Confronted with the fact their policies are ruining US cities and killing thousands, Dems give the usual reply: ‘Shut up, racist!’

When the “Defund the Police” thing was heating up, I knew exactly what was going to happen. There would be a selective pullback of policing in poor communities and adjacent areas (but not in gated communities, affluent suburbs, wealthy business districts, government zones, etc.). Crime would then increase, […]

Who Defines What ‘Racist’ Means ?

By Musa Al-Gharbi One key insight of the “discursive turn” in social research is that how concepts are defined, and by whom, reveals a lot about power relations within a society or culture. These definitions are not just reflections of social dynamics, but can have important socio-political consequences […]

The Biden Administration’s Domestic Terrorism Strategy is an announcement that they’re coming for you.

American Minds The Biden Administration’s National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism is, by its own admission, the first of its kind. The authors call it “America’s first government-wide national Strategy” to eradicate internal opponents of the regime—that is, not only to deter “violent extremism,” but even, in the […]

Andrew Cuomo Declares a Gun Violence ‘Disaster Emergency’ and Signs a Bill That Invites Lawsuits Against Firearm Suppliers

By Jacob Sullum, Reason New York’s new law seems to conflict with a federal statute that protects manufacturers and dealers from liability for gun crimes. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic last year, New York’s legislature authorized Gov. Andrew Cuomo to issue “any directive” he deemed “necessary to cope […]

US boarding schools to be investigated

By Kalle Benallie, Indian Country Today The U.S. Department of Interior will formally investigate the impact of federal Indian boarding schools, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced before tribal leaders on Tuesday. The new “Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative” will result in a detailed report compiled by the Interior […]

Spreading ‘human rights’ at the tip of a bayonet: the LGBT agenda has now become a tool in Western foreign policy across the globe

By Glenn Diesen, Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway and an editor at the Russia in Global Affairs journal. Follow him on Twitter @glenndiesen Russia Today When it comes to issues of ‘human rights’ and individual liberties, every country in the world takes a different stance. Culture, religion, and […]

Critical Theory and the Newest Left

By Alexander Stern Hedgehog Review What the Frankfurt School has to say about bureaucratic progressivism. “Cultural Marxism” is often invoked by some on the right to explain the rise of “woke” politics in universities, newsrooms, and corporations. According to this well-rehearsed line of criticism, the fixation on race […]