Noticeably absent from the Democrats’ latest policy platform: any mention of “Medicare for All.” But don’t be fooled. Efforts to push government-run health care are still a real threat. Rather than fully and openly embracing a single-payer model, this new approach hides itself behind expanding Obamacare and adding to it a new government plan—the so-called public option. […]
In the soft warmth of spring the swallows famously return to Capistrano, but in recent years they are followed by what seems inevitable summer power outages and fires. This is not as pleasant an experience for Californians as the return of our favored feathered companions. Every summer, usually around this time of year, we get our inevitable heat […]
A Change.org petition organized online by a group opposed to racial preferences in California is satirically demanding that professional sports teams in the state allocate 15% of their roster spots to Asians. The petition, which says that would make Asian representation on the teams proportional to California’s Asian population, as of Aug. 28 has collected […]
Protesters in the nation’s capital–one of the largest recipients of federal aid–became a rowdy mob Thursday night outside the White House after the conclusion of President Donald Trump’s acceptance speech during the Republican National Convention. Harassed guests who were present for the president’s speech credited officers of the Metropolitan Police Department with protecting them as […]
Armstrong Williams grew up on his family farm in rural South Carolina and went on to become the second-largest minority broadcast TV owner in America. He has closely watched the racial tension in America and offers a path toward healing and atonement in his new book “What Black and White America Must Do Now: A […]
Armstrong Williams grew up on his family farm in rural South Carolina and went on to become the second-largest minority broadcast TV owner in America. He has closely watched the racial tension in America and offers a path toward healing and atonement in his new book “What Black and White America Must Do Now: A […]
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Wednesday evening that the city had asked the National Guard to assist in stopping the unrest and rioting occurring on its streets. Minneapolis would also have a curfew that would go into effect immediately, KSTP reported. (The curfew was lifted at 6 a.m. Thursday.) “What we’re calling for right now is […]
It is hard to tell what the current revolutionary violence in our major cities is all about. So far, hundreds of police have been injured, dozens of people have been killed, and we have seen billions of dollars in property and collateral damage. Ostensibly, many of the summer demonstrations were in protest over the gruesome […]
Corruption is a serious threat to freedom. One of the main costs of corruption is the loss of economic freedom—that is, the loss of the ability of individuals to decide for themselves how best to achieve their dreams and aspirations and those of their families. In the wake of the global COVID-19-related recession, protecting economic […]
Institutional racism and systemic racism are terms bandied about these days without much clarity. Being 84 years of age, I have seen and lived through what might be called institutional racism or systemic racism. Both operate under the assumption that one race is superior to another. It involves the practice of treating a person or […]
