Media excuses for Biden’s senility aren’t just political favoritism, but an example of controlling what information reaches voters. In 2020, corporate media blacked out coverage of the bombshell Hunter Biden laptop right before the presidential election. After the election, a survey of Joe Biden voters in swing states found that nearly half were unaware of the […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/maddow.jpg516707Elle Purnellhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngElle Purnell2024-02-18 00:30:072024-02-17 07:35:27Running Cover For Biden’s Senility Is The Umpteenth Example Of How Media Interfere In Elections
The state of American society and culture 30 years after the publication of “Defining Deviancy Down.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s essay, “Defining Deviancy Down,” was published in the 1993-1994 Winter edition of The American Scholar. It was certainly scholarly. It was also accurate, prescient, courageous, politically incorrect, and subsequently ignored by policymakers, social justice activists, media, […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/dpm.jpg536800Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2024-02-17 00:30:172024-02-16 08:06:58Weekend Read: Still Spiraling Down
The word “liberal” was once considered a compliment. It meant fair, principled, and thoughtful. The Age of Enlightenment was birthed by “classical liberals” with their then-fantastical notions about government by consent of the governed, legal equality of all, and individually owned rights. Later as ideologies like collectivism and class oppression gained favor among the intelligentsia, […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/lying-nose.jpg347496Thomas C. Pattersonhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas C. Patterson2024-02-17 00:28:062024-02-16 08:32:15Beware Those Who Intentionally Use Words To Lie
Media coverage of a lawsuit in California against President Joe Biden over his administration’s aid to Israel is leaving out a critical element: The coalition bringing the suit is led by pro-Hamas extremists. During a hearing before the U.S. District for the Northern District of California, the coalition accused the Biden Administration of violating national and international […]
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, […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/stalin_casa_grande.jpg7401280Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-02-16 00:30:002024-02-15 13:05:38When Stalin Came To Casa Grande – Part 2
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 […]
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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://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1550670587.jpg14142121Debbie Lermanhttps://pricklypear.news/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://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/byanymeans-scaled.jpg17072560Gadi Taubhttps://pricklypear.news/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 […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/election-1-scaled.jpg16122560Erin Marie Joycehttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngErin Marie Joyce2024-02-14 00:26:322024-02-13 12:29:10Arizona Secretary Of State Shrugs Off Election Problems As Lawsuit Highlights 2022 Failures
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://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/stalin_casa_grande.jpg7401280Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-02-13 00:30:282024-02-13 10:46:28When Stalin Came to Casa Grande (Part 1)
Running Cover For Biden’s Senility Is The Umpteenth Example Of How Media Interfere In Elections
/in 2024 Election, Election Integrity, Featured, Latest News, National Security, Politics/by Elle PurnellMedia excuses for Biden’s senility aren’t just political favoritism, but an example of controlling what information reaches voters. In 2020, corporate media blacked out coverage of the bombshell Hunter Biden laptop right before the presidential election. After the election, a survey of Joe Biden voters in swing states found that nearly half were unaware of the […]
Weekend Read: Still Spiraling Down
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniThe state of American society and culture 30 years after the publication of “Defining Deviancy Down.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s essay, “Defining Deviancy Down,” was published in the 1993-1994 Winter edition of The American Scholar. It was certainly scholarly. It was also accurate, prescient, courageous, politically incorrect, and subsequently ignored by policymakers, social justice activists, media, […]
Beware Those Who Intentionally Use Words To Lie
/in Border Crisis, Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Thomas C. PattersonThe word “liberal” was once considered a compliment. It meant fair, principled, and thoughtful. The Age of Enlightenment was birthed by “classical liberals” with their then-fantastical notions about government by consent of the governed, legal equality of all, and individually owned rights. Later as ideologies like collectivism and class oppression gained favor among the intelligentsia, […]
The Extremists Behind the Anti-Israel Lawsuit Against Biden
/in Culture War, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, National Security, Politics/by Ryan MauroMedia coverage of a lawsuit in California against President Joe Biden over his administration’s aid to Israel is leaving out a critical element: The coalition bringing the suit is led by pro-Hamas extremists. During a hearing before the U.S. District for the Northern District of California, the coalition accused the Biden Administration of violating national and international […]
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.