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’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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LAPD Used Fake Social Media Accounts to Spy on Users, Documents Show

LAPD Used Fake Social Media Accounts to Spy on Users, Documents Show

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers used fake online personas to monitor social media users, and at one point considered employing tools that critics say would lead to law enforcement profiling innocent people, according to recently revealed government documents. The documents, released by the Brennan Center for Justice following an…
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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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