[NOTE: Since red flag laws are under serious consideration in the wake of various new shootings, I thought I’d recycle a two-year-old post on the subject, slightly edited. The post was originally written about Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, but … Continue reading →
More than two decades ago, when China took over Hong Kong, I recall getting a very uneasy feeling. How could this possibly go well? Here are some recent events there: Also please see this by Michael Yon: The conflict in … Continue reading →
Not a Fascist in the economic sense (which isn’t how most people use the word these days, anyway), but in the “willing and eager to use the apparatus of the state to stomp on your liberties” sense. Why, Frederica Wilson, … Continue reading →
Gee, I wonder why: The study, conducted by the Knight Foundation and College Pulse, found that 68 percent of U.S. college students say that “the climate on my campus prevents some people from saying things they believe because others might … Continue reading →
I chuckled along with just about everyone else when I saw this: The move by Ravelry, a popular knitting site, to ban support of President Trump drew both criticism and applause. But “knitting has always been political," said the editor … Continue reading →
According to Project Veritas, Google is determined to use its power to prevent Trump, or “another Trump,” from becoming president: The report includes undercover footage of longtime Google employee and Head of Responsible Innovation, Jen Gennai saying: “Elizabeth Warren is … Continue reading →
Brandon Straka is the founder of the #WalkAway movement. A gay man and former liberal, Straka recently left the Democratic Party and made a YouTube video about his defection and the reasons for his change of mind. The video went … Continue reading →
For a while, the phenomenon of leftist censorship of the right concentrated on potential speakers at college campuses. The mechanisms were boycotts, demonstrations, disruptions, and demands that they not be allowed to speak there at all because it was too … Continue reading →
It appears that the elusive Christopher Steele will be testifying: Former British spy Christopher Steele has agreed to meet in London with U.S. officials regarding the dossier, The Times of London is reporting. A source close to Steele told the … Continue reading →
RealClearInvestigations interviewed 10 targets of the Mueller probe who are now out of danger of prosecution (for now, anyway) and have decided to speak up: They include several people who became household names during the two-year probe – including George … Continue reading →
I wonder what algorithm YouTube will use in this effort: YouTube announced plans on Wednesday to remove thousands of videos and channels that advocate neo-Nazism, white supremacy and other bigoted ideologies in an attempt to clean up extremism and hate … Continue reading →
There are at least three elements involved in the case of Noa Pothoven, a 17-year-old girl in The Netherlands who was widely reported to have received state euthanization for severe depression and related suffering. The first is the girl’s illness … Continue reading →