]