1) “An Entire Generation Has Turned Feral: The teenagers of yesteryear are not like the feral kids of today.” (James Fritz, American Spectator)
From the article — Naysayers will argue that teenagers have always acted like teenagers. Besides, this country has a long history of unrest and rebellion. The anti-war protests, Woodstock, the civil rights movement, the anti-nuclear protests, the anti-Apartheid sit-ins. Kids have always taken to the streets and fought against the Man. So, just give them space and let them grow out of it. Right?
There are three differences between the teenagers of yesteryear and the feral kids of today. The first is that many teen gatherings in the past were purpose-driven. Anti-war activists protested the Vietnam War and burned their draft cards. Civil rights organizers marched for racial integration. Concertgoers at Woodstock went to listen to The Who, Hendrix, and the Dead. Today, 17-year-old girls storm Michigan Avenue in Chicago and twerk on top of police cars. What’s the political statement there?
The second difference is that of logistics and technology. Before the internet, it took days, weeks, and months to plan a protest. Organizers had to print fliers, make phone calls, hang up posters, and spread the word. This gave local governments and law enforcement time to prepare. Now, teenagers are able to chat on social media, meet at a specified location, and overwhelm the authorities — all within minutes. When police officers finally do arrive on the scene, most of the troublemakers have already fled…
The third and most important difference…
2) “Omaha Planned Parenthood struggles as departing staff blame the corporation itself” (Cassy Cooke, Live Action)
From the article — Earlier this year, The New York Times published an exposé on the ‘crisis’ facing Planned Parenthood. According to The New York Times, the abortion chain is facing frequent employee turnover, financial problems, low patient numbers, and patient lawsuits. And now, the Omaha Planned Parenthood is coming clean about similar troubles.
One nurse, Sabrina Stratman, said she was pressured to assist in surgical abortions on more than one occasion, violating Planned Parenthood’s own standard operating procedures. To commit a surgical abortion, the facility is supposed to use an abortionist, two nurses, and several support staff; in these instances, Stratman was the only nurse. She was made to participate even though she told management she felt uncomfortable. Though she eventually left Planned Parenthood, she still supports legal abortion.
“(Planned Parenthood is) kind of creating a ban of its own,” Stratman said. “I didn’t leave because I didn’t believe in the work,” she said. “I left because the environment became unsustainable.”
Note: The link to the Omaha-based article from which the Live Action piece was written is right here — “Dysfunction, turnover at Omaha Planned Parenthood clinic further limiting abortion access in Nebraska” (Sara Gentzler, Flatwater Free Press)
3) “The Pulitzer from hell” (Scott Johnson, Power Line)
From the article — On the morning of October 7, I was at home in my small studio apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas terrorists burst in, shot me and dragged me across the border into Gaza. I was one of 251 men, women, children, and elderly people kidnapped that day from their beds, their homes, and a music festival.
For almost 500 days I lived in terror. I was starved, abused, and treated like I was less than human. I watched friends suffer. I watched hope dim. And even now, after returning home, I carry that darkness with me – because my best friends, Gali and Ziv Berman are still being held in the Hamas terror tunnels.
So imagine my shock and pain when I saw that you awarded a Pulitzer Prize to Mosab Abu Toha.
This is a man who, in January, questioned the very fact of my captivity. He posted about me on Facebook and asked, “How on earth is this girl called a hostage?” He has denied the murder of the Bibas family. He has questioned whether Agam Berger was truly a hostage. These are not word games – they are outright denials of documented atrocities.
You claim to honor journalism that upholds truth, democracy, and human dignity. And yet you have chosen to elevate a voice that denies truth, erases victims, and desecrates the memory of the murdered.
4) “Illinois Forces Pro-Life Organizations to Hire Pro-Abortion Employees” (Alliance Defending Freedom)
From the article — During debates about the new bill, sponsors in the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate made it clear that the Act’s exemption for religious employers would not protect “crisis pregnancy centers” that were “religious” or “Christian” but not “affiliated with any particular denomination.” The bill still passed both chambers, and rather than vetoing it due to its clear First Amendment violations, Gov. Pritzker approved it. Attorney General Kwame Raoul expressed excitement that the bill would help make Illinois a “haven” for abortion.
The new bill forces PCC of Rockford and the Diocese of Springfield to hire employees who don’t share their beliefs about the sanctity of life, and it prohibits them from disciplining employees if they choose to have abortions themselves. Both the pregnancy center and the diocese are committed to living out the teachings of Scripture in every respect, but that goal would be undermined if their employees do not affirm Christian beliefs about the sanctity of life.
In addition, the statute prohibits organizations from expressing certain messages about abortion that could be deemed “offensive,” and it requires organizations that offer accommodations for new mothers to also provide accommodations for women seeking abortions.
5) “Bad Day Sunshine? Climate Dimwits Declare War on the Sun: UK scientists want £50M to dim the sun and fight climate change—because nothing says “solution” like blocking out the thing that keeps us alive.” (Thaddeus G. McCotter, American Greatness)
From the article — Standing with both hands extended for a £50 million squeeze of the public teat, United Kingdom scientists claim the sun you celebrate in song contributes to “runaway climate change.” And these white-robed high priests of perfidious Albion’s climate cult have a novel idea to control the weather and forestall the impending apocalypse: dimming the sun. (Apparently, for these climate cult dimwits, sunshine on their shoulders makes them anything but happy.)
“Everything we do is going to be safe by design. We’re absolutely committed to responsible research, including responsible outdoor research… We have strong requirements around the length of time experiments can run for and their reversibility, and we won’t be funding the release of any toxic substances to the environment.” (Author’s Note: The professor is not funding anything. The British public is.)
See? The only thing going up in flames is someone else’s money. Besides, what could go wrong when prospectively using “stratospheric aerosol injection” that “would see scientists launching sulfate particles into the Earth’s lower stratosphere at altitudes up 12 miles high?” Unforeseen consequences, you say? Please. Next, you’ll claim that COVID resulted from a lab leak.
And a few other options I recommend?
* “What Is The Point Of Having A GOP Congress?” (Shawn Fleetwood, Federalist)
* “The New Pope’s Far-Left Takes On Immigration, Climate, Covid, And Race Relations” (The Federalist Staff)
* “Report Damns FBI Spin of 2017 Congressional Baseball Game Shooting” (Joshua Arnold, Washington Stand)
* “How Can You Be a Cop in a City That Hates You? In Chicago, the number of police suicides is far higher than anyone knew: 53 in the past decade. ‘It’s so overwhelming because there’s all these outside people pointing fingers at us.’ (Olivia Reingold, The Free Press)
* “The Rise and Fall of Russell Moore: It’s Time to Say, ‘No Moore.’” (David Mitzenmacher, Founder’s Ministries)