Rise in parents opting-out of vaccinations for kids
An analysis by the Associated Press finds that the number of parents that are opting out of vaccination shots for their kids has increased in more than half the U.S. states over the past five years. Eight states – mainly in the West and Midwest – now have levels ...
This week’s articles of note
“Pre-occupied: the origins and future of Occupy Wall Street,” The New Yorker, by Mattathias Schwartz
“Pepper-spraying taxpayers: ‘diversity’ boondoggles are the real scandal,” National Review Online, by Heather MacDonald
“How I stopped worrying and learned to love the OWS protests,” Rolling Stone, by Matt Taibbi
“‘The new Tammany Hall,’” ...
Occupy at Wal-Mart calls shoppers “cum-sumer whores”
Here is a video with Occupy types on Black Friday handing out leaflets to Wal-Mart shoppers, urging them not to be “cum-sumer whores”. This is the level of wit and analytical thinking we’ve come to expect from the Occupiers, who have set themselves up as directly opposed to the masses who ...
Occupy’s “Buy Nothing Day”: a grotesque call for mass austerity
The Occupy protesters have launched a “Buy Nothing Day” to coincide with Black Friday. Their campaign oozes with disdain for the working class, and reveals the group’s true colors. It is truly grotesque that, at a time when people are struggling to get jobs and maintain living standards, Occupy is calling for austerity. It shows ...
Occupy: the sad reality and the mad fantasies
Far from being clear-eyed, Occupy Wall Street is a blank slate on to which every opportunistic op-ed writer is scribbling his or her pet concerns.
Read my spiked article in full here.
This week’s articles of note
“The Great Restoration,” New York Times, by David Brooks
“Claire Fox on freedom of speech,” FiveBooks Interviews
“The myths of Christian Europe,” Pandaemonium, by Kenan Malik
“Natural gas will repower America,” RealClearEnergy, by Rich Trzupek
“The end of the future,” National Review, by Peter Thiel
Turning protest into a freakfest
Why do the great and good of America want to be best friends with the Occupy Wall Street oddballs?
Read my spiked article in full here.
Occupy Wall Street: elite befriend middle-class freaks
The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) demonstration in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan reached the one-month mark yesterday. Few would have predicted when it started that it would gain as much attention as it has, or spread to other cities around the world.
What began as a gathering of a few hundred generally younger adults is now said to ...
This week’s articles of note
“Half baked: UC Berkeley’s diversity machine loses its mind over cupcakes,” City Journal, by Heather Macdonald
“Former Obama budget chief: Forget democracy. How about rule by technocrats and independent commissions?” Reason, by Peter Suderman
“Panic?” The American Interest, by Walter Russell Mead [On the world economic crisis]
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