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The Economy, Not Palestine, Will Undo Joe Biden

May 14, 2024/in Politics, The Economy

This week’s surge in workers seeking unemployment benefits should be a sign that America’s already weakening economy, and much slower job growth, could prove the key to this year’s election. […]

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Net Zero grids may add even more economic pressure to the middle class.

Biden’s Grid Wars are a Direct Assault on the Western Middle Class

May 4, 2024/in Politics, The Economy

Even as western countries shift their grids to renewable energy sources, electricity demand and usage rates are soaring, adding even more economic pressure on an already struggling middle class.

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Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, is presiding over population growth and consistent performance improvement of the city's schools.

Why London is Beating American Cities

May 2, 2024/in Urban Affairs

London is beating American cities: as U.S. cities continue to decline, London remains a global powerhouse with increasing population and improving schools.

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The 'death' of the family is a global issue as fertility rates are well below population replacement levels.

The Strange Death of the Family

April 30, 2024/in Urban Affairs

The decline of families is a global problem, as almost half of the world’s population live in countries with fertility rates well below replacement level.

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Radicalized "mean girls" are pushing the Democratic party toward the leftist fringeFred Murphy, used under CC 2.0 License

Mean Girls Rising

April 25, 2024/in Politics

Once the putative party of the people, the Democrats are increasingly the party of political “Mean Girls” as radicalized women are driving the party ever further to the leftist fringe.

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Canada's aggressive progressivism is tilting the nation toward an authoritarian future.

Agressive Canadian Progressivism is Descending the Country into Crazy

April 23, 2024/in Politics

Canada’s historic values such as free speech and assembly along with tolerance for opposing views are disappearing in favor of aggressive progressive politics that are tilting the nation towards a leftist authoritarian future.

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Gavin Newsom recently announced plans to Trump-proof California

Gavin Newsom’s Futile Bid to Trump-Proof California

April 20, 2024/in California, Politics

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced plans to “Trump-proof” the state if the former president wins later this year.

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In California, anti-Semitism from the progressive Left is mostly unchallenged

California Is the Homeland of Progressive Anti-Semitism

April 18, 2024/in California, Politics, Religion

California university campuses – hardly considered to be bastions of hate – have allowed acts of flagrant anti-Semitism to go unpunished.

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California's diversity promises are broken for its Latinos

California’s Broken Diversity Promise

April 16, 2024/in California, Demographics

Few states are more ostentatious in their concern for diversity and minority uplift than California, but its policy promise is broken for the state’s growing Latino population.

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The NHS has recently banned use of puberty blockers outside of clinical trials - a welcome sign of caution about chemically modifying our children.

America is Strangely Fond of Chemically Modifying its Children

April 9, 2024/in Politics

The recent decision by the National Health Service to ban puberty blockers under prescription outside of upcoming clinical trials is a rare indication that common sense and biological reality are staging a comeback.

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