Commentary Any resident of Ontario who spends time watching YouTube videos, at least the ones I watch, would have noticed an explosion of ads for online gambling websites that offer the chance to enjoy the casino experience on your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. No longer are young men, in particular, limited to betting on their…
Hard Lessons From California School District Bond Measures
March 10, 2023
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Commentary Capistrano Unified School District cried poor boy last year with a ballot measure seeking approval to borrow $114 million. Here was their plea: “To repair and improve Aliso Viejo’s aging neighborhood schools, fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing, sewer, electrical systems; and construct/acquire modern classrooms, facilities and technology that support college/career readiness in science, technology, arts,…
How COVID-19 Origin Cover-up Changed the Course of the Pandemic
Commentary The old adage that “you can’t fool all of the people all of the time” has been bolstered by a recent new poll. Despite Dr. Anthony Fauci’s best efforts, 66 percent of Americans now lean toward a lab origin of the COVID-19 virus. A whopping 86 percent of Republicans believe that the pandemic started…
The New Chinese Silk Road Is a Threat to the World Order
Commentary New attention is finally being focused on communist China, thanks to the new House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and China, whose members have started using the rarely spoken “t” word (threat) in referring to the Chinese Communist Party. Rarely spoken because many in the U.S. political class support engagement…
The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 22: Public Education
March 10, 2023
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Commentary This is the last in the series on “The Ideas That Formed the Constitution.” It applies the series’ lessons to how we educate our young. The U.S. Constitution is America’s highest secular law—“the supreme Law of the Land” (Article VI). It structures the central government, regulates American federalism, and protects individual rights. Its study…
China Fear Grips a Republican
March 10, 2023
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Commentary Talk of U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) caving to China by not making a trip to Taiwan, as he said in July he would “love to do,” is a step backward for the United States and its partners in Asia. McCarthy and Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen announced a meeting in the United States,…
The Weakening Electric Grid: Less Reliable, More Fragile
As more and more irritated customers become certain that power shortages and blackouts have become more common, the electric grid’s problems receive more attention. They should. Shortages and blackouts have in fact become much more common than they once were. The electric power grid has become increasingly fragile and considerably less reliable. This is especially…
Destroy the Mexican Drug Cartels
Commentary The tragic killing of two U.S. citizens this week in the border town of Matamoros, Mexico, should, in a just world, refocus American attention on the glaring problem of transnational drug cartels’ de facto control of large swaths of our perilously porous southern border. That the two Americans killed may have been mistaken by…
Partisan, Media Hypocrisy Over Targeting of Companies
Commentary When Disney began lobbying against a parental-rights bill in Florida that would prohibit public school teachers from discussing sex, sexual orientation, or so-called gender identity with prepubescent kids in kindergarten through third grade, Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed a special session of the legislature to review Walt Disney World’s 50-year-old “independent special district” status to…
Give Parents Back Their Rights
March 10, 2023
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Commentary On March 1, House Republicans introduced the Parents Bill of Rights Act to ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in public schools. The federal legislation, authored by Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.), comes as some states undertake similar efforts to protect parental rights and require curriculum transparency by public schools. Amending the…
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