(Andrew Gorlin) Just 70-80 years ago we had what was dubbed “The Greatest Generation” – the people who had fought and won World War II. Now, just a couple of generations down the road, we have unconditionally surrendered to a disease with minuscule mortality (for the vast majority of the population), and which is to a large degree treatable. How did that happen?
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Faux Science Dictates CDC’s COVID Directives
(Renee Parsons) After almost two contentious years in the throes of the COVID pandemic that was speculative and problematic from the beginning, partisan loyalists, once known as socially conscious Democrats, continue to justify the unconstitutional lockdowns and its violations of humanity as “following the science.”
What Makes a Hero?
(Steve Giblin) I spent 99% of my time in the Navy as a Special Warfare Operator, a SEAL. A Frogman and “Tier One” operator for 28 years, nine more as a civilian. I have far more time training for war than I have time in war. I was deployed more than a third of my career, but that doesn’t mean I went to war every time.
The Fatal Flaw At The Core Of Wokeism
(Steve Rose) Wokeism is fatally flawed at the core. It pretends to be a road to universal harmony. But it will never deliver. Wokeism might seem intimidating at first but, like the Death Star, critical weaknesses make it vulnerable.
Rise of the Vaccine Bullies
(Peggy Ryan) Prime Minister Boris Johnson let the cat out of the bag regarding the vaccine.
Masks, Mental Health, and Children
(David S. D’Amato) Coming into increased focus over the past several months is a disturbing picture of children and teens struggling with mental health issues in the COVID-19 era. Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children’s Hospital Association issued a declaration on the “soaring rates of mental health challenges among children, adolescents, and their families,” calling this “worsening crisis” a national emergency. Sadly, the AAP has aided the crisis with its strong endorsement of masking children, which will only lead to tragedy for children and their families.
Why Do They Want to Vaccinate Children?
(Vasko Kohlmayer) “FDA advisory panel OKs Pfizer vaccine for children 5 to 11,” announced a recent NBC News headline.
Prohibition Was Always a Progressive Experiment
(Trish Randall) Perhaps the most impressive feat of political misdirection by American progressives, rivaling the apocryphal Democrat/Republican “great flip,” was characterizing drug prohibition as a conservative project. It’s superficially logical. Prohibition is enforced by police and courts. Conservatives support law and order. Progressives focus on social influences over individual responsibility.
Federalism, Not Democracy, is What Protects American Liberty
(William Sullivan) Ask any progressive about what little he believes to be worth preserving in America, and you’ll likely hear countless pieties about our “democracy.”
The Not Very Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill—Where’s the Money?
(Anony Mee) I thought I’d dig around a bit in “H.R. 3684—Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” the not very bipartisan infrastructure bill. Everyone’s talking about how the other bill for building back better will be funded, at the perhaps current price tag of $1.75 trillion. I haven’t seen much, though, about how this $1 trillion bill will affect the deficit.
Hatred For The Unvaxxed Comes From A Place Of Emotion, Not Reason
(Steve Apfel) When COVID-braving Dennis Prager said he contracted it purposely in order “to be taken care of by therapeutics,” the public outcry was more life-threatening than the virus. He must be made to pay for any treatment he gets. He should be denied a hospital bed. Another conservative talk show host spreads his disease.
Perception Is Not Reality, No Matter What the Liberal Media Say
(J. Deane Waldman) Cynics smile before they say, “Perception is reality.” What we see must be true because we see it! If we don’t see it, then it cannot be real. Anyone who has ever used Photoshop knows that “seeing is believing” is false, just as misleading as expecting politicians to do what they promise.
Something Big is Coming
(Clarice Feldman) Dilbert creator Scott Adams tweeted this week: ”The country’s energy is strange. Everything is amped up in every direction. Something big is coming.” He’s rarely wrong about such things.
The FDA Failed In Its Duty To Ensure Vaccines Are Safe For Children
(David Gortler) Before parents consent to vaccinate their children against COVID, basic medical ethics requires that they be informed of how safe the vaccine is. Yet in a shocking on-video admission, Dr. Eric Ruben, an advisory committee member to the FDA, said this about the COVID vaccine in children five to eleven during an official FDA hearing: “We’re never going to learn about how safe the vaccine is until we start giving it. That’s just the way it goes.”
How Did Thomas Paine Get the Colonies to Throw Off the British Monarchy?
(Mike Konrad) In college, we are taught that one of the founders of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine, was a deist. Indeed, he was. What the professors did not tell us was that Paine’s masterpiece, “Common Sense” — the pamphlet that persuaded the American people to move from merely seeking some redress of grievance from the British government to flat out seeking independence — made almost all of its arguments from the Bible.