Opinion

’Tis the Season to Be Afraid?

’Tis the Season to Be Afraid?

As Christmas approches, fears are also mounting about possible looming restrictions around the festive season. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s November 10 executive order extends California’s state of emergency until the end of March 2022, as Katy Grimes of the California Globe reports, making the “emergency” effective for a total of more…
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Kyle Rittenhouse Represents America

Kyle Rittenhouse Represents America

Like many others recently, I’ve spent a lot of time lately following Kyle Rittenhouse's trial. However. it's been almost impossible to avoid reading comments about it from people who obviously haven’t been watching it. They don’t think they need to watch it, because they’re getting reports about it from the…
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Kyle Rittenhouse Got the Right Outcome, But…

  In the wake Friday’s Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, I do not have much to add to the cataract of commentary about the case. However, like all sane people, I applaud the young man’s acquittal on all charges.  There seem to be essentially three sorts of responses to the decision. One…
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The Kyle Rittenhouse Peace Dividend

With his tie removed, Kyle Rittenhouse's attorney Mark Richards spoke in calm, sober terms following a career triumph. “They wanted to use Kyle for a cause,” Richards told reporters. “And I don’t represent causes. I represent clients. And the only thing that ended up mattering to me was whether he…
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A Prince Among Men

A Prince Among Men

After American forces prevailed in the first Gulf War in 1991, our Air Force claimed to have located Saddam Hussein. President George H.W. Bush was offered the chance to “take him out,” but refused. As Angelo put it, “He would kill the draftees, not the drafter.” That line touched the…
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LeBron James Needs To Man Up

During the height of the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial, LeBron James encouraged his 100 million followers on social media to mock the teenage defendant’s emotional outburst as he recalled the savage mob chasing him down to kill him on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin. James’ ridicule of a young man…
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The New Blue Confederacy

The New Blue Confederacy

Why are progressive regions of the country—especially in the old major liberal cities (e.g., Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle)—institutionalizing de facto racial quotas through “proportional representation” based on “disparate impact”? Why are they promoting ethnic and racial chauvinism, such as allowing college students to select…
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Creation in a Time of Destruction

We live in chaotic times, wherein the forces of creation and destruction are warring. This internecine conflict within the human family is neither novel nor final, but perpetually prone to eruption throughout the course of history. Even within periods of relative calm and creation, such as the Enlightenment, the forces…
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Sex, Lies, and the FBI

History’s dark sense of humor has now linked the fate of American Muslims, environmental activists, and MAGA protestors who allege the FBI is abusing them to gin up prosecutions. At the heart of the Supreme Court case Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga is the FBI’s effort to maintain a…
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