Why is it that Black Lives Matter “martyrs” are almost all individuals with criminal records who were killed or seriously injured as they resisted arrest? One would think that if the narrative of a massive “systemic racism” problem plaguing the nation’s law enforcement were true, then BLM’s list would be largely if not entirely composed…
When people and organizations throw money at identity politics, do they know that the causes they support conflict with their purported goals? Black Lives Matter (BLM) cloaks itself in garb of justice and morality. By its very name, well-intentioned people are compelled to support it. After all, who does not think the lives of black people matter?…
Portland has an anarchy problem. By another name, Portland has a Ted Wheeler problem. For several years the city has been subject to multiple protests—really, it’s somewhat ongoing there—that turn violent. This summer has been the ultimate example: 55 consecutive nights of mostly peaceful demonstrations mixed with an unsettling amount of domestic terrorism, mob violence,…
In August, America added nearly 1.4 million new jobs according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly Employment Situation Report, in line with the consensus forecast. The unemployment rate fell by 1.8 percentage points to 8.4 percent, the second largest decline on record. The August jobs report confirms that the strong recovery continues. Just a…
Is Democrats’ Biden bubble strategy about to burst? By keeping Biden away from the public, Democrats have compressed the race into a two-month sprint with no margin for error. Like Aesop’s fable about the tortoise and the hare, Democrats may find Biden has waited too late to run. The presidential race is unmistakably closing. On September 1,…
It’s tempting to attribute Joe Biden’s plummeting poll numbers in key battleground states to his dilatory denunciation of the riots that still ravage their Democrat-run cities. However, the campaign’s fatal flaw is more subtle than Biden’s tacit approval of mob violence. It is rooted in the classism that resulted in his nomination to be the…
Browsing Reddit, I’ll often come across political posts, and polls from various sub-reddits on the main page, advertising that such a percentage of voters feel such and such way about an individual. Today, I came across a quick heading that 50% of voters feel if Donald Trump was re-elected, they’ll feel less safe. Initially, when…
