You can tell the conservatives liberals fear most because they start being automatically referred to as “discredited.” Ask Sen. Ted Cruz. But no one is called “discredited” by liberals more often than the inestimable economist John Lott, author of the groundbreaking book More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws . Lott’s economic… Read more »
American college campuses are the most fertile grounds for fake hate. They’re marinated in identity politics and packed with self-indulgent, tenured radicals suspended in the 1960s. In the name of enlightenment and tolerance, these institutions of higher learning breed a corrosive culture of left-wing self-victimization. Take Oberlin College for example… Please. This week, the famously… Read more »
Obama has deconstructed the electorate into special interest or ethnic constituencies to create a winning coalition. In his first Inaugural speech he spoke of following those who fought at “Concord, Gettysburg, Normandy, and Khe Sanh, “national symbols all. But in his second Inaugural, he urged us to follow those who marched at “Selma (Blacks), Seneca… Read more »
The city of Chicago agreed today to pay a record $22.5 million to a woman who was released from police custody in 2006 and instead of being taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, she was released into a high crime area where she was gang raped and plummeted seven stories. Christina Eilman, was… Read more »
Among a few interesting items uncovered in trying to examine the facts behind the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin without drawing any conclusions, was that a widely viewed photograph of Martin appears to have been altered, somewhat. Here is what appears to be the original via the Miami Herald The one below has been… Read more »
There was a presentation from a woman who has started a school on an Indian reservation. There are any number of pathologies on this reservation, including an unemployment rate of 89%, functional illiteracy and rampant child sexual abuse. Another troubling fact is that the average lifespan in this community is 45 years. The reason? Alcoholism,… Read more »
The greatest tribute to the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., is not to name a street in his honor or celebrate a national holiday. It is to recognize and support those who are working to carry out his vision, those who empower those facing the greatest obstacles through personal relationships that restore the fabric… Read more »
If you listen to Vice President Joe Biden, the most effective way to prevent rape and murder is more federal stimulus spending. In the Vice President’s defense, at least this is a new argument, considering the others—jobs created, bridges built, energy generated—have all miserably failed. But this desperate argument, while fresh, is also incorrect. The… Read more »
More than 1,600 of the criminals arrested had felony convictions for crimes including manslaughter, attempted murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, drug trafficking, child abuse, sexual crimes against minors and aggravated assault. Among those arrested was a Panamanian man previously convicted on charges of child molestation who was living illegally in Georgia; a Jamaican convicted rapist living… Read more »
Find Kitchen, Storage and Office Essentials at Organize.com! SAVE $5 OFF orders of $75 or more. Enter Promo Code: 5OFF75 The spectacle of Roger Clemens on trial for lying to Congress reveals once again the overreach of our federal government, and why we need wholesale budget cuts to salvage our freedom. Of course, the Clemens… Read more »