Democrats four years ago rode a blue wave to governors’ mansions across the country, flipping Republican-held seats in the Midwest, Northeast and West alike. Now, however, many of those governors face Republican challengers amid a political environment that looks potentially promising for the GOP, meaning that contentious races may lie ahead in some of the
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Statue of economist Adam Smith in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2008. (David Moir/Reuters) By “liberals” I mean classical liberals — those who believe that liberty works best and that people ought to be as free as possible from the control of government. Liberalism is in retreat all around the globe. That’s the argument of Northwestern University
Texarkana, a town on the border of Texas and Arkansas, recently experienced a bizarre phenomenon as there were widespread reports in the area of fish falling from the sky during a rainstorm. The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday afternoon as a storm swept through the area. Numerous residents posted pictures of the bizarre phenomenon as
Giving parents a whopping three days’ notice, Detroit Public Schools announced Friday that they would cancel all classes, both virtual and in-person, for at least Monday through Wednesday of next week, according to WKBD-TV. In a letter to parents, DPS superintendent Nikolai Vitti claimed, “As you may know, the city’s infection rate is at an
Two writers at the Wall Street Journal argue that more states should ban private funding for elections. Tarren Bragdon and Joe Horvath, a president and CEO and a state government affairs director at the Foundation for Government Accountability, respectively, argued that private funding is harming local and national elections. Bragdon and Horvath have concerns about
The past two years have seen an unprecedented escalation in a decadeslong war on the American past. But there are lots of logical flaws in attacking prior generations in U.S. history. Critics assume their own judgmental generation is morally superior to those of the past. So, they use their own standards to condemn the mute
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Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a repatriation ceremony for the six Canadian Armed Forces members killed in a helicopter crash in the Mediterranean, at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario, Canada May 6, 2020. (Frank Gunn/Pool via REUTERS) Government policies almost always have unseen, unintended, and unhappy consequences. Frederic Bastiat said that good economists would
From Sydney to Shanghai and Paris to New York, the world ushered in 2022 with New Year celebrations that were largely overshadowed by pandemic concerns — even as uncertainty looms and the omicron variant continues to drive up infections globally. Australia and New Zealand were among the first to ring in the new year, followed
Ghislaine Maxwell has been “scapegoated” for the crimes of her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein and “was not given a fair trial”, her brother has told Sky News. The British former socialite was this week found guilty of recruiting underage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex
A Thursday New York Times story by reporter Nick Corasaniti, set up as if to coolly analyze the state of U.S. “voting rights,” ended up the usual Times tissue of gross exaggerations and aspersions of Republican racism: “Voting Rights Tracker: What to Know About the U.S. Elections Fight.” The current battle over voting rights —
If Democrats want to halt a Republican wave 10 months from now, they need to acknowledge their failures and pivot to the political center. Otherwise, President Joe Biden — who only took the Oval Office on a fluke — will soon be a lame duck and help initiate a GOP victory parade. Here’s Biden’s 2022 to-do
Marijuana farms are being rapidly established in Oklahoma, now home to the largest number of licensed farms for the substance, The New York Times reported. Cannabis entrepreneurs have journeyed to the state due to its low barriers to entry, with the cost to get started being just $2,500, compared to $100,000 or more in neighboring
A nighttime scene, outdoors in New York, December 28, 2021 (Jay Nordlinger) The picture at the top of this post? I encountered that scene on a recent night in New York. Kind of surprising and whimsical. Anyway, I include it at the end of my Impromptus today. At the beginning, I have a note about
A series of wildfires, swept by wind, caused extensive damage in Colorado Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate and destroying several hundred homes in their paths, according to reports from local news. The largest such fire, the Marshall Fire, reportedly began in Boulder on Thursday afternoon and is believed to have started
In the latest possible escalation of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the country has launched a rocket into space, which was carrying ‘research devices’ according to Iranian state television. The launch drew condemnation and remarks of concern from a number of Western democracies, who are concerned that the launches violate U.N. Security Council resolutions and may represent
On the last Friday night Week in Politics panel of 2021, the PBS NewsHour once again chose the topic that Democrats want to talk about right now: New laws restricting the massive COVID-era looseness on mail-in and absentee voting. Once again, the Republicans are so horrible that New York Times columnist David Brooks — the
Our political philosophy must proceed first from objective reality, not from the subjective persuasions of a certain age. Twitter is entertaining in part because it shows one the caliber of popular argumentation. Nothing will disillusion the optimistic believer in rational public discourse quite like a five-minute exchange there on a controversial topic. Democracy and indeed
The heavens are a little more crowded as 2021 draws to a close. There are more players and more systems in orbit … and more threats. The People’s Republic of China has significantly expanded its role in space. This week, Chinese astronauts at the Tiangong space station engaged in a six-hour spacewalk, the longest ever
The first year of Joe Biden’s presidency has been an absolute bomb, maybe the worst in living memory. The economy is still faltering, inflation is awful and still rising, the Afghanistan exit was a disaster, and COVID is still raging. On top of all this, every time Biden opens his mouth he sounds like a
At a market in Tsomo, South Africa, December 2, 2021 (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters) South Africa lifted a Covid-19-related curfew on Thursday as officials believe the fourth Covid-19 wave driven by the Omicron variant has receded, a cabinet statement announced. The South African cabinet statement noted there was only a “marginal increase” in fatalities, as deaths remained
A government advert on a bus stop in London encourages people to get their COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, as the Omicron variant of coronavirus spreads across the globe, Dec. 28, 2021. Vuk Valcic | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images People infected with omicron are less likely to require hospital treatment compared to patients
Tributes have been paid to veteran actress Betty White who has died less than three weeks before her 100th birthday. The Golden Girls star, whose career spanned eight decades, reportedly died at her home on New Year’s Eve. Her death was confirmed by her longtime agent and close friend, Jeff Witjas. He told Associated Press
On Monday, PBS played a Christiane Amanpour interview from CNN with Boston Celtics basketball star Enes Kanter over the controversy caused by his activism against China, which cuts against the usual “social justice warrior” vein. It’s worth watching to see his takedown of Nike as “one of the biggest hypocrite countries in the world.” Amanpour
We’re now approaching nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. Sometimes I wonder if I’ve already had it. In February 2020, after a family trip to Disney World, I found myself ridiculously sick. It was a few weeks before the World Health Organization declared COVID a pandemic, and Democrats were accusing Trump of being xenophobic for
Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the mRNA technology in use in the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 jabs, was permanently suspended from Twitter on Dec. 29. According to The COVID World, Malone had over 520,000 Twitter followers. Malone was suspended after posting a video from the Canadian COVID Care Alliance. The nearly 40-minute video is well
The Wilson Library on the campus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Jonathan Drake/Reuters) Every year at about this time, the Martin Center staff compiles a list of reforms and improvements that we would like to see adopted (or at least considered) during the coming year. We have just published our new list.
Two things are undoubtedly true in Washington, D.C.: 1. Many people are scared of the omicron wave, and 2. There are not nearly enough COVID tests to meet the demand. This combination has created a problem that may end up having deadly consequences: Emergency Rooms packed with patients who are there solely to get a
On behalf of the entire news team here at TheBlaze, I wish each and every one of you in our audience the happiest of new years. This has been a long and arduous year filled with challenges that have shaken us to our very core, and we are all glad to have you, our readers,
Vaccine scientist Dr. Robert Malone spoke with podcaster Joe Rogan about his ban from Twitter. Malone is an innovator in the mRNA vaccine technology used in COVID vaccines and was suspended for alleged “misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19.” Newsbusters reported on the ban earlier this week: “Malone has repeatedly voiced his concerns