A people distracted, diverted and insulated. Caught up in the uproar over this year’s latest hullabaloo—militarized police in Ferguson, tanks on Main Street and ISIS—Americans have not only largely forgotten last year’s hullabaloo over the NSA and government surveillance but are generally foggy about everything that has happened in between. ... MORE
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John W. Whitehead: The American Delusion
A people distracted, diverted and insulated. Caught up in the uproar over this year’s latest hullabaloo—militarized police in Ferguson, tanks on Main Street and ISIS—Americans have not only largely forgotten last year’s hullabaloo over the NSA and government surveillance but are generally foggy about everything that has happened in between. ... MOREThomas Sowell: The Media And The Mob Of Ferguson
The bias of the bullet-counters. Casting blame based on skin color should have ended with Jim Crow. Those of us who admit that we were not there and do not know what happened when Michael Brown was shot by a policeman in Ferguson, Mo., seem to be in the minority. We all know what has happened since then — and it has been a ... MOREThomas Sowell: Random Thoughts On The Passing Scene
Observations of a wise man. I don't know why we are spending our hard-earned money paying taxes to support a criminal justice system, when issues of guilt and innocence are being determined on television — and even punishment is being meted out by CNN's showing the home and address of the policeman accused in the Ferguson, Missouri ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: A Tiger Of A Book
Keeping the welfare state from destroying America. Professor Amy Chua of the Yale law school is better known as a "Tiger Mom" because of her take-no-prisoners, tough love approach to raising children. She and her husband Jed Rubenfeld (a fellow Yale law professor) have written what may turn out to be the best book of this year. It is titled ... MOREJim Yardley: What Truly Is Liberty?
Give some thought to what you are about to lose. When was the last time you thought about, wrote about, or talked about the concept of liberty? That's not a question that needs to be answered by the talking heads, mainstream media, or political pundits, but the ordinary folk known to each of us. It might be your sister, ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: Race-Hustling Results
Scoring the racial grievance industry. Years ago, someone said that, according to the laws of aerodynamics, bumblebees cannot fly. But the bumblebees, not knowing the laws of aerodynamics, go ahead and fly anyway. Something like that happens among people. There have been many ponderous academic writings and dour editorials in the ... MOREEric Peters: Assault And GM's $30,000 Battery
You might be allotted 200 miles between rechargings. The economy must be doing a lot better than all the wretched
indexes (number of people no longer even trying to find
work, number of people on the dole, etc.) indicate. Otherwise, GM
would not have
announced it is committed to developing a new electric car
battery capable ... MOREThe Land Of The Free Is Now A Nation Of Sheep
by Bill Frezza. No, this is not another diatribe about the futility of many gun control laws and the geographic correlation between the level of gun crime and the hurdles law-abiding citizens have to surmount to provide for their own defense. Nor is it a rant about the media exploitation of tragedies like the recent Navy Yard shooting. ... MOREIBD: Too Much Government Caused The Great Recession
by Scott S. Powell. Just a generation after the collapse of the Soviet socialist system, a recent Pew poll reports that 49% of Americans 18-29 years old have a positive view of socialism, while only 46% have positive views of capitalism. The ambivalence toward capitalism is due in part to the influence of the information and entertainment class ... MORESteven Greenhut: Journalism Is An Act, Not A Profession
Great journalism can come from average citizens. Watching some recent debates about who is a “real journalist” and who isn’t has been a source of amusement for me given that being a real journalist has not always been that great of an honor. When I told Mom I was getting a job in journalism, she was miffed that her son would waste ... MOREJonah Goldberg: Don't Edit The First Amendment
The press forgets the inconvenient parts. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” That's the full text ... MOREThe Boston Mindset: Cringe Like Sheep
A reality check from William A. Levinson. Colonel Jeff Cooper's To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth describes exactly what is wrong with the United States today. Cooper wrote of the society in which he grew up during the 1930s. Boys were taught to shoot and use their hands, and girls were taught to expect that in their men. ... MORERasmussen Poll: 6% Rate News Media As Very Trustworthy
What are they thinking? Most voters still get their news from television and consider the news reported by the media generally trustworthy. Fifty-six percent (56%) of Likely U.S. Voters say they get most of their news from TV, including 32% who get it from cable news networks and 24% who get it from traditional network news. A new ... MORE
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