āŖ “One extremist is one too many,” Bishop Garrison told a Center for American Progress seminar. Garrison, the man tasked by the Biden administration with fighting āextremismā in the military, had reversed Blackstoneās ratio, āIt is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.ā It was better to wreck the careers of a million soldiers to find one extremist…
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āŖ A man disarmed by his government is not a citizen, heās a subject. I donāt need an AR-15 for hunting: Itās not even legal to take a deer with one in my stateāthe caliber is too small. I also donāt need an AR-15 for self-defense, though Iād want to have one if someone broke into my house. And I certainly donāt need one just because itās a beautiful piece of engineering. I need an AR-15 because the government doesnāt want me to have one...
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āŖ China has declared a new space race, aiming to surpass the West by the end of the decade. How America responds is of monumental importance...
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āŖ On Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected an illegal immigrantās attempt to twist immigration law and create a loophole that would allow thousands of illegal immigrants to become lawful permanent residents. Democratic senators and attorneys general advocated for this loophole, but a liberal justice wrote the opinion for a unanimous Court…
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āŖ Sure, Iāve read the studies that say masks probably donāt do much of anything, and yes, Iāve been quintuple-vaccinated. But Iām going to keep wearing my mask forever. It feels like the right thing to do. I know this because itās the opposite of what those horrible right-wingers think. You call this a meaningless strip of fabric; I call it my emotional-support cloth…
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āŖ Once upon a time long ago, we agreed there were certain immutable laws of human nature. These laws were based on facts, reality, and data. In other words, we accepted common sense about the way the world worked according to logical and even āscientificā principles. That assumption defined us as āenlightenedā rather than Dark Age reductionists and ideological- or myth-driven zealots…
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āŖ The U.S. economy grew at a somewhat faster pace in April and May despite widespread shortages of labor and materials that left many businesses struggling to keep up with demand, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday…
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āŖ The worldās largest meat supplier, JBS Foods, has been crippled by a cyberattack, the company announced, the latest hit to an already rattled supply chain thatās sentĀ food costs soaringĀ at grocery stores and restaurants…
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āŖ With “Amtrak Joe” at the helm, America’s premier passenger rail service is going for broke with the release of its 15-year “Corridor Vision.” The company’s plan, which was published yesterday, calls for service improvements along 25 existing routes, the creation of another 39, and the expansion of service to 160 new cities across the country…
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āŖ As Americans sober up, will they reject the frenzy that took the country over the cliff during the most unhinged year in American history?
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