Gary D. Barnett, Among all the panic and misinformation being spewed by politicians at all levels and the complicit mainstream media, what is going on under the radar that will greatly harm Americans much more than this virus ever could? First, all the legislation, executive orders, and mass control measures happening now will never go…
California’s governor on Thursday issued a statewide “stay at home order” directing residents to leave their homes only when necessary during the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Gavin Newsom said that modeling has shown that 56 percent of California residents were expected to contract COVID-19 over the next eight weeks, requiring nearly 20,000 more hospital beds than…
James McCoy, Editor’s note: This column was co-authored by Dr. Loyd Pettegrew. The melting pot metaphor applies to a society where many different types of people blend together as one. A national identity bouillabaisse if you will. It is essentially an environment in which many ideas, religions and races are socially assimilated. Since its inception America…
Jennifer Wagner, Formerly known as the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, EdChoice is the oldest school choice advocacy group in the nation. EdChoice is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization driven by a shared mission to advance a K-12 education system where all families, regardless of race, origin, or income, are free to choose a learning environment—public or…
Asia reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including an American soldier stationed in South Korea, as the United States warned of a pandemic, the disease spread in Europe and Brazil confirmed Latin America’s first infection. World stocks tumbled for the fifth day on fears of prolonged disruption to global supply chains, while safe-haven…
Daniel Greenfield, How could there be more Iraqi interpreters than there are American troops? The latest battle over Special Immigrant Visas pitted Stephen Miller, President Trump’s senior advisor, against the Pentagon. The military brass was lobbying for 6,000 special immigrant visas for Iraqis who worked for American forces in the country. These visas were once again billed as…
Two charter flights carrying cruise ship passengers from Japan landed at military bases in California and Texas overnight, starting the clock on a quarantine period to ensure passengers don’t have the new virus that’s been spreading in Asia. A plane carrying American passengers touched down at Travis Air Force Base in Northern California just before 11:30 p.m.…
F.H. Buckley , American has gone through two breakups in its history. Given our divisions, perhaps we’re on the cusp of a third secession. The first, in 1776, was entirely successful. The second, in 1861, was not, though it did lead to the abolition of slavery. What the third would look like is the subject of “American Secession,” my…
A 60-year-old American has died of the new coronavirus, the first confirmed non-Chinese death of the illness, U.S. officials said, as millions of Chinese began returning home after a Lunar New Year break that was extended to try to contain the outbreak. While the vast majority of cases have been in China, the virus has…
Sheriff David Clarke, Ret., Protesting is a time-honored First Amendment activity in America. This right is a constitutionally protected guaranteed that should never be exploited. How soon we forget that under the British Crown the colonists did not have this right. Thus, the Framers of the Constitution saw it as necessary to limit a tyrannical…
Walter E. Williams, During President Donald J. Trump’s impeachment trial, we’ll hear a lot of talk about our rules for governing. One frequent claim is that our nation is a democracy. If we’ve become a democracy, it would represent a deep betrayal of our founders, who saw democracy as another form of tyranny. In fact,…
John Hawkins, If you go to the Grand Canyon, you may be surprised to find that it’s split between a more regulated, safer “government” side with guardrails and an “Indian” side, where you can walk right up to the edge with no impediments. If you’re a tourist, I’d say the Indian side is more fun.…