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How to ‘Persevere With Power’ in These Dark Times

November 24, 2021 Dark, ‘Persevere, Times, power, These0 comment

Looking at the country today, it’s easy to fall into despair. As the radical left pushes policies and ideas leading to the degradation of our nation, it’s hard not to lose hope. But the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, says there’s a way to keep going in the face of encroaching darkness: Rely on your own faith and fortitude. “Your battle is truly between destiny and drama,” Rodriguez says. “And when your hunger for righteousness is greater than your fear of criticism, nothing can…

Thiel, Silicon Valley and the Rise of Tech Neo-Reaction

November 24, 2021 Tech, Valley, Silicon, rise, Thiel, NeoReaction0 comment

<p>Here are a few links to a topic I continue to think more and more about. On the surface it’s Peter Thiel, about whom more in a moment. But beyond Thiel, there’s a broader reality. In the first years of the century we learned to see Tech as a rising business and political powerhouse that was broadly liberal, at least by the standards of Big Business. ‘Liberal’ was probably never quite right – but at least broadly cosmopolitan in its social values and culture. It was young, comparatively diverse, based…

Biden orders release of strategic oil reserves, says high gas prices not caused by clean-energy push

November 23, 2021 high, Biden, says, Prices, release, Push, orders, reserves, strategic, Caused, cleanenergy0 comment

President Biden insisted on Tuesday that Democrats’ climate change policies are not causing high gasoline prices, as he ordered the release of 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in a bid to ease soaring prices at the pump. Speaking at the White House, Mr. Biden said … The Washington Times stories: White House

How Democrats Got Desperate

November 23, 2021 Democrats, desperate0 comment

The progressives blinked. For months, the feisty left flank of the House Democratic Caucus insisted it would not provide the votes to pass President Joe Biden’s $ 1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package until the Senate first approved the rest of the president’s economic agenda. At minimum, progressives said, all 50 Senate Democrats—and especially the chamber’s two most centrist members, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona—would have to at least commit to Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan. Twice the House liberals backed up their tough talk with…

Jury Begins Deliberations In Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial

November 23, 2021 Trial, jury, murder, deliberations, Ahmaud, Arbery, Begins0 comment

Closing arguments continued Tuesday in the murder trial of three white men — Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. — who are accused of murdering 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, while he was out on a jog near his home town of Brunswick, Georgia, in February last year. Talking Points Memo

Harris announces $1.5B investment in health care workforce

November 23, 2021 health, announces, care, Harris, Investment, workforce, $1.5B0 comment

WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday that the Biden administration is investing $ 1.5 billion from the coronavirus aid package to address the health care worker shortage in underserved communities. The funding will go to the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and … The Washington Times stories: White House