Category: links

It would be very helpful if our professional reporters and journalists would just state the truth, and not mislead us with evasions and misdirection.

Click on over to Townhall​.com for a recent and quite significant example.

• Washington Post: Implicit racial bias causes black boys to be disciplined at school more than whites, federal report finds
• GAO: Discipline Disparities for Black Students, Boys, and Students with Disabilities (PDF)
• Christina Hoff Sommers: The War Against Boys (book)

Photograph by Wes Peck, Creative Commons rights reserved.

What a mess: the War on Drugs; marijuana legalization; the very words we use to talk about either or both. Click on over to Townhall​.com for more clarification.

Then come back here to check the references — a few of which might clear up some of the confusions that may remain, especially botanical and chemical:

• McConnell Senate Press Release: Senator McConnell and Commissioner Quarles Announce Hemp Legislation
• AP article (Time): Mitch McConnell Wants Hemp Removed From Controlled Substances List
• Wikipedia: Tetrahydrocannabinol
• Courier-​Journal: Can you get high off hemp? We’ll help clear the fog about marijuana’s ‘kissing cousin’
• Courier-​Journal: Not all hemp oils are the same. Here’s what you need to know
• Wikipedia: Cannabidiol
• Monticello​.org: Hemp
• The Guardian (UK): Huge majority thinks ‘war on drugs’ has failed, new poll finds
• Pew Research Center: America’s New Drug Policy Landscape — Two-​Thirds Favor Treatment, Not Jail, for Use of Heroin, Cocaine

This weekend over at Townhall​.com, the subject is guns, gun violence, and protest.

Oh, and “BS” — and the calling of same.

Click on over, then come back here for more hits of wisdom:

• Washington Post: A school shooting could happen anywhere. That’s why students from everywhere are marching.
• CNN: Maryland school officer stops armed student who shot 2 others
• Common Sense: Good Guy with Gun
• NY Mag: Democratic Congressman Hints at Armed Rebellion Against Trump
• Red Blue Divide (video): Rep. Tom Suozzi Hints Using the 2nd Amend to Resist Trump
• CNN: Florida student Emma Gonzalez to lawmakers and gun advocates: ‘We call BS’
• Common Sense: Civic Engagement Activities
• Townhall: Newtown Chooses Good Guys with Guns
• Washington Post: Scared by School Shootings
• Washington Post: Students push back on clear plastic backpack rule at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High

The column will be available on this site on March 27, 2018.

What does it take to make a difference in politics? Is the thirteenth year the magic number, or does time in office guarantee nothing but corruption?

Click on over to Townhall. Come back here for more information and perspective.

• YouTube: Nick Freitas Announces Senate Run to Unseat Tim Kaine
• Washington Post: Del. Nick Freitas jumps into GOP field to challenge Sen. Tim Kaine in 2018
• Free the People: The Most Interesting Liberty Republican You’ve Never Heard Of
• Daily Wire: A Star Is Born! Speech On Guns By VA Lawmaker Causes Democrat Walk-​Out, Goes Viral
• YouTube: Delegate Nick Freitas Floor Speech Against Medicaid Expansion
• NewsOK: Oklahoma Senate leader quietly guides senators toward compromise
• The Daily Ardmoreite: Step Up Oklahoma bill fails to pass House floor

This column will appear on this site on Tuesday, March 20.

Trade policy and a do-​nothing Congress, a match made in hell … read about it at Townhall. And come back here for more kindling:

• National Review: Congress Handed to the President the Power to Level Tariffs
• Townhall: Lifetime Tenure — Or Longer?
• CRS: Congressional Careers: Service Tenure and Patterns of Member Service, 1789 – 2017
• Wikipedia: List of longest-​serving members of Congress
• CNN: Key senators say they didn’t know the US had troops in Niger
• New York Times: ‘An Endless War’: Why 4 U.S. Soldiers Died in a Remote African Desert
• Reuters: U.S. deaths in Niger highlight Africa military mission creep
• Conservative Review: When will Congress finally debate our strategy in Middle East?
• New York Times: White House Defends Continuing U.S. Role in Libya Operation
• Politifact: Are U.S. actions in Libya subject to the War Powers Resolution? A review of the evidence
• New York Times: Attack Renews Debate Over Congressional Consent
• Just Security: Bringing the AUMF Debate Back to its Constitutional Roots, and recent History
• Common Dreams: Members of Congress Call for a Debate and Vote on Ongoing Wars

Sometimes law is just politics. But must it be so? Make a motion over to Townhall, and then make your appeal back here.

• Washington Post: Scalia embraced compromise on unions. Today’s Supreme Court should, too. (editorial)
• Liberty Justice Center: Janus v. AFSCME
• SCOTUS: Oral Argument (Audio ) (Transcript)
• Illinois Policy Institute: Meet the man who could end forced union fees for government workers
• Washington Post: The Kochs are trying to kill unions. Be careful what you wish fo., Dana Milbank
• Forbes: Janus v. AFSCME: Perhaps This Time the Court Will Take the First Amendment Seriously
• Townhall: Public-​Sector Unions Deserve To Be Destroyed, David Harsanyi
• Washington Post: Government unions are in deep trouble. And they have themselves to blame, Charles Lane

On Tuesday, March 6, the column appears on this site.