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ShareDespite likely seeing California Sen. Kamala Harris inaugurated as vice president alongside a Democratic president for whom an overwhelming majority of Californians voted so dutifully, California is looking to be the biggest loser of the 2020 contest. Our state’s most pressing problems, which were unaddressed in the run-up to the election, are getting worse. If California-style government continues to creep across America, as it will if Harris and running mate Joe Biden win, we can expect similar problems to creep nationwide.COVID sucked the air out of the room in the presidential...…ShareDespite likely seeing California Sen. Kamala Harris inaugurated as vice president alongside a Democratic president for whom an overwhelming majority of Californians voted so dutifully, California is looking to be the biggest loser of the 2020 contest. Our state’s most pressing problems, which were unaddressed in the run-up to the election, are getting worse. If California-style government continues to creep across America, as it will if Harris and running mate Joe Biden win, we can expect similar problems to creep nationwide.COVID sucked the air out of the room in the presidential...WW…

By 7, 2020It started on July 5 when Nikole Hannah-Jones, who penned the lead essay for The New York Times’ 1619 Project, was trolled with a meme. The meme came from philosopher James Lindsay, whose upcoming “Cynical Theories” book on identity politics co-written with Helen Pluckrose is already an Amazon bestseller. Lindsay the exchange:[I]t appears someone put this Woke Mini into the employ of satirically replying to Nikole Hannah-Jones on the fifth of July in response to her tweeting, ‘I wonder if folks always talking about ‘standards’ ever stop to consider that it’s their so-called...…By 7, 2020It started on July 5 when Nikole Hannah-Jones, who penned the lead essay for The New York Times’ 1619 Project, was trolled with a meme. The meme came from philosopher James Lindsay, whose upcoming “Cynical Theories” book on identity politics co-written with Helen Pluckrose is already an Amazon bestseller. Lindsay the exchange:[I]t appears someone put this Woke Mini into the employ of satirically replying to Nikole Hannah-Jones on the fifth of July in response to her tweeting, ‘I wonder if folks always talking about ‘standards’ ever stop to consider that it’s their so-called...WW…

ShareFor years, conservatives have been sounding the alarm about anti-American indoctrination in public schools. They’ve pointed out the dangers of mainstreaming of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. They’ve exposed the racialism of the 1619 Project. Unfortunately, however, the situation in public schools is far worse than the mere presence of propaganda.Theoretically, parents can resist the dominant paradigm by explaining that it’s just the teacher’s opinion, and providing a counter-narrative at home. But once teachers demand performative activism from their students...…ShareFor years, conservatives have been sounding the alarm about anti-American indoctrination in public schools. They’ve pointed out the dangers of mainstreaming of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. They’ve exposed the racialism of the 1619 Project. Unfortunately, however, the situation in public schools is far worse than the mere presence of propaganda.Theoretically, parents can resist the dominant paradigm by explaining that it’s just the teacher’s opinion, and providing a counter-narrative at home. But once teachers demand performative activism from their students...WW…

ShareAmerica’s responses to the Wuhan coronavirus come at the expense of our natural rights, and property ownership is in the crosshairs. Politicians are calling for rent strikes, and networks of nonprofit activists across the country want to redefine American home ownership along the lines of socialist utopia.Shelter-in-place measures put a large and growing number of Americans out of jobs. Not surprisingly, some of the newly unemployed can’t pay rent. Under indefinite lockdowns, even some people who still have jobs understandably feel uncertain about the future and prefer to opt out of...…ShareAmerica’s responses to the Wuhan coronavirus come at the expense of our natural rights, and property ownership is in the crosshairs. Politicians are calling for rent strikes, and networks of nonprofit activists across the country want to redefine American home ownership along the lines of socialist utopia.Shelter-in-place measures put a large and growing number of Americans out of jobs. Not surprisingly, some of the newly unemployed can’t pay rent. Under indefinite lockdowns, even some people who still have jobs understandably feel uncertain about the future and prefer to opt out of...WW…