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CARSON: America’s First Freedom Must Remain a Cornerstone of Our Nation
/ | Leave a CommentFor centuries, religious freedom has been at the heart of the American identity and is commonly known as America’s first freedom. From the image of George Washington kneeling in prayer at Valley Forge, to Abraham Lincoln’s invocation of God at the end of the Emancipation…
Navigating science’s moral future
| Leave a CommentWhen the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, researchers announced they had created the first living robot. These so-called “xenobots” are programmable organisms created from the stem cells of African clawed frog embryos — or Xenopus laevis. Just two years later, researchers announced that xenobots were…
Common sense isn’t so common anymore
| Leave a CommentCommon sense is not so common in today’s world — and I bet I’m not the only one who has noticed. In the boardroom, the courtroom, the newsroom, and the classroom, everything has become “my way or the highway.” Our society cares more about amassing…
What ‘equity’ has wrought
| Leave a CommentJust over a year ago, I wrote about the dangers of the left’s seemingly innocuous shift of vernacular from “equality” to “equity.” Instead of pursuing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideal of judging people by the content of their character rather than the color…
Getting to grips with COVID-19’s bat-erfly effect
/ | Leave a CommentYou’ve probably heard of the butterfly effect, the idea that a tornado can be formed by a minor perturbation such as a butterfly flapping its wings a mile away. Every action has a consequence, for better or worse, even something as minor as a butterfly…
Congress Wants To Charge You Billions For Earmarks And Call It A Budget
| Leave a CommentVladamir Putin isn’t the only one seeking to fulfill corrupt ambitions while Joe Biden is asleep at the wheel of his presidency. Congress recently passed another omnibus spending package. It left taxpayers scratching their heads, while D.C. insiders and career politicians laugh their way to…
Dave Chappelle and the quandary of affordable housing
/ | Leave a CommentDave Chappelle is under attack for quashing a plan to develop so-called affordable housing units in his neighborhood. What’s the real story here, and why the anger? As most people know, housing prices, whether rent or mortgage, have been increasing at a rapid pace recently….
San Francisco’s window into the Left’s homelessness failure
| Leave a CommentTo say that some of our largest cities are experiencing a decline is an understatement. San Francisco and the Bay Area are the prime examples. Long known for its beautiful climate, welcoming spirit, and one of the modern engineering wonders of the world, the city…
Affirmative action faces an overdue Supreme Court reckoning
| Leave a CommentThe Supreme Court recently agreed to hear two cases that challenge the affirmative action policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. In these consolidated cases, a group representing students and parents is asking the Supreme Court to find that race-based affirmative action…
Black History Month is about more than just Black Americans
/ | Leave a CommentBlack History Month is upon us. Some will attempt to use it as a tool to push divisive agendas such as critical race theory or Black Lives Matter. But we must avoid such ideologies and remain focused on what unites us as a nation, regardless…
Finally Noticing Lockdowns Are Killing Kids Does Not Absolve The Left
| Leave a CommentIt has been two years since the world first noticed people were getting sick and dying from a novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China. As the seriousness of the disease became more apparent, policymakers around the world struggled with how to respond.
Reflecting on Dr. King’s vision – how are we faring in pursuit of the just society?
/ | Leave a CommentAs we remember the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it is worth reflecting on his message, and on whether we are moving in the direction of accomplishing the great vision he laid out for our nation.
How to fix our soaring violent crime problem
| Leave a CommentWe know that all things work together for the good in the end. But in the meantime, it seems like the bad news just keeps on coming. The latest comes courtesy of the FBI, whose data inform us that 2020 saw one of the most…
More spending won’t reduce racial poverty divides
| Leave a CommentThe Biden administration and its allies, continuing their claims that anything and everything under the sun is racist, have a new target: infrastructure. We are told our very highways themselves are racist and, guess what, more government spending is the apparent solution
Democrats keep pushing policies that make it easy for inflation to catch fire
/ | Leave a CommentOn Nov. 10, government statistics confirmed what most people already knew from their daily lives: prices are rising. They are rising fast and rising everywhere. The consumer price index for October, the government’s measure of how much people pay for various goods and services, rose…
Biden’s environmentalism is pummeling the nation
| Leave a CommentPresident Joe Biden inherited a great gift from the Trump administration: energy independence. The benefits cannot be overstated: Cheap, reliable energy is key to economic growth and broad-based prosperity. Yet Biden has squandered this advantage. Retail gas prices are up 55.95% from last year, with…
Early COVID-19 treatments should not be ignored
| Leave a CommentCOVID-19 vaccines are not as effective in preventing infection and transmission as initially thought. Since we will have to live with COVID-19, it is vital that we stop suppressing the discussion of early treatment options for all patients, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated…