Op-Ed Archives - Page 57 of 80

Americans Are Worse Off Under Joe Biden

September 30, 2023September 29, 2023 Op-Ed

“Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Then-candidate Ronald Reagan posed that iconic rhetorical question during his 1980 debate with then-President Jimmy Carter. The voters answered with a resounding “NO!” when they elected Reagan by a huge margin of 489 electoral votes to 49. That Reagan question has since become a staple … Read more

What Did the Feds Not Do About Alleged Biden Family Corruption and When Did They Not Do It?

September 28, 2023 Op-Ed

[This is] a timeline of events focusing on federal authorities’ pursuit of alleged Biden family corruption. This resource will be updated as warranted.

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Alderman Dowd Is Out of Touch With His Constituents and the City of Nashua

September 23, 2024September 28, 2023 Julie Smith

While not everyone reading this lives in Nashua, and not every local votes in Ward 2 (which is at Charlotte Ave School, to those who don’t know where they vote), it’s well past time for Alderman Dowd to retire. He is just one vote out of a body of 15, but a serial “problem one” … Read more

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Governments Are Using Intimidation To Regulate Independent Journalists on the Decentralized Internet

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 Op-Ed

In the last century, states have had great control over channels of media. In most of the West, lobbying groups and cartels working with “liberal” and “democratic” governments regulated who could broadcast while governments, with their endless pools of money and political force, competed alongside private or foreign establishments.

Masculinity and Progressive Values Don’t Align, so Something Will Have To Give

September 28, 2023 Op-Ed

Musician Taylor Swift and NFL tight end Travis Kelce are reportedly dating. It means nothing in real life except that it shows that no matter how much money and success you have, your feminist, girl-boss ways cannot stop you from falling for a masculine man when you are lonely.

Bill Gates Eyes ‘Friendly’ Mosquitos

September 27, 2023 John Klar

Bill Gates extolls the potential benefits of genetically modified mosquitos in a recent blog. The clever technology may indeed prove beneficial, but Bill Gates has his fingers (and money) stuck in so many technological marvels that risks of error surely mount.

Don’t Let COVID Hysteria Fool Us Again

September 27, 2023September 26, 2023 Op-Ed

The great H.L. Mencken reportedly said, “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” While it’s hard to believe he didn’t have the Biden family finances in mind, it still serves as an apt warning for another round of handwringing over the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

C.S. Lewis: Democracy Destroys Education

September 25, 2023 Op-Ed

During WWII, when Germany was bombing England, C.S. Lewis narrated over the radio a series of letters called “The Screwtape Letters.” After the war, this series of allegories were combined in a book by the same name.

“Social Justice” Is Neither Social nor Just

September 25, 2023 Op-Ed

Thomas Sowell has given us a penetrating criticism of the approach to justice taken by many political philosophers, especially John Rawls and his innumerable followers. He says that they construct an image of the way society ought to be but fail to ask whether their plans are feasible. His criticism is well-taken, although he does not offer an adequate account of the rights that people have.

What’s The Point In A Husband Anyways?

September 24, 2023 Op-Ed

Anti-marriage propaganda is all over TikTok right now. The formula of the videos is almost always the same. A woman contemplating marriage and a family has a vision of the future in which she realizes that her husband will be simultaneously controlling and checked out. She sees the “burdens” this life could bring as children come into the mix and, ultimately, chooses to run away.

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The Right Must Embrace The Counterculture

September 24, 2023 Op-Ed

Last year, punk rocker Johnny “Rotten” Lydon made waves when he was quoted saying, “I never thought I’d live to see the day when the right-wing would become the cool ones giving the middle finger to the establishment, and the left-wing becoming the sniveling self-righteous twatty ones going around shaming everyone.”

The Oil-Price Shock Is a Direct Consequence of Interventionism.

September 23, 2023 Op-Ed

Oil prices are soaring, and, as always, we read in many articles that OPEC and Russia are to blame. However, if OPEC and its allies were almighty and the drivers of oil prices, why have Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude plummeted in 2022? OPEC only reacts to demand, but it is not a price-setter. It is a price-taker. WTI … Read more

We Do Not Support Disparaging a Good Person to Further the Narrative of Another

November 19, 2024September 23, 2023 Op-Ed

We would like to personally acknowledge the time and effort of the many Reps and volunteers in the Northwood/Nottingham special election. Despite the headwind we unknowingly faced, it is always great to see the team unite around a common goal.

Chess, Trans Athletes, and Free Markets in Sports

September 23, 2023 Op-Ed

Transgender athletes are becoming increasingly more common in athletic competitions, and this has spurred a great deal of criticism from the right side of the political aisle. Their argument is simple: men have a distinct advantage when it comes to sports.

Wheeler is On Notice (not that he wasn’t already)

September 22, 2023 Op-Ed

You might already be familiar with my recent article, the open letter to Councilor Wheeler. Please refer to it for a list of some of his key transgressions against the will of his constituents and against NH. Today, one more thing can be added to his rap sheet.

The Campus Survivor and #MeToo Movements are Politically backed Special Operations Exercises

September 22, 2023 Op-Ed

When Obama was elected in 2008, Valerie Jarrett and David Pouffle were credited for helping him beat out Hillary Clinton, the female candidate who had vastly more experience than he did. His campaign succeeded in reaching a 17–25 year old demographic using social media.

Tell Me Again Joe, Which Wars Are Good Wars?

September 22, 2023 Op-Ed

Are you good with spending U.S. tax dollars for drone strikes in Sudan? There was a specialized drone operated in the African country of Sudan. It turns out that Special Forces from Ukraine might be the ones pulling the trigger on those strikes.

Threats Against the State: Anarcho-Tyranny, Murder, and Legitimacy

September 22, 2023 Op-Ed

On August 9, the Federal Bureau of Investigation killed Craig Robertson, a seventy-four-year-old Utah man, during a raid on his home.

Hilarity Ensues at Board of Ed Hearing on PragerU Videos

September 21, 2023 Op-Ed

Quite a ruckus broke out at the Board of Education hearing last week. Controversy exploded over personal finance videos created for high school students. The videos were nonetheless unanimously approved by the NH Board of Education. Who knew “compound interest” could be so exciting?

Trump In The ‘Hood’: Former President Should Rally In Black Precincts

September 21, 2023 Op-Ed

ow can Donald J. Trump electrify the campaign trail, turbocharge his re-election prospects, and nauseate the Democrat Left? Stage MAGA rallies in the hood. Atop his usual Republican-leaning venues, the former president should hold his signature mass meetings in the black neighborhoods of such swing-state cites as Atlanta, Cleveland, Detroit, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and … Read more