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Erik Rush
Leftists Would Rather See America Burn Than Lose
There are two key factors contributing to the exaggerated response of some of our citizens following the killing of black Minnesota resident George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25. By this, I am referring to the widespread riots in cities across America that followed Floyd’s …
Biden’s Gaffe: Are Black Americans Waking Up?
“If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.” – Joe Biden, May 22, 2020 It was a bit difficult for me to justify expounding upon the topic that follows. It just seemed a little too much like low-hanging fruit. I mean, former …
Will 2020 be ‘the Summer of Stupidity’?
As I’ve managed to chronicle since the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, certain circumstances have prompted a lot of people to reveal their true colors, as it were. Many of these revelations can be summed up in two words: Dangerous and stupid. Not all of those who’ve displayed dangerous tendencies have evidenced stupidity, …
‘Obamagate’ Hardly The Worst Of Former President’s Crimes
In 2010, I had occasion to briefly visit my old elementary school in New York. At one point, I came upon a huge and rather dazzling mural in a stairwell that depicted President Barack Hussein Obama alongside Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other black Americans of historical significance. …
Keep Calm & Cloister On
As the reader will likely have noticed, there’s a common theme playing out in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the part of some of our elected officials. Here, I refer to the emergence of little tin gods among leftist governors, some of whom are resisting calls to ease …
COVID-19 Proves Lowering The Bar Is Never The Answer
With all of the furor over social distancing, widespread fear, conspiracy theories and opportunistic political grandstanding attendant to the COVID-19 pandemic vying for our attention, just above the radar, we’re hearing calls for investigations into how the novel coronavirus was introduced into the human population in the first place. Much of this …
COVID-19 Underscores The Blight Of Globalism
Last week in this space, I highlighted an object lesson in the stupidity attendant to people of color embracing the left’s racialist orthodoxy in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. People of color are obviously not the only group that has demonstrated markedly lower intellectual function during this crisis; many of …
‘Stupid’ Won’t Serve People Of Color In Fighting Pandemic
As Americans observe social distancing guidelines and quarantines during the coronavirus pandemic, it is important that we acknowledge the efforts and the dedication of those who are laboring against the virus, whether those in public service or health care workers, the beleaguered troops on the front lines. I believe it …
Governor Andrew Cuomo: Bush League Player In A Major League Game
With the specter of the coronavirus pandemic looming, we are getting to experience some of the pitfalls of having extremely high population densities in our major urban areas. While we can’t boast some of the high populations of cities in China (Shanghai and Beijing have populations of 23.4 million and …
Nothing’s Too Grave To Dislodge The Left’s Vile Ambitions
During the impeachment proceedings held against President Donald Trump earlier this year, I was at first tempted to refer to the high-profile House Democrats who were driving the process (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, for example) as “rogue Democrats.” At the time, I asserted at …