Tag: Opinion

Recent Lowlights in the Woke Capture of Our Once-Venerable Institutions

Commentary Lamenting the astonishing success of the activist Left’s century-long Gramscian march through America’s major institutions is, at this juncture, old hat. Still, there have been a few recent powerful examples, coming in quick succession, illustrating the extent to which leading liberal institutions of civil society have been captured by far-left activist wokesters who take…


The Founders and the Constitution, Part 2: John Adams

Commentary Unlike the other Founders profiled in this series, John Adams of Massachusetts didn’t attend the 1787 Constitutional Convention. He was America’s ambassador to England when the convention met, and he didn’t return home until the ratification process was well underway. His contribution was in laying the groundwork for the Constitution, both when in Massachusetts…


TikTok in the Crosshairs of Congress

Commentary Ask the average youth about what he watches on TikTok and he is most likely to mention funny videos of animals, pranks, dancing, experiments, and food. The top posts on TikTok get hundreds of millions of views. But ask an average member of the U.S. House of Representatives, though none are really average, and…


Growing Display of Tribalism by Australian Mainstream Media

Commentary How on earth can an unwanted gate-crashing by ugly neo-Nazis of a rally so derail the message of the rally and have its participants so tainted to have someone expelled from a parliamentary party? It seems surreal, but it is happening right here in Australia. Courtesy of the bulk of the mainstream media engaging…


Tribalism in Media Paves the Way for Mob Rule

Commentary How on earth can an unwanted gate-crashing by ugly neo-Nazis of a rally so derail the message of the rally and have its participants so tainted to have someone expelled from a parliamentary party? It seems surreal, but it is happening right here in Australia. Courtesy of the bulk of the mainstream media engaging…


Not a Defense of the US (Ch)air Force

Commentary So I’m not going to try to defend the accusation that the U.S. Air Force (AF) is actually the “Chair Force,” e.g. we’re not really the military; the hardest thing for the AF is not having four towels in the five star hotel etc.—those kinds of accusations. And I’m sure all of you have…


Author Explains How to Use the Constitution to Fight Union Power

Commentary For 36 years, all but three as a private-sector journalist, I’ve been fighting for the democratic rights of Californians against the powerful, non-democratic public-employee unions. It’s been wearying. There have been few victories. It was especially painful when I was state Sen. John Moorlach’s press secretary, 2017-20, and saw the unions attack him with…


Lawyer, Author Explains How to Use the Constitution to Fight Union Power

Commentary For 36 years, all but three as a private-sector journalist, I’ve been fighting for the democratic rights of Californians against the powerful, non-democratic public-employee unions. It’s been wearying. There have been few victories. It was especially painful when I was state Sen. John Moorlach’s press secretary, 2017-20, and saw the unions attack him with…


Why California’s Schools Are Losing Their Teachers, Part II

Commentary In February this year, the newsletter The Peanut Gallery stated: “In March of 2022, Yana, a 13-year-old Ukrainian girl, and her mother fled to escape Russia’s invasion and went to San Francisco, where Yana’s aunt lived. This January [2023], Yana began attending eighth-grade classes at Marina Middle School despite speaking little English. While she’d…


Silicon Valley Bank and the Soft Pivot of Our Weak-Kneed Fed

Commentary Old habits die hard for the folks over at the Federal Reserve, who immediately rung in the 2023 financial crisis with what will in due time be recalled as the fifth round of quantitative easing, the Fed’s preferred term for monetary expansion. It’s now apparent that the Fed currently finds itself between a proverbial…