Senator Tim Scott has presented a good-faith bill that would go a long way in helping to nudge local police departments toward improved practices. Even though a majority of Americans, regardless of party affiliation, want something done about police abuse, Tim Scott’s bill may not reach the floor. Blame the GOP In what the WSJ […]
Our Cities Are Broke
When America returns to “normal,” what will become abundantly clear is that our big cities are no longer even marginally clean or safe. Who Wants to Be A Cop? Nationwide police will determine that is no longer worth getting killed, fired, spat upon or put in prison to answer a 911 call, writes Victor Davis […]
Buchanan: The War on America Has Crossed a New Frontier
Pat Buchanan writes at Taki’s Mag: The left’s war on America’s past crossed several new frontiers last week. Portland’s statue of George Washington, the Father of his Country and the first president of the United States, the greatest man of his age, was toppled and desecrated. While the statue stood, an American flag was draped […]
Politicians Get Their Wish: No Bail, No Jail, No Arrests, and Chaos in the Streets
In cities run by politicians who have sided against police, shootings are spiking, crime is rampant, and chaos has ensued. Chris Enloe reports for The Blaze, that shootings have surged in New York since the NYPD was forced to disband its “anti-crime units.” He writes: The move was applauded by those who seek immediate police […]
Make America Great Again – for All
During a roundtable event last week in Dallas, President Trump focused the discussion on “advancing the cause of justice and freedom.” President Trump zeroed in on inclusiveness and opportunity for every American, Kimberley Strassel reports in the WSJ. The diversity of the Trump administration belies the “common and absurd claim” that President Trump is “racist.” […]
Coeur D’ Alene: Good Guys With Guns Rule
This piece was sent courtesy of Tom Loosemore. It’s from Daniella Cross at the Media Accountability Collective: If you ventured to downtown Coeur d’Alene, Idaho last night you would think you had entered a Militia family reunion. No one has an accurate count of how many heavily armed citizens came out to support peaceful protestors […]
Living the Summer of Love without the Love
With the killing of George Floyd, Americans are forced to face a hard reality. “In just three months it has become clear that modern urban progressivism is politically incompetent and intellectually incoherent,” writes Daniel Henninger in the WSJ. Media Picking at Scabs The media and press have served an arbitrating function among competing urban forces. […]
The Second War on the Confederacy
Pat Buchanan suggests at LewRockwell.com that America is witnessing a second war on the Confederacy. He notes that liberals will fight for the right of Marxists to burn the American flag, but not for the rights of people flying the battle flag of the Confederacy. He writes (abridged): A second war on the Confederacy is […]
Ray Kelly on Policing and George Floyd
Ray Kelly, NYC’s longest-serving police commissioner, retired in 2013. In an interview with Tunku Varadarajan for the WSJ, Mr. Kelly, who has seen a lot in his decades of policing, admits that the killing of Floyd sickens him. This is the worst act of police brutality that I’ve seen. The reason I say that,” is […]
Elephant in the Room Blocking Police Reform
In 2011, there was a furor raised when some politicians tried to reform collective bargaining for government workers. But now, write the editors of the WSJ, some governors are blaming public-union labor agreements for not making progress with police reform. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Sunday said police collective bargaining and arbitration have prevented the […]
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