Tag: Viewpoints

The Collapse of SVB Portends Real Dangers

Commentary Thus far in this 3-year fiasco of mismanagement and corruption, we’ve avoided a financial crisis. That’s for specific reasons. We just had not traveled there in the trajectory of the inevitable. Are we there yet? Maybe. In any case, the speed of change is accelerating. All we await is to observe the extent of…


Former Public Health Officials Undermine Public Trust with Conduct Unbecoming Scientists

Commentary Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, infamously boasted, “I represent science.” Let’s hope not. His actions during the COVID emergency both corrupted science and undermined trust in our most important public health institutions. Early in the pandemic, I believed Fauci would approach his duties with integrity…


The Risks and Lure of Online Gambling for Young Men

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

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 Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 22: Public Education

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…


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

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…