westernjournal--2020-09-01--Op-Ed: In 1793 America Faced a Pandemic & Riots – Here’s How We Survived

It is a little-remembered historical fact that in the very first decade of the history of the United States , a far more terrible pandemic than our coronavirus wreaked political and social havoc on the presidency , the Congress and the people .
In the late summer of 1793 , exactly 227 years ago , in Philadelphia , the temporary capital of the republic , the great plague of yellow fever was brought in by French refugees who were fleeing a violent slave uprising on the island of Santo Domingo .
In his 1949 book “ Bring Out Your Dead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vivid account of that frightening epidemic .
The death rate of the 1793 virus in Philadelphia was more than 10 percent .
That death rate is over 200 times the current death rate of the coronavirus in the U.S. today .
About 50 percent of citizens of Philadelphia , including President George Washington , Thomas Jefferson and every one of the state assembly members , fled the city .
Periodic outbreaks continued through to 1799 .
A cure or a vaccine for the virus was not found .
It wasn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fever was caused by a pathogen spread by mosquitoes .
TRENDING : Skateboarder in Biden 's Backyard Hits Nominee 's 'You Ai n't Black ' Comment , Explains Why He 's on the Trump Train In 1793 , freed blacks led by religious pioneers Absalom Jones and Richard Allen nursed the sick and buried the dead .
While some African-born black Americans , who had survived a bout of yellow fever in Africa , possibly as children , appeared to have a partial immunity , the theory that all black Americans had a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Many black nurses and volunteers died heroically , laying down their own lives in helping the sick quarantined in Philadelphia ’ s Bush Hill hospital .
There were two competing treatments for the virus and absurdly , the political parties took sides .
One party , the Democratic-Republican Party , favored Dr. Benjamin Rush ’ s “ bleeding and purging treatment , ” which misattributed the terrifying disease to the local “ putrid ” environment contaminated by “ a miasma ” arising from marshes and stagnant water .
( Dr .
Rush was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thomas Jefferson and James Madison . )
The other party , the Federalists , backed the theory that the contagion could be directly attributed to the surge of refugees from French Haiti who had recently arrived in Philadelphia .
Dr. Jean Deveze , a French doctor who had worked in Santo Domingo , used the “ French cure ” or “ West Indies treatment ” of cold baths , stimulants and quinine not unlike today ’ s treatments for yellow fever .
Alexander Hamilton , who himself contracted yellow fever , was treated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” by Dr. Edward Stevens , an Edinburgh-educated physician who had been his boyhood friend in the West Indies .
Hamilton wrote a letter to the College of Physicians commending Stevens ’ treatment .
Bitter division along party lines ( quite eerily replicated in today ’ s politics ) prompted Dr .
Rush to make the accusation : “ I think it probable that if the new remedies had been introduced by any other person than a decided Democrat and a friend of Madison and Jefferson , they would have met with less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : No Way To Deal with a Natural Disaster The political factionalism of the 1790s was appallingly similar to today ’ s toxic division between Democrats and Republicans .
By 1799 , congressmen had to have an armed guard in order to walk safely through the streets of Philadelphia .
It is time for all sensible Americans to formally recognize that for a complex new medical virus there was never going to be an immediate political cure at hand for Republicans or Democrats .
So for God ’ s sake , just stop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s not going to be President Trump ’ s fault if a vaccine is not found by “ the end of this year.
” RELATED : Dennis Prager : We Never Should Have Shut Down - Sweden Stayed Open and COVID Has Now Run Its Course It ’ s part of a president ’ s job to offer hope in times of fear .
And no , it ’ s not Joe Biden ’ s fault should he have second thoughts and not deliver on his rash promise to close the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Mistakes made in good faith , once discovered and acknowledged , should not be eternally punished by political opponents .
It ’ s time to recognize that the coronavirus pandemic is first and foremost a natural disaster .
As the medical scientists and physicians learn more about the virus and then educate the presidency , the Congress and the people , we all must show a little humility and exercise practicality , caution , open minds and good sense .
The actual learning together how to control a new virus should not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failure .
As with all historic plagues , we can only learn as we go .
The Additional Threat in 1793 : Terrorism and Violent Revolution The difficulties in Philadelphia were exacerbated by what President John Adams called “ the Terrorism , excited by Genet , in 1793.
” ( Citizen Genêt , French envoy to the United States during the French Revolution , tried to oust President Washington and stirred up rebellion among the Federalists to raise an army to fight in France in defiance of the Neutrality Proclamation . )
Twenty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ great Founders in their letters compared notes on the terrorism of 1793 that had compounded political and social turmoil in the new republic .
In a June 15 , 1813 , letter to John Adams , Thomas Jefferson recalled the chaotic “ character of the times.
” “ [ T ] he sensations excited in free yet firm minds , by the terrorism of the day .
none can conceive who did not witness them , and they were felt by one party only .
this letter exhibits their side of the medal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other , in their private correspondences , as well as open action.
” Adams claimed a superior understanding of that terrorism in his reply to Jefferson on June 30 : “ [ Y ] ou certainly never felt the Terrorism , excited by Genet , in 1793 , when ten thousand People in the Streets of Philadelphia , day after day , threatened to drag Washington out of his House , and effect a Revolution in the Government , or compell it to declare War in favour of the French Revolution , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the firmest Minds … have given their opinions to me , that nothing but the yellow Fever , which removed Dr Hutchinson and Jonathan Dickenson Sargent from this World , could have Saved the United States from a total Revolution of Government .
I have no doubt you was fast asleep , in philosophical Tranquility , when ten thousand People , and perhaps many more , were parading the Streets of Philadelphia , on the Evening of my Fast Day .
When even Governor Mifflin himself , thought it his Duty to order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preserve the peace , when Markett Street was as full as Men could Stand by one another , and even before my Door ; when Some of my Domesticks in Phrenzy , determined to Sacrifice their Lives in my defence.
” Once Again , the American People Must Take the Right Road The parallels between today ’ s terrorism and the mob violence and lawlessness stoked by party political hatreds of the 1790s are surely striking .
Adams complained in that same letter of the “ Puppets ” behind the political chaos who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jugglers behind the Scene : and these Jugglers were Hamilton and Washington.
” Amid the political and social turmoil of a deadly virus and the triggering of a confluence of conflicts — anarchy versus the rule of law , enraged mobs rioting versus the intelligent resolution of problems , violent revolution on the streets versus rational debate in Congress — it ’ s important to remember that this all occurred once before in these United States of America .
Once before , the American people were faced with a critical decision to embark @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or to secure the restoration of law and order and peaceful resolution of their problems .
Thank God the people chose the right road .
They rejected the French Revolution ’ s brutality and lawlessness .
It would be a tragedy if U.S. citizens take the wrong road this time around .
The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website .
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It is a little-remembered historical fact that in the very first decade of the history of the United States, a far more terrible pandemic than our coronavirus wreaked political and social havoc on the presidency, the Congress and the people.
In the late summer of 1793, exactly 227 years ago, in Philadelphia, the temporary capital of the republic, the great plague of yellow fever was brought in by French refugees who were fleeing a violent slave uprising on the island of Santo Domingo.
In his 1949 book “Bring Out Your Dead,” historian J.H. Powell gives a vivid account of that frightening epidemic.
The death rate of the 1793 virus in Philadelphia was more than 10 percent. That death rate is over 200 times the current death rate of the coronavirus in the U.S. today.
About 50 percent of citizens of Philadelphia, including President George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and every one of the state assembly members, fled the city. Periodic outbreaks continued through to 1799. A cure or a vaccine for the virus was not found. It wasn’t till 1900 that Walter Reed proved yellow fever was caused by a pathogen spread by mosquitoes.
In 1793, freed blacks led by religious pioneers Absalom Jones and Richard Allen nursed the sick and buried the dead.
While some African-born black Americans, who had survived a bout of yellow fever in Africa, possibly as children, appeared to have a partial immunity, the theory that all black Americans had a natural immunity was soon proven wrong.
Many black nurses and volunteers died heroically, laying down their own lives in helping the sick quarantined in Philadelphia’s Bush Hill hospital.
Politicizing Competing Treatments for a Virus
There were two competing treatments for the virus and absurdly, the political parties took sides. One party, the Democratic-Republican Party, favored Dr. Benjamin Rush’s “bleeding and purging treatment,” which misattributed the terrifying disease to the local “putrid” environment contaminated by “a miasma” arising from marshes and stagnant water. (Dr. Rush was a friend and political ally to both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.)
The other party, the Federalists, backed the theory that the contagion could be directly attributed to the surge of refugees from French Haiti who had recently arrived in Philadelphia.
Dr. Jean Deveze, a French doctor who had worked in Santo Domingo, used the “French cure” or “West Indies treatment” of cold baths, stimulants and quinine not unlike today’s treatments for yellow fever.
Alexander Hamilton, who himself contracted yellow fever, was treated successfully with the “West Indies treatment” by Dr. Edward Stevens, an Edinburgh-educated physician who had been his boyhood friend in the West Indies. Hamilton wrote a letter to the College of Physicians commending Stevens’ treatment.
Bitter division along party lines (quite eerily replicated in today’s politics) prompted Dr. Rush to make the accusation: “I think it probable that if the new remedies had been introduced by any other person than a decided Democrat and a friend of Madison and Jefferson, they would have met with less opposition from Colonel Hamilton.”
Political Factionalism: No Way To Deal with a Natural Disaster
The political factionalism of the 1790s was appallingly similar to today’s toxic division between Democrats and Republicans. By 1799, congressmen had to have an armed guard in order to walk safely through the streets of Philadelphia.
It is time for all sensible Americans to formally recognize that for a complex new medical virus there was never going to be an immediate political cure at hand for Republicans or Democrats. So for God’s sake, just stop the idiotic blame game.
No, it’s not going to be President Trump’s fault if a vaccine is not found by “the end of this year.”
It’s part of a president’s job to offer hope in times of fear. And no, it’s not Joe Biden’s fault should he have second thoughts and not deliver on his rash promise to close the economy down to ameliorate some new outbreak.
Mistakes made in good faith, once discovered and acknowledged, should not be eternally punished by political opponents.
It’s time to recognize that the coronavirus pandemic is first and foremost a natural disaster.
As the medical scientists and physicians learn more about the virus and then educate the presidency, the Congress and the people, we all must show a little humility and exercise practicality, caution, open minds and good sense. The actual learning together how to control a new virus should not be misrepresented as a party-political success or failure.
As with all historic plagues, we can only learn as we go.
The Additional Threat in 1793: Terrorism and Violent Revolution
The difficulties in Philadelphia were exacerbated by what President John Adams called “the Terrorism, excited by Genet, in 1793.” (Citizen Genêt, French envoy to the United States during the French Revolution, tried to oust President Washington and stirred up rebellion among the Federalists to raise an army to fight in France in defiance of the Neutrality Proclamation.)
Twenty years after the 1793 plague, two great Founders in their letters compared notes on the terrorism of 1793 that had compounded political and social turmoil in the new republic.
In a June 15, 1813, letter to John Adams, Thomas Jefferson recalled the chaotic “character of the times.”
“[T]he sensations excited in free yet firm minds, by the terrorism of the day. none can conceive who did not witness them, and they were felt by one party only. this letter exhibits their side of the medal. the Federalists no doubt have presented the other, in their private correspondences, as well as open action.”
Adams claimed a superior understanding of that terrorism in his reply to Jefferson on June 30:
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“[Y]ou certainly never felt the Terrorism, excited by Genet, in 1793, when ten thousand People in the Streets of Philadelphia, day after day, threatened to drag Washington out of his House, and effect a Revolution in the Government, or compell it to declare War in favour of the French Revolution, and against England. The coolest and the firmest Minds … have given their opinions to me, that nothing but the yellow Fever, which removed Dr Hutchinson and Jonathan Dickenson Sargent from this World, could have Saved the United States from a total Revolution of Government. I have no doubt you was fast asleep, in philosophical Tranquility, when ten thousand People, and perhaps many more, were parading the Streets of Philadelphia, on the Evening of my Fast Day. When even Governor Mifflin himself, thought it his Duty to order a Patrol of Horse And Foot to preserve the peace, when Markett Street was as full as Men could Stand by one another, and even before my Door; when Some of my Domesticks in Phrenzy, determined to Sacrifice their Lives in my defence.”
Once Again, the American People Must Take the Right Road
The parallels between today’s terrorism and the mob violence and lawlessness stoked by party political hatreds of the 1790s are surely striking. Adams complained in that same letter of the “Puppets” behind the political chaos who “danced upon the Wires of two Jugglers behind the Scene: and these Jugglers were Hamilton and Washington.”
Amid the political and social turmoil of a deadly virus and the triggering of a confluence of conflicts — anarchy versus the rule of law, enraged mobs rioting versus the intelligent resolution of problems, violent revolution on the streets versus rational debate in Congress — it’s important to remember that this all occurred once before in these United States of America.
Once before, the American people were faced with a critical decision to embark on anarchy, lawlessness and violent revolution or to secure the restoration of law and order and peaceful resolution of their problems.
Thank God the people chose the right road. They rejected the French Revolution’s brutality and lawlessness. It would be a tragedy if U.S. citizens take the wrong road this time around.
The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website. If you are interested in contributing an Op-Ed to The Western Journal, you can learn about our submission guidelines and process here.
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westernjournal--2020-09-01--Social Justice Warriors on Social Media Try To Cancel Adele for ‘Cultural Appropriation’

Social justice warriors attempted to cancel singer/songwriter Adele on Monday after she posted a photo celebrating Jamaican culture .
In the photograph , Adele ’ s hair is braided into Bantu knots , which was labeled as a form of “ cultural appropriation ” by Twitter users .
“ Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London , ” the singer wrote .
The music industry superstar was celebrating the anniversary of the Notting Hill Carnival , an annual celebration in Britain centered on African-Caribbean ethnic traditions , according to Google Arts & Culture .
Those who attacked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actions had been harmful to the black community .
TRENDING : Skateboarder in Biden 's Backyard Hits Nominee 's 'You Ai n't Black ' Comment , Explains Why He 's on the Trump Train Other users came out in defense of Adele , arguing that a better description for her attire and hair braids would be “ cultural appreciation.
” RELATED : Left Rattled by Anti-Communist Themes in Upcoming 'Call of Duty' According to Dictionary.com , cultural appropriation is “ the adoption or co-opting , usually without acknowledgment , of cultural identity markers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by people or communities with a relatively privileged status.
” So what it means is white people are not allowed to celebrate minority cultures ; if they do so they are being racist .
If that is the case , where does this logic stop ?
Are white people allowed to cook ethnic food ?
Can white artists play jazz or hip-hop music ?
If braiding your hair a certain way is wrong , why not outlaw these and many other instances of “ cultural appropriation ” as well ?
Sharing cultural traditions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; it isn ’ t a form of stealing or manipulation .
Unfortunately , social justice warriors don ’ t think logically about these things .
Blindly listening to their neo-Marxist leaders , social justice mobs are always waiting for another opportunity to feign moral superiority .
This isn ’ t the first time Adele has been targeted either .
Back in May , the singer posted a photo on Instagram revealing her massive weight loss of nearly 100 lbs , according to Prevention .
Many of her fans offered praise for her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggested that the praise for Adele was a form of fat-shaming .
Social justice warriors are always looking for something to complain about .
They claim to be for “ anti-racism ” but attack those who celebrate other cultures .
Body positivity is only good insofar as unhealthy bodies are the ones being described as “ positive.
” These so-called “ social justice warriors ” are fueled by nothing but hate .
What they are arguing for with “ cultural appropriation ” is the segregation of races , ethnicities and various other identity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are no different than the racists of the Jim Crow South .
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism .
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Social justice warriors attempted to cancel singer/songwriter Adele on Monday after she posted a photo celebrating Jamaican culture.
In the photograph, Adele’s hair is braided into Bantu knots, which was labeled as a form of “cultural appropriation” by Twitter users.
“Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London,” the singer wrote.
The music industry superstar was celebrating the anniversary of the Notting Hill Carnival, an annual celebration in Britain centered on African-Caribbean ethnic traditions, according to Google Arts & Culture.
Those who attacked Adele made it seem as though her actions had been harmful to the black community.
If 2020 couldn’t get anymore bizarre, Adele is giving us Bantu knots and cultural appropriation that nobody asked for. This officially marks all of the top white women in pop as problematic. Hate to see it. pic.twitter.com/N9CqPqh7GX — Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) August 30, 2020
“Black people have been through enough in 2020.” Adele: pic.twitter.com/4RwWF7B0Ou — Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) August 30, 2020
Other users came out in defense of Adele, arguing that a better description for her attire and hair braids would be “cultural appreciation.”
Poppycock! This humbug totally misses the spirit of Notting Hill Carnival and the tradition of “ dress up” or “ masquerade” Adele was born and raised in Tottenham she gets it more than most. Thank you Adele. Forget the Haters. https://t.co/sabpPPRtID — David Lammy (@DavidLammy) August 31, 2020
Jamaicans is trending because SJWs are accusing Adele of cultural appropriation for wearing a Jamaican flag and Bantu knots. We are the most unbothered people on the planet who have nothing but appreciation for everyone appreciating our culture. Ya’ll are miserable and ignorant pic.twitter.com/AL4lATICDh — Keiko ?? (@GolferGirl305) August 31, 2020
so everyone is saying this is cultural appropriation. i’m jamaican and i see it more like cultural appreciation. pic.twitter.com/ZzZphAunyJ — Space Bootz (@wastedlike) August 30, 2020
Adele is an honorary Jamaican she always has been idc ?? — Candice Carty-Williams (@CandiceC_W) August 30, 2020
According to Dictionary.com, cultural appropriation is “the adoption or co-opting, usually without acknowledgment, of cultural identity markers associated with or originating in minority communities by people or communities with a relatively privileged status.”
So what it means is white people are not allowed to celebrate minority cultures; if they do so they are being racist.
If that is the case, where does this logic stop? Are white people allowed to cook ethnic food? Can white artists play jazz or hip-hop music?
If braiding your hair a certain way is wrong, why not outlaw these and many other instances of “cultural appropriation” as well?
Sharing cultural traditions and products help create unity and tolerance; it isn’t a form of stealing or manipulation.
Unfortunately, social justice warriors don’t think logically about these things.
Blindly listening to their neo-Marxist leaders, social justice mobs are always waiting for another opportunity to feign moral superiority.
This isn’t the first time Adele has been targeted either.
Back in May, the singer posted a photo on Instagram revealing her massive weight loss of nearly 100 lbs, according to Prevention.
Many of her fans offered praise for her transformation, while others on social media suggested that the praise for Adele was a form of fat-shaming.
If you’re posting all over the timeline about Adele being better now cause she’s thin go ahead and unfollow me and consider yourself antagonistic to all the fat people in your life. — Reina Sultan-#8ToAbolition (@SultanReina) May 6, 2020
Can we please not celebrate Adele for losing weight like it’s the ultimate achievement? The news articles & tweets are disgusting ? — Katie Meehan ? (@_katiemeehan) May 6, 2020
Social justice warriors are always looking for something to complain about.
Would you consider this to be "cultural appropriation"? Yes No
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They claim to be for “anti-racism” but attack those who celebrate other cultures. Body positivity is only good insofar as unhealthy bodies are the ones being described as “positive.”
These so-called “social justice warriors” are fueled by nothing but hate.
What they are arguing for with “cultural appropriation” is the segregation of races, ethnicities and various other identity groups.
In that way, they are no different than the racists of the Jim Crow South.
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westernjournal--2020-09-01--Dan Calabrese: These Are the Questions That Will Matter After 2020 & Nobody’s Asking Them

The next president will not spend the next four years dealing with the coronavirus .
The next president will not spend the next four years debating who ’ s to blame for urban riots .
Yet we ’ re enduring a campaign that would make you think nothing else matters .
The year 2020 has been an outlier in so many ways , it ’ s hard to imagine we ’ ll ever get back to life as “ normal.
” And of course there are many voices trying to tell us we ’ ll never get back to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus has “ changed everything.
” ( Just like 9/11 was supposed to have changed everything , which it did briefly until everything changed back . )
Right now , the Trump and Biden campaigns spend most of their time debating who is responsible for a global pandemic and a rash of civil unrest .
They are asking voters to choose the next president based on how this debate gets settled .
TRENDING : Skateboarder in Biden 's Backyard Hits Nominee 's 'You Ai n't Black ' Comment , Explains Why He 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a pretty good chance that , by 2021 , the virus will be significantly lessened in its severity or that we ’ ll have a vaccine — or both .
And as hard as the media try to keep the riots alive , American cities are not going to keep burning for years on end .
Chances are by the time the next presidential term is six months old , neither of these will be major issues facing the country .
And at that point , it ’ s going to occur @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to pay attention to things like economic growth , federal spending , job creation , national security and all kinds of “ normal ” issues that are usually front-and-center in a presidential campaign .
Just not this one .
Throughout the years of 2022 , 2023 and 2024 , these will be the challenges facing the president .
Not masks , lockdowns and “ defunding the police.
” These are the cultural and political obsessions of the moment , but they will give way ( as obsessions of the moment always do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the disposition of the country .
So the campaign needs to focus on the things the president will really spend the next term dealing with , and the media ( if they were serious about their jobs , which they ’ re not ) need to be asking questions like : We ’ re spending extraordinary amounts of money during this virus .
What should the federal government spend its money on in each of the next three years , and how much and why ?
The pursuit of domestic energy resources has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first time , a net exporter of energy products .
Should we continue the aggressive exploitation of domestic energy resources like oil , oil shale and natural gas ?
The national debt now stands at $ 26 trillion , and it grows every year we run a deficit .
What is your plan to not only balance the budget but also run surpluses so we can pay off the debt ?
And how fast should we pay it off ?
Social Security is in danger of insolvency under current spending trends .
Would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raising the income threshold for paying the Social Security tax in order to keep it viable ?
RELATED : Op-Ed : It 's Clear President Trump Cares More for My Black Children Than Joe Biden Ever Will Would you favor transforming Medicare and Medicaid into premium support programs in which recipients go out and shop for their own coverage rather than relying on the federal government to pay their medical bills ?
The corporate tax rate now stands at 21 percent , down from 35 percent before the 2017 tax reform law passed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lower it ?
Raise it ?
And why ?
Obamacare represents a significant federal expenditure as the government subsidizes the premiums of millions of people .
If you have a better idea for how the nation should handle health care financing , what is it ?
The world faces potential nuclear threats from rogue regimes in Iran and North Korea .
How would you make sure neither of these regimes ever gets its hands on nuclear weapons ?
Access to world markets is very important to U.S. manufacturers .
How would you ensure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kowtowing to the human rights violators who control the Chinese Communist Party ?
Russia is still aggressively seeking dominance in Europe and the Middle East .
How would you counter Vladimir Putin ’ s moves ?
These are not the issues anyone is thinking about at the moment , but they are the issues that actually matter .
And they are the issues that either a second-term President Trump or a first-term President Biden will have to deal with .
Maybe we should start asking them these questions before we vote .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website .
If you are interested in contributing an Op-Ed to The Western Journal , you can learn about our submission guidelines and process here .
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism .
Read our editorial standards .

The next president will not spend the next four years dealing with the coronavirus. The next president will not spend the next four years debating who’s to blame for urban riots.
Yet we’re enduring a campaign that would make you think nothing else matters.
The year 2020 has been an outlier in so many ways, it’s hard to imagine we’ll ever get back to life as “normal.”
And of course there are many voices trying to tell us we’ll never get back to the normal we used to know because the coronavirus has “changed everything.” (Just like 9/11 was supposed to have changed everything, which it did briefly until everything changed back.)
Right now, the Trump and Biden campaigns spend most of their time debating who is responsible for a global pandemic and a rash of civil unrest. They are asking voters to choose the next president based on how this debate gets settled.
But there’s a pretty good chance that, by 2021, the virus will be significantly lessened in its severity or that we’ll have a vaccine — or both. And as hard as the media try to keep the riots alive, American cities are not going to keep burning for years on end.
Chances are by the time the next presidential term is six months old, neither of these will be major issues facing the country. And at that point, it’s going to occur to a lot of people that we need to pay attention to things like economic growth, federal spending, job creation, national security and all kinds of “normal” issues that are usually front-and-center in a presidential campaign. Just not this one.
Throughout the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, these will be the challenges facing the president. Not masks, lockdowns and “defunding the police.”
These are the cultural and political obsessions of the moment, but they will give way (as obsessions of the moment always do) to the fundamental issues that drive the disposition of the country.
Do you think the establishment media need to be asking these questions? Yes No
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So the campaign needs to focus on the things the president will really spend the next term dealing with, and the media (if they were serious about their jobs, which they’re not) need to be asking questions like:
We’re spending extraordinary amounts of money during this virus. What should the federal government spend its money on in each of the next three years, and how much and why?
The pursuit of domestic energy resources has made the United States, for the first time, a net exporter of energy products. Should we continue the aggressive exploitation of domestic energy resources like oil, oil shale and natural gas?
The national debt now stands at $26 trillion, and it grows every year we run a deficit. What is your plan to not only balance the budget but also run surpluses so we can pay off the debt? And how fast should we pay it off?
Social Security is in danger of insolvency under current spending trends. Would you consider raising the eligibility age and raising the income threshold for paying the Social Security tax in order to keep it viable?
Would you favor transforming Medicare and Medicaid into premium support programs in which recipients go out and shop for their own coverage rather than relying on the federal government to pay their medical bills?
The corporate tax rate now stands at 21 percent, down from 35 percent before the 2017 tax reform law passed. Would you leave it there? Lower it? Raise it? And why?
Obamacare represents a significant federal expenditure as the government subsidizes the premiums of millions of people. If you have a better idea for how the nation should handle health care financing, what is it?
The world faces potential nuclear threats from rogue regimes in Iran and North Korea. How would you make sure neither of these regimes ever gets its hands on nuclear weapons?
Access to world markets is very important to U.S. manufacturers. How would you ensure access to large markets like China without kowtowing to the human rights violators who control the Chinese Communist Party?
Russia is still aggressively seeking dominance in Europe and the Middle East. How would you counter Vladimir Putin’s moves?
These are not the issues anyone is thinking about at the moment, but they are the issues that actually matter. And they are the issues that either a second-term President Trump or a first-term President Biden will have to deal with.
Maybe we should start asking them these questions before we vote.
The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website. If you are interested in contributing an Op-Ed to The Western Journal, you can learn about our submission guidelines and process here.
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westernjournal--2020-09-01--Dennis Prager: We Never Should Have Shut Down – Sweden Stayed Open and COVID Has Now Run Its Course

Four months ago , I wrote a column titled “ The Worldwide Lockdown May Be the Greatest Mistake in History.
” I explained that “ ‘ mistake ’ and ‘ evil ’ are not synonyms .
The lockdown is a mistake ; the Holocaust , slavery , communism , fascism , etc.
, were evils .
Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools ; massive evils are committed by evil people.
” Regarding the economic catastrophe in America and around the world — especially among the world ’ s poor who are dependent upon America and other first-world countries for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I wrote , “ It is panic and hysteria , not the coronavirus , that created this catastrophe.
” Unfortunately , I was right .
The world should have followed Sweden ’ s example .
That country never locked down and has even kept children under 16 in school the entire time .
TRENDING : Skateboarder in Biden 's Backyard Hits Nominee 's 'You Ai n't Black ' Comment , Explains Why He 's on the Trump Train As Reuters reported on July 15 , the number of Swedish children between 1 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of COVID-19 is zero .
And the percentage of children who contracted the illness was the exact same in Sweden as it was in Finland , which locked down its schools .
As regards teachers , Sweden ’ s Public Health Agency reported that “ a comparison of the incidence of COVID-19 in different professions suggested no increased risk for teachers.
” Nevertheless , with few exceptions , teachers in Los Angeles and elsewhere refuse to enter a classroom that has students in it .
Their disdain for their profession has been superseded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teachers union , which announced that teachers will not resume teaching until the police are defunded .
People who defend lockdowns and closing schools point out that Sweden has the eighth-highest death rate per million in the Western world .
But , needless to say , this has no bearing at all on the issue of whether Sweden was right to keep schools open or whether our country was wrong to close them , let alone keep them closed now .
The overwhelming majority of deaths from COVID-19 in Sweden were among people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most of those were people over 80 and with compromised immune systems .
Reuters reported that three separate studies , including one by UNICEF , “ showed that Swedish children fared better than children in other countries during the pandemic , both in terms of education and mental health.
” For more than a month , Sweden has had almost no deaths from COVID-19 while the entire society remains open and almost no one wears masks .
( In Holland , too , almost no one wears masks . )
For all intents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Sweden .
I live in California , a state governed by that most dangerous of leaders : a fool with unlimited power .
RELATED : Op-Ed : In 1793 America Faced a Pandemic & Riots - Here 's How We Survived Despite the fact that California ranks 28th among the 50 states in deaths per million , Gov .
Gavin Newsom has destroyed and continues to destroy tens of thousands of small businesses and an untold number of livelihoods .
His continuing to forbid — a half-year after the onset of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leading to a projected permanent closure of approximately 1 in every 3 restaurants in the state .
The same catastrophic destruction will likely affect retail businesses and services such as hair and nail salons .
But all this human tragedy — not to mention increased depression and suicides among the young and increased abuse of children and partners — means nothing to Newsom , to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti or to the Los Angeles Times , whose editors and columnists continue to advocate for the lockdown while they receive their salaries .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in an airplane — inches , not six feet , from strangers — but can not eat in a California restaurant , which is so much bigger than the inside of an airplane , while sitting six feet from others ?
Because Newsom ordered it , the Los Angeles Times supports it and , like sheep , Californians have accepted it .
According to the California Association of Museums , “ Museums are losing over $ 22 million a day due to the statewide quarantine .
As of August 1 , 2020 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2.9 billion in revenue .
Museums have a $ 6.55 billion financial impact on California ’ s economy , support 80,722 jobs , and generated $ 492 million in tax revenues for the State of California in 2017 and over $ 1 billion in federal taxes.
” And the American Alliance of Museums issued results from a survey on July 22 , 2020 , that warned 1 out of every 3 museums may shutter forever as funding sources and financial reserves run dry .
On Aug. 3 , The Wall Street Journal published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … [ t ] here was broad public support for the prudent goals of preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed and buying scientists time to develop therapies.
” But the left — the media and Democratic governors and mayors — immediately moved the goalposts to “ bending the curve ” and “ saving one life , ” enabling them to get away with destroying lives and livelihoods .
I conclude with the words of a Swedish medical doctor , Sebastian Rushworth : “ Covid is over in Sweden .
People have gone back to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ getting infected any more .
I am willing to bet that the countries that have shut down completely will see rates spike when they open up .
If that is the case , then there won ’ t have been any point in shutting down in the first place … Shutting down completely in order to decrease the total number of deaths only makes sense if you are willing to stay shut down until a vaccine is available .
That could take years .
No country is willing to wait that long.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even more upsetting is that it is supported by so many Americans .
This country is unrecognizable to those of us who lived through the 1968-1970 pandemic , which killed , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , approximately 100,000 Americans — the 2020 equivalent of 170,000 Americans .
Nothing shut down .
Not one mask was worn .
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Four months ago, I wrote a column titled “The Worldwide Lockdown May Be the Greatest Mistake in History.”
I explained that “‘mistake’ and ‘evil’ are not synonyms. The lockdown is a mistake; the Holocaust, slavery, communism, fascism, etc., were evils. Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.”
Regarding the economic catastrophe in America and around the world — especially among the world’s poor who are dependent upon America and other first-world countries for their income through exports and tourism — I wrote, “It is panic and hysteria, not the coronavirus, that created this catastrophe.”
Unfortunately, I was right.
The world should have followed Sweden’s example. That country never locked down and has even kept children under 16 in school the entire time.
As Reuters reported on July 15, the number of Swedish children between 1 and 19 years of age who have died of COVID-19 is zero. And the percentage of children who contracted the illness was the exact same in Sweden as it was in Finland, which locked down its schools.
As regards teachers, Sweden’s Public Health Agency reported that “a comparison of the incidence of COVID-19 in different professions suggested no increased risk for teachers.”
Nevertheless, with few exceptions, teachers in Los Angeles and elsewhere refuse to enter a classroom that has students in it.
Their disdain for their profession has been superseded only by that of the Los Angeles teachers union, which announced that teachers will not resume teaching until the police are defunded.
People who defend lockdowns and closing schools point out that Sweden has the eighth-highest death rate per million in the Western world.
But, needless to say, this has no bearing at all on the issue of whether Sweden was right to keep schools open or whether our country was wrong to close them, let alone keep them closed now.
The overwhelming majority of deaths from COVID-19 in Sweden were among people over 70 years of age, and most of those were people over 80 and with compromised immune systems.
Reuters reported that three separate studies, including one by UNICEF, “showed that Swedish children fared better than children in other countries during the pandemic, both in terms of education and mental health.”
For more than a month, Sweden has had almost no deaths from COVID-19 while the entire society remains open and almost no one wears masks. (In Holland, too, almost no one wears masks.) For all intents and purposes, the virus is over in Sweden.
I live in California, a state governed by that most dangerous of leaders: a fool with unlimited power.
Despite the fact that California ranks 28th among the 50 states in deaths per million, Gov. Gavin Newsom has destroyed and continues to destroy tens of thousands of small businesses and an untold number of livelihoods.
His continuing to forbid — a half-year after the onset of the pandemic — indoor dining in restaurants is leading to a projected permanent closure of approximately 1 in every 3 restaurants in the state. The same catastrophic destruction will likely affect retail businesses and services such as hair and nail salons.
But all this human tragedy — not to mention increased depression and suicides among the young and increased abuse of children and partners — means nothing to Newsom, to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti or to the Los Angeles Times, whose editors and columnists continue to advocate for the lockdown while they receive their salaries.
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Why can people eat with no mask in an airplane — inches, not six feet, from strangers — but cannot eat in a California restaurant, which is so much bigger than the inside of an airplane, while sitting six feet from others?
Because Newsom ordered it, the Los Angeles Times supports it and, like sheep, Californians have accepted it.
According to the California Association of Museums, “Museums are losing over $22 million a day due to the statewide quarantine. As of August 1, 2020, California museums have lost more than $2.9 billion in revenue. Museums have a $6.55 billion financial impact on California’s economy, support 80,722 jobs, and generated $492 million in tax revenues for the State of California in 2017 and over $1 billion in federal taxes.”
And the American Alliance of Museums issued results from a survey on July 22, 2020, that warned 1 out of every 3 museums may shutter forever as funding sources and financial reserves run dry.
On Aug. 3, The Wall Street Journal published an article explaining, “In March … [t]here was broad public support for the prudent goals of preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed and buying scientists time to develop therapies.”
But the left — the media and Democratic governors and mayors — immediately moved the goalposts to “bending the curve” and “saving one life,” enabling them to get away with destroying lives and livelihoods.
I conclude with the words of a Swedish medical doctor, Sebastian Rushworth:
“Covid is over in Sweden. People have gone back to their normal lives and barely anyone is getting infected any more. I am willing to bet that the countries that have shut down completely will see rates spike when they open up. If that is the case, then there won’t have been any point in shutting down in the first place … Shutting down completely in order to decrease the total number of deaths only makes sense if you are willing to stay shut down until a vaccine is available. That could take years. No country is willing to wait that long.”
The lockdown is a crime. But even more upsetting is that it is supported by so many Americans.
This country is unrecognizable to those of us who lived through the 1968-1970 pandemic, which killed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 100,000 Americans — the 2020 equivalent of 170,000 Americans. Nothing shut down. Not one mask was worn.
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westernjournal--2020-09-01--Did Biden Just Lie or Suffer Cognitive Failure During Rally?

In 2016 , Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton justified her rationale for once admitting that she held both public and private positions on some of the same issues .
Clinton said during a debate that after watching the 2012 biographical drama “ Lincoln , ” she appreciated how the first Republican president , portrayed by actor Daniel Day-Lewis , used his sharp political skills in a deceptive strategy to accomplish bold achievements , such as getting the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery passed .
Clinton was of course excoriated by then-candidate Donald Trump for using the portrayal of Abraham Lincoln @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But since we ’ re on the subject of biographical tales , we can mention that history tends to repeat itself .
TRENDING : Man Accused of Sick AutoZone Employee Stabbing Allegedly Said He 'Felt the Need To Find a White Male to Kill' In 2020 , Democrats have again nominated the party establishment ’ s preferred candidate for president , and like Clinton , Joe Biden apparently has different opinions on the same subject .
But Biden hasn ’ t invoked the acting of Day-Lewis to explain his inconsistency — yet .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , told voters in natural resource-rich Pennsylvania Monday that he would preserve the state ’ s oil and natural gas fracking industry .
The 77-year-old candidate said in Pittsburgh , “ I am not banning fracking no matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me.
” The statement came as a shock to many , given Biden ’ s previous statements about fracking .
The former vice president has been very clear with regard to his stance on the energy industry , as has his running mate , Sen. Kamala Harris .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ juxtaposes Biden ’ s Monday statement with previous statements he ’ s made about fracking : RELATED : Watch Liberals Call for Violence Over and Over Again - Yet Left Blames Trump As The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported , during a July 2019 CNN debate , Biden said , “ We would make sure it ’ s eliminated , ” with regard to “ fossil fuels , including coal and fracking.
” Not too long ago in January , Biden was also crystal clear about where he stood on hydraulic fracturing .
In an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Hampshire , a C-SPAN camera caught Biden affirming he would hit the energy industry hard , should voters elect him .
“ But what about , say , stopping fracking ?
” a woman asked Biden .
Biden ’ s Monday remarks don ’ t align with those he made earlier this year , or with what he said during the CNN debate last July .
Perhaps Biden , who is now plagued by constant verbal missteps , forgot he vowed to kill an industry that employs 609,000 Pennsylvanians and generates $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state , according to a 2019 Global Energy Institute study released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce .
Was Biden telling those listening in Pittsburgh his public position on fracking Monday ?
Perhaps Biden has simply found himself lost on the campaign trail after spending the better part of the year in the basement of his Delaware home .
In any event , the former vice president ’ s stunning turnaround on the oil and natural gas industry won ’ t help to dispel notions he ’ s either lost a step mentally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Either scenario could be true , as Biden has faced questions about his apparent cognitive decline throughout the duration of his campaign , and his record with honesty has been challenged since his failed 1988 presidential bid .
Now facing blowback over irregular statements about a subject which could affect hundreds of thousands of jobs for Pennsylvanians , it might be time for Biden to invoke a Hollywood defense of his own .
Biden could always use the fictional 2007 film “ There Will Be Blood , ” which is about drilling for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charming , deceitful and cunning character who is not only unraveling mentally , but will say anything to endear himself to honest , hardworking people .
Using charm and other cunning methods to appeal to working people sounds an awful lot like running for president as a Democrat .
But Biden is a man of little charm , and unless he ’ s a better actor than Day-Lewis , he ’ s proven that he ’ s not the slightest bit cunning .
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In 2016, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton justified her rationale for once admitting that she held both public and private positions on some of the same issues.
Clinton said during a debate that after watching the 2012 biographical drama “Lincoln,” she appreciated how the first Republican president, portrayed by actor Daniel Day-Lewis, used his sharp political skills in a deceptive strategy to accomplish bold achievements, such as getting the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery passed.
Clinton was of course excoriated by then-candidate Donald Trump for using the portrayal of Abraham Lincoln to explain away her duplicitous nature.
But since we’re on the subject of biographical tales, we can mention that history tends to repeat itself.
In 2020, Democrats have again nominated the party establishment’s preferred candidate for president, and like Clinton, Joe Biden apparently has different opinions on the same subject.
But Biden hasn’t invoked the acting of Day-Lewis to explain his inconsistency — yet.
Biden, who is also facing Trump, told voters in natural resource-rich Pennsylvania Monday that he would preserve the state’s oil and natural gas fracking industry.
The 77-year-old candidate said in Pittsburgh, “I am not banning fracking no matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me.”
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The statement came as a shock to many, given Biden’s previous statements about fracking.
The former vice president has been very clear with regard to his stance on the energy industry, as has his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris.
The Daily Caller published a video which juxtaposes Biden’s Monday statement with previous statements he’s made about fracking:
Did Joe Biden lie or just not remember? pic.twitter.com/0JtfsSEt9b — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 31, 2020
As The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported, during a July 2019 CNN debate, Biden said, “We would make sure it’s eliminated,” with regard to “fossil fuels, including coal and fracking.”
Not too long ago in January, Biden was also crystal clear about where he stood on hydraulic fracturing.
In an exchange with a voter in Claremont, New Hampshire, a C-SPAN camera caught Biden affirming he would hit the energy industry hard, should voters elect him.
“But what about, say, stopping fracking?” a woman asked Biden.
Biden resounded, “Yes.”
“And stopping pipeline infrastructure?” the woman asked.
Biden again responded, “Yes.”
Biden’s Monday remarks don’t align with those he made earlier this year, or with what he said during the CNN debate last July.
Perhaps Biden, who is now plagued by constant verbal missteps, forgot he vowed to kill an industry that employs 609,000 Pennsylvanians and generates $23.4 billion in annual income to the state, according to a 2019 Global Energy Institute study released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican representing Pennsylvania, previously shared the findings on Twitter:
These stats are scary: the unilateral banning of natural gas fracking by a future president would devastate the U.S./PA economies. To help safeguard against this, the Senate should pass my measure making clear that no president has the authority to ban fracking on private land. https://t.co/1Ti22PwDgK — Senator Pat Toomey (@SenToomey) December 19, 2019
Was Biden telling those listening in Pittsburgh his public position on fracking Monday?
Perhaps Biden has simply found himself lost on the campaign trail after spending the better part of the year in the basement of his Delaware home.
In any event, the former vice president’s stunning turnaround on the oil and natural gas industry won’t help to dispel notions he’s either lost a step mentally or that he is being dishonest.
Either scenario could be true, as Biden has faced questions about his apparent cognitive decline throughout the duration of his campaign, and his record with honesty has been challenged since his failed 1988 presidential bid.
Now facing blowback over irregular statements about a subject which could affect hundreds of thousands of jobs for Pennsylvanians, it might be time for Biden to invoke a Hollywood defense of his own.
Biden could always use the fictional 2007 film “There Will Be Blood,” which is about drilling for oil, and stars Day-Lewis as a charming, deceitful and cunning character who is not only unraveling mentally, but will say anything to endear himself to honest, hardworking people.
Using charm and other cunning methods to appeal to working people sounds an awful lot like running for president as a Democrat.
But Biden is a man of little charm, and unless he’s a better actor than Day-Lewis, he’s proven that he’s not the slightest bit cunning.
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westernjournal--2020-09-01--If the Left Wants To Fight ‘Institutional Racism,’ It Should Start with These 4 Dem Policies

“ Institutional racism , ” as left-wing academics define it , does exist , but not in the way they would like you to believe .
Since the May 25 death of George Floyd , the Minneapolis man who died sometime after a police officer had knelt on his neck for nearly 8 minutes , the radical Black Lives Matter movement has gained national support along with its demands for systemic change to many of America ’ s institutions .
But the vast majority of American institutions are not the problem .
According to BLM and the mainstream left , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ institutional policies and practices create varying outcomes for different racial groups .
Using that definition , several progressive policies almost certainly meet the classification of institutional racism .
Here are four examples .
TRENDING : Man Accused of Sick AutoZone Employee Stabbing Allegedly Said He 'Felt the Need To Find a White Male to Kill' Welfare : There Is No Better Example of Institutional Racism Progressives argue that current disparities in economic outcomes between black and white people in America are due to the leftover effects of slavery and Jim Crow laws .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the evidence suggests there are other , more powerful impediments to black America ’ s positive economic mobility .
Famed economist and social theorist Thomas Sowell explained as much in a 2o14 column .
Sowell argued that while President John F. Kennedy , who originally launched the “ war on poverty , ” wanted to make “ dependent people independent , ” the welfare state didn ’ t come close to achieving that goal .
“ Ironically , dependency on government to raise people above the poverty line had been going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on poverty ’ began , ” Sowell wrote .
“ The hard facts showed that the number of people who lived below the official poverty line had been declining since 1960 , and was only half of what it had been in 1950 .
“ On the more fundamental question of dependency , the facts were even clearer .
The proportion of people whose earnings put them below the poverty level — without counting government benefits — declined by about one-third from 1950 to 1965.
” The logic is pretty simple : If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely to get more of that behavior .
Why would someone work hard at a job for little pay if he knew he could collect just as much through welfare instead ?
Liberals argue that affirmative action is necessary to give disadvantaged minorities a leg up .
In reality , the policy makes it harder for them to succeed .
RELATED : Days After Saying He 'd Shut Down Country , Biden Releases Ad Blaming Trump for Canceled Sports In academia , affirmative action essentially gives black and Hispanic students inflated test scores @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being admitted to more-prestigious universities .
Because of this , those in affirmative action programs enter schools with a huge disadvantage .
Testing is meant to tell if students will be capable of handling the material they will receive in any given college ’ s classrooms .
If you artificially inflate those test scores , students who are less capable of handling the course material will be admitted .
Richard Sander , a UCLA law professor and economist , wrote about the faults of affirmative action in a 2012 article for The Atlantic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ editor for National Journal .
“ Large preferences often place students in environments where they can neither learn nor compete effectively — even though these same students would thrive had they gone to less competitive but still quite good schools , ” they explained .
“ The student who is underprepared relative to others in that class falls behind from the start and becomes increasingly lost as the professor and his classmates race ahead .
His grades on his first exams or papers put him at the bottom of the class .
Worse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and self-doubt , making learning even harder.
” Affirmative action is a policy that singles out black and Hispanic students and impedes their success .
If that doesn ’ t meet the criteria for institutional racism , nothing does .
Another idea that sounds good on its face , the minimum wage , actually prevents many lower-income ( disproportionately black ) citizens from entering the workforce and gaining skills necessary for economic advancement .
Some jobs are worth less than whatever the government decides the minimum wage is .
Therefore , when a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t start paying those low-skill workers more money ; their jobs aren ’ t bringing that much value to the company .
Instead , businesses choose to fire many of those workers rather than pay the extra government-imposed cost .
In 2019 , Democratic Gov .
Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania proposed raising the state ’ s minimum wage to $ 12 per hour .
In an Op-Ed for The Western Journal , Mark Hendrickson , an economist , adjunct faculty member and fellow with the Center for Vision and Values at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how such a policy would have unintended consequences .
“ Wolf is proposing to reduce the income of some workers and push others into the unemployment line so that others may benefit .
What is so fair or just about that ?
And where this insidious process really gets ugly is that raising the legal minimum wage hurts black Americans a lot more than white ones .
This disparate impact is a gross injustice that mocks our civil rights laws and indeed the Constitution itself , ” Hendrickson wrote .
“ I am @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , ill-conceived , counterproductive , and ultimately unfair government intervention like Wolf ’ s proposal is not the way to accomplish that desirable goal .
The economic way — the only way to achieve sustainable increases in earnings and standards of living — is to allow markets to work .
Purchasing power increases as two market forces come into play : higher productivity of labor and increased demand for labor , both of which are driven by market competition.
” Some jobs require very few skills .
For groups who are disproportionately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might not make them instantly rich , but it can give them work experience and an opportunity to learn important market skills .
A job that pays very little is better than no job at all .
By ensuring the unemployment of many black Americans , minimum-wage laws qualify as institutional racism .
One of the biggest hurdles preventing lower-income children , many of whom are black , from succeeding is the failing education system .
Despite the fact public school funding per student has increased $ 10,000 over the past 60 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same .
Public schools have no incentive for getting better because they have a monopoly over the children within their districts .
Therefore , black parents stuck in neighborhoods with failing public schools are left with no choice but to settle for their children receiving a subpar education .
School choice could fix all of this .
Essentially , school choice policies redirect education funding away from government schools and straight to the students .
If parents want to send their child to a private school , a charter school or even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ area , the funding would follow the child , giving parents the opportunity to find the best education for their kids .
Because of their strong ties to teachers unions , the majority of Democratic politicians strongly oppose school choice .
Unions hate the policy for one simple reason : If failing public schools are forced to compete with better schools , bad teachers will be fired and bad schools might even close down .
Modern-day leftists supposedly champion the fight against institutional racism .
A closer look at their policies reveals they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism .
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“Institutional racism,” as left-wing academics define it, does exist, but not in the way they would like you to believe.
Since the May 25 death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died sometime after a police officer had knelt on his neck for nearly 8 minutes, the radical Black Lives Matter movement has gained national support along with its demands for systemic change to many of America’s institutions.
But the vast majority of American institutions are not the problem.
According to BLM and the mainstream left, “institutional racism” is found when institutional policies and practices create varying outcomes for different racial groups.
Using that definition, several progressive policies almost certainly meet the classification of institutional racism. Here are four examples.
Welfare: There Is No Better Example of Institutional Racism
Progressives argue that current disparities in economic outcomes between black and white people in America are due to the leftover effects of slavery and Jim Crow laws.
Inheriting generational poverty may have an effect, but the evidence suggests there are other, more powerful impediments to black America’s positive economic mobility.
Famed economist and social theorist Thomas Sowell explained as much in a 2o14 column.
Sowell argued that while President John F. Kennedy, who originally launched the “war on poverty,” wanted to make “dependent people independent,” the welfare state didn’t come close to achieving that goal.
“Ironically, dependency on government to raise people above the poverty line had been going down for years before the ‘war on poverty’ began,” Sowell wrote. “The hard facts showed that the number of people who lived below the official poverty line had been declining since 1960, and was only half of what it had been in 1950.
“On the more fundamental question of dependency, the facts were even clearer. The proportion of people whose earnings put them below the poverty level — without counting government benefits — declined by about one-third from 1950 to 1965.”
The logic is pretty simple: If you subsidize unwanted behavior, you are likely to get more of that behavior. Why would someone work hard at a job for little pay if he knew he could collect just as much through welfare instead?
Affirmative Action Creates Institutional Racism
Liberals argue that affirmative action is necessary to give disadvantaged minorities a leg up. In reality, the policy makes it harder for them to succeed.
In academia, affirmative action essentially gives black and Hispanic students inflated test scores in order to increase their chances of being admitted to more-prestigious universities.
Because of this, those in affirmative action programs enter schools with a huge disadvantage. Testing is meant to tell if students will be capable of handling the material they will receive in any given college’s classrooms. If you artificially inflate those test scores, students who are less capable of handling the course material will be admitted.
Richard Sander, a UCLA law professor and economist, wrote about the faults of affirmative action in a 2012 article for The Atlantic alongside Stuart Taylor Jr., a contributing editor for National Journal.
“Large preferences often place students in environments where they can neither learn nor compete effectively — even though these same students would thrive had they gone to less competitive but still quite good schools,” they explained.
“The student who is underprepared relative to others in that class falls behind from the start and becomes increasingly lost as the professor and his classmates race ahead. His grades on his first exams or papers put him at the bottom of the class. Worse, the experience may well induce panic and self-doubt, making learning even harder.”
Affirmative action is a policy that singles out black and Hispanic students and impedes their success. If that doesn’t meet the criteria for institutional racism, nothing does.
Minimum-Wage Laws Limit Opportunity
Another idea that sounds good on its face, the minimum wage, actually prevents many lower-income (disproportionately black) citizens from entering the workforce and gaining skills necessary for economic advancement.
Some jobs are worth less than whatever the government decides the minimum wage is.
Therefore, when a minimum wage is introduced, businesses often don’t start paying those low-skill workers more money; their jobs aren’t bringing that much value to the company.
Instead, businesses choose to fire many of those workers rather than pay the extra government-imposed cost.
In 2019, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania proposed raising the state’s minimum wage to $12 per hour. In an Op-Ed for The Western Journal, Mark Hendrickson, an economist, adjunct faculty member and fellow with the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, explained how such a policy would have unintended consequences.
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“Wolf is proposing to reduce the income of some workers and push others into the unemployment line so that others may benefit. What is so fair or just about that? And where this insidious process really gets ugly is that raising the legal minimum wage hurts black Americans a lot more than white ones. This disparate impact is a gross injustice that mocks our civil rights laws and indeed the Constitution itself,” Hendrickson wrote.
“I am all in favor of higher wages. However, ill-conceived, counterproductive, and ultimately unfair government intervention like Wolf’s proposal is not the way to accomplish that desirable goal. The economic way — the only way to achieve sustainable increases in earnings and standards of living — is to allow markets to work. Purchasing power increases as two market forces come into play: higher productivity of labor and increased demand for labor, both of which are driven by market competition.”
Some jobs require very few skills. For groups who are disproportionately impoverished, taking on a low-skill job might not make them instantly rich, but it can give them work experience and an opportunity to learn important market skills.
A job that pays very little is better than no job at all.
By ensuring the unemployment of many black Americans, minimum-wage laws qualify as institutional racism.
Dem Opposition to School Choice Hurts Children
One of the biggest hurdles preventing lower-income children, many of whom are black, from succeeding is the failing education system.
Despite the fact public school funding per student has increased $10,000 over the past 60 years, students’ test scores have remained the same.
Public schools have no incentive for getting better because they have a monopoly over the children within their districts.
Therefore, black parents stuck in neighborhoods with failing public schools are left with no choice but to settle for their children receiving a subpar education.
School choice could fix all of this.
Essentially, school choice policies redirect education funding away from government schools and straight to the students. If parents want to send their child to a private school, a charter school or even a better public school outside of their area, the funding would follow the child, giving parents the opportunity to find the best education for their kids.
Because of their strong ties to teachers unions, the majority of Democratic politicians strongly oppose school choice. Unions hate the policy for one simple reason: If failing public schools are forced to compete with better schools, bad teachers will be fired and bad schools might even close down.
Modern-day leftists supposedly champion the fight against institutional racism. A closer look at their policies reveals they stand for exactly the opposite.
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westernjournal--2020-09-01--‘Slap in the Face’: Maskless Pelosi Ignores Shutdown Orders, Gets Hair Done in Shuttered Salon

Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited a hair salon in San Francisco on Monday despite shutdown orders closing indoor salons in the city , Fox News reported .
Security footage obtained by Fox News shows a wet-haired Pelosi walking through eSalon in San Francisco on Monday at 3:08 p.m. Pelosi ’ s nose and mouth are not covered , though a mask appears to be hanging around her neck , video shows .
San Francisco hair salons have been closed since March and were permitted to open Sept. 1 for outdoor appointments only , KTVU reported .
Salon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stylists texted her Sunday night informing her that Pelosi ’ s assistant had told her to do the Speaker ’ s hair .
TRENDING : Skateboarder in Biden 's Backyard Hits Nominee 's 'You Ai n't Black ' Comment , Explains Why He 's on the Trump Train “ It was a slap in the face that she went in , you know , that she feels that she can just go and get her stuff done while no one else can go in , and I can ’ t work , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t believe ” Pelosi was not wearing a mask .
“ We ’ re supposed to look up to this woman , right ?
” Kious said .
“ It is just disturbing.
” Pelosi did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation .
Her spokesman Drew Hammill told Fox , “ The Speaker always wears a mask and complies with local COVID requirements .
This business offered for the Speaker to come in on Monday and told her they were allowed by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time in the business .
The Speaker complied with the rules as presented to her by this establishment.
” “ We have been shut down for so long , not just me , but most of the small businesses and I just can ’ t — it ’ s a feeling — a feeling of being deflated , helpless and honestly beaten down , ” Kious told Fox .
“ I have been fighting for six months for a business that took me 12 years to build to reopen , ” she said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I have two small children , and I have no income.
” “ The fact that they did this , and she came in , it ’ s like a slap in the face , ” Kious added .
Pelosi has repeatedly spoken out in favor of masks and ordered face coverings to be worn on the House floor in July .
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Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited a hair salon in San Francisco on Monday despite shutdown orders closing indoor salons in the city, Fox News reported.
Security footage obtained by Fox News shows a wet-haired Pelosi walking through eSalon in San Francisco on Monday at 3:08 p.m.
Pelosi’s nose and mouth are not covered, though a mask appears to be hanging around her neck, video shows.
San Francisco hair salons have been closed since March and were permitted to open Sept. 1 for outdoor appointments only, KTVU reported.
Salon owner Erica Kious said one of her stylists texted her Sunday night informing her that Pelosi’s assistant had told her to do the Speaker’s hair.
“It was a slap in the face that she went in, you know, that she feels that she can just go and get her stuff done while no one else can go in, and I can’t work,” Kious said, adding that she “can’t believe” Pelosi was not wearing a mask.
Nancy Pelosi gets hair done at SF salon in spite of COVID-19 rules https://t.co/chtv2Bb6tu pic.twitter.com/riulDD2hdl — New York Post (@nypost) September 1, 2020
“We’re supposed to look up to this woman, right?” Kious said. “It is just disturbing.”
Pelosi did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Her spokesman Drew Hammill told Fox, “The Speaker always wears a mask and complies with local COVID requirements. This business offered for the Speaker to come in on Monday and told her they were allowed by the city to have one customer at a time in the business. The Speaker complied with the rules as presented to her by this establishment.”
“We have been shut down for so long, not just me, but most of the small businesses and I just can’t — it’s a feeling — a feeling of being deflated, helpless and honestly beaten down,” Kious told Fox.
“I have been fighting for six months for a business that took me 12 years to build to reopen,” she said.
“I am a single mom, I have two small children, and I have no income.”
“The fact that they did this, and she came in, it’s like a slap in the face,” Kious added.
Pelosi has repeatedly spoken out in favor of masks and ordered face coverings to be worn on the House floor in July.
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westernjournal--2020-09-01--Teenager Helps Donate Apartment to ‘Frontline Nurses’ After Devastating House Fire

When you ’ re out and about with your family , whether running errands or spending some quality time together , you aren ’ t generally wondering if everything at home is OK .
Most of us expect our home to still be standing when we return because , well , they usually are .
But when Ayleen and Ryan Apathy of South Florida got home after a day out with their kids , they were met with a devastating sight : Their home , their possessions and even their family dog had been destroyed in a fire .
While @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the human family members were at their home in southwest Miami-Dade County when the fire took off , the family has been left to pick up the pieces .
A co-worker and friend set up a GoFundMe page for the family , explaining that both Ayleen and Ryan are nurses — Ayleen is in labor and delivery , and Ryan is an ICU nurse .
They both work at Mercy Hospital in Miami , according to WTVJ-TV in Miami .
TRENDING : Man Accused of Sick AutoZone Employee Stabbing Allegedly Said He 'Felt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Kill' Since the fundraiser ’ s start in late July , the family has received a pledge amount of $ 60,000 — but it will take much more than that to rebuild .
A young man saw their story on the news and was compelled to help .
Steven Ferreiro , just 16 , is no stranger to helping strangers , and has even launched his own nonprofit called “ Helping Others and Giving Hope.
” “ A Florida based non-profit organization where we support and assist many going through difficult times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Others and Giving Hope Facebook “ about ” page reads .
“ I chose to help since they ’ re first responders in our local community and since they ’ ve been doing such amazing work , ” the young man told Inside Edition Digital .
“ I also believed they needed help because they have a 5-year-old and a 7-year-old , and I couldn ’ t believe what they are going through at this moment in a different home and not living in their own.
” Ferreiro got to work , finding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be willing to work with the family .
AHS Residential answered the call for generosity .
“ At AHS Residential , our community and its wellbeing is a priority , ” AHS Residential posted on Aug. 7 .
“ We partnered with @ officialhoagh , a local non-profit , to help two frontline nurses from Mercy Hospital who lost their home in a fire earlier this month.
” RELATED : Nurses Rescue Four NICU Babies from Hospital Hit by Hurricane Laura “ AHS Residential donated a brand new 2 bedroom apartment in our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Ayleen Apathy and their family to live in , rent-free , for several months.
” The couple plans to rebuild their home , and thanks to the philanthropic spirit of people like Ferreiro and AHS Residential , they can do that from a close and comfortable spot .
“ I know they ’ re going to reconstruct their own home and go back into there in the future , but while they could , it meant the world to me to be able to give them a new place to stay , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s page also posted a message about the gift , along with several photos of the family checking out their new digs .
“ Today we had the chance to surprise the Apathy family which are both frontline nurses at Mercy Hospital with an apartment with our partners at @ ahsresidential after losing their home in a fire , ” the page shared .
“ We are so grateful we were able to do this today and we are glad they can now call that place a home !
Thank you again to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happen with us !
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When you’re out and about with your family, whether running errands or spending some quality time together, you aren’t generally wondering if everything at home is OK. Most of us expect our home to still be standing when we return because, well, they usually are.
But when Ayleen and Ryan Apathy of South Florida got home after a day out with their kids, they were met with a devastating sight: Their home, their possessions and even their family dog had been destroyed in a fire.
While it was a mercy that none of the human family members were at their home in southwest Miami-Dade County when the fire took off, the family has been left to pick up the pieces. A co-worker and friend set up a GoFundMe page for the family, explaining that both Ayleen and Ryan are nurses — Ayleen is in labor and delivery, and Ryan is an ICU nurse.
They both work at Mercy Hospital in Miami, according to WTVJ-TV in Miami.
Since the fundraiser’s start in late July, the family has received a pledge amount of $60,000 — but it will take much more than that to rebuild.
A young man saw their story on the news and was compelled to help. Steven Ferreiro, just 16, is no stranger to helping strangers, and has even launched his own nonprofit called “Helping Others and Giving Hope.”
“A Florida based non-profit organization where we support and assist many going through difficult times throughout the communities,” the Helping Others and Giving Hope Facebook “about” page reads.
“I chose to help since they’re first responders in our local community and since they’ve been doing such amazing work,” the young man told Inside Edition Digital.
“I also believed they needed help because they have a 5-year-old and a 7-year-old, and I couldn’t believe what they are going through at this moment in a different home and not living in their own.”
Ferreiro got to work, finding a local real estate company that would be willing to work with the family. AHS Residential answered the call for generosity.
“At AHS Residential, our community and its wellbeing is a priority,” AHS Residential posted on Aug. 7. “We partnered with @officialhoagh, a local non-profit, to help two frontline nurses from Mercy Hospital who lost their home in a fire earlier this month.”
“AHS Residential donated a brand new 2 bedroom apartment in our AHS at Coral Reef Community to Ryan and Ayleen Apathy and their family to live in, rent-free, for several months.”
The couple plans to rebuild their home, and thanks to the philanthropic spirit of people like Ferreiro and AHS Residential, they can do that from a close and comfortable spot.
“I know they’re going to reconstruct their own home and go back into there in the future, but while they could, it meant the world to me to be able to give them a new place to stay,” Ferreiro explained.
His nonprofit’s page also posted a message about the gift, along with several photos of the family checking out their new digs.
“Today we had the chance to surprise the Apathy family which are both frontline nurses at Mercy Hospital with an apartment with our partners at @ahsresidential after losing their home in a fire,” the page shared.
“We are so grateful we were able to do this today and we are glad they can now call that place a home! Thank you again to our partners @ahsresidential for making this happen with us!”
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westernjournal--2020-09-01--CA Passes Law Protecting Gay Sex Between Adults and Minors

The California legislature passed a law on Monday relaxing sex offender registry requirements for sodomy and other sexual acts with minors in efforts to end “ discrimination against LGBTQ young people on the sex offender registry , ” according to the bill ’ s sponsor .
Democratic California state Sen. Scott Weiner , a gay politician who represents San Francisco , first introduced SB 145 in January 2019 .
Under the bill , which has not been signed into law by Gov .
Gavin Newsom , adults who are convicted of having sex with a minor less than 10 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ automatically added to the sex offender registry , the San Fransisco Chronicle reported .
Though minors can not legally consent to sex in California , Wiener ’ s bill would allow a judge to decide whether or not to place an adult on the sex offender registry if a teenager between the ages of 14 and 17 had sex with that adult .
Current California law requires that adults must register as sex offenders if they are convicted of having sex with a minor , though a judge may decide whether to place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years older than the minor on the registry if he has sex with a teenage girl , according to the Chronicle .
TRENDING : Skateboarder in Biden 's Backyard Hits Nominee 's 'You Ai n't Black ' Comment , Explains Why He 's on the Trump Train In 2015 , the California Supreme Court argued that such intercourse can lead to pregnancy and that requiring a father to register as a sex offender may inhibit his ability to find a job and support his child .
The legislation passed the California Assembly by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ passing 23-10 in the state Senate , though some lawmakers raised concerns that the bill allows for mistreatment of minors .
“ I can not in my mind as a mother understand how sex between a 24-year-old and a 14-year-old could ever be consensual , how it could ever not be a registrable offense , ” Democratic California state Rep. Lorena Gonzalez said .
“ We should never give up on this idea that children should be in no way subject to a predator.
” “ SB 145 ends discrimination against # LGBTQ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Weiner wrote in a Tuesday tweet .
“ Currently , these youth are forced onto the registry for consensual sex — even if a judge doesn ’ t think it ’ s appropriate — in situations where straight youth are not .
This discrimination destroys lives.
” Wiener did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation .
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The California legislature passed a law on Monday relaxing sex offender registry requirements for sodomy and other sexual acts with minors in efforts to end “discrimination against LGBTQ young people on the sex offender registry,” according to the bill’s sponsor.
Democratic California state Sen. Scott Weiner, a gay politician who represents San Francisco, first introduced SB 145 in January 2019.
Under the bill, which has not been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, adults who are convicted of having sex with a minor less than 10 years younger than they are would not be automatically added to the sex offender registry, the San Fransisco Chronicle reported.
Though minors cannot legally consent to sex in California, Wiener’s bill would allow a judge to decide whether or not to place an adult on the sex offender registry if a teenager between the ages of 14 and 17 had sex with that adult.
Current California law requires that adults must register as sex offenders if they are convicted of having sex with a minor, though a judge may decide whether to place an adult male not more than 10 years older than the minor on the registry if he has sex with a teenage girl, according to the Chronicle.
In 2015, the California Supreme Court argued that such intercourse can lead to pregnancy and that requiring a father to register as a sex offender may inhibit his ability to find a job and support his child.
The legislation passed the California Assembly by a bare minimum vote of 41-18 before passing 23-10 in the state Senate, though some lawmakers raised concerns that the bill allows for mistreatment of minors.
“I cannot in my mind as a mother understand how sex between a 24-year-old and a 14-year-old could ever be consensual, how it could ever not be a registrable offense,” Democratic California state Rep. Lorena Gonzalez said.
“We should never give up on this idea that children should be in no way subject to a predator.”
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“SB 145 ends discrimination against #LGBTQ young people on the sex offender registry,” Weiner wrote in a Tuesday tweet.
“Currently, these youth are forced onto the registry for consensual sex — even if a judge doesn’t think it’s appropriate — in situations where straight youth are not. This discrimination destroys lives.”
6. #SB145 ends discrimination against #LGBTQ young people on the sex offender registry. Currently, these youth are forced onto the registry for consensual sex — even if a judge doesn’t think it’s appropriate — in situations where straight youth are not. https://t.co/vjLVet0psI — Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) September 1, 2020
Wiener did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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