Showing posts with label Urban Crisis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Urban Crisis. Show all posts
Saturday, November 26, 2022

When Ideology Trumps Empathy

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From Heather Mac Donald, at City Journal , " Progressives profess to care deeply about inner-city black Americans, but their voting pat...
Monday, July 4, 2022

Who Are the Real Insurrectionists?

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It's Victor Davis Hanson, at American Greatness, " In truth, “insurrection” has been fueled by the Left since 2015 ": For 120...
Monday, January 10, 2022

Andrea Elliott, Invisible Child

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At Amazon, Andrea Elliott, Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City .
Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Michael Shellenberger, San Fransicko

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At Amazon, San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities .

Why Democrats Self-Destruct on Crime

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From Michael Shellenberger, " Progressives still deny rising crime even as it undermines Joe Biden's presidency ." Plus, "...

Tough Talk: Mayor London Breed Cracks Down on Crime (VIDEO)

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At KPIX CBS 5 San Francisco, " S.F. Mayor London Breed Announces Crime Crackdown; ‘Less Tolerant Of All The Bulls-t That Has Destroyed ...
Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Jill Leovy, Ghettoside

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At Amazon, Jill Leovy, Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America .
Sunday, July 25, 2021

Judge Jeanine Slams Extremist Left's Attack on Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (VIDEO)

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I used to post Judge Jeanine's opening monologues quite often. She's a real treasure (and doesn't take any crap).  At Fox News:
Thursday, July 22, 2021

In America's Big Cities, District Attorneys Create More Crime (VIDEO)

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It's Rafael Mangual, of the Manhattan Institute, for Prager University:
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

'The Five' Slams 'Defunding the Police' (VIDEO)

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I almost never watch "The Five." I prefer outnumbered way more, heh, with all those hotties.  This is a good segment, though, espe...
Friday, May 28, 2021

Infrastructure! Infrastructure! Infrastructure! (VIDEO)

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The statistics are truly mind-boggling! Portland's seen an 800 percent increase in homicides since last year --- 800 percent! --- and po...
Sunday, May 9, 2021

Eric Adams for New York City Mayor! (VIDEO)

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No need to block-quote the whole thing. This dude's the real deal, and while I have no idea whether he'll take the top executive off...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

Jonathan A. Rodden, Why Cities Lose

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Jonathan A. Rodden, Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide .
Thursday, July 23, 2020

Workers Resist the Return to Work

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My son quit his job at a mall retail store for health reasons. The business is a cramped jewelry store, and despite my son's repeated in...
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Monday, June 29, 2020

America's Jacobin Moment

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At WSJ, " The cultural putsch in America’s institutions strikes at liberal values ": The Editorial Board: If liberals won’t stop ...
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Saturday, February 22, 2020

Blacks Flee Chicago

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At NYT, " Black Families Came to Chicago by the Thousands. Why Are They Leaving? ": There is an exodus of African-American fam...
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Monday, September 2, 2019

Pete Buttigieg Was Rising. Then Came South Bend's Policing Crisis

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Identity politics. You can never win. At McClatchy, via Memeorandum, " plans to beef up campaign staff ." And NYT: Pete Bu...
Saturday, August 3, 2019

Trump Targets Cities as Bastions of Crime, Poverty, and Corruption

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Democrat crime, corruption, and poverty. If leftists stick with Democrats on this issue, you know politics isn't about improving the liv...
Saturday, June 1, 2019

Woke Los Angeles is the New Typhus Hotbed: Homeless Catastrophe Makes City of Angels Unlivable (VIDEO)

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Why are Democrat-run cities such hellholes of infectious disease and humanitarian catastrophe?!! And don't even get me going about San...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

The Prosperity Paradox

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From Ronald Brownstein, at CNN, " The prosperity paradox is dividing the country in two ": "The big blue metros believe t...