Police are Leaving the Profession
Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures, and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers
Monthly Archive: June 2021
It’s Infrastructure Week! This Time, Though, The Job Is Getting Done
Infrastructure Week! is back. No, no, I’m not talking about what’s going on in the U.S. Senate. That’s not Infrastructure Week!
Black and Brown: The Invisibility of Afro-Latinos
Afro-Latinos have always been invisible. It’s time for us to make ourselves known and stop picking on Lin-Manuel Miranda.
750 Unmarked Graves Found At Second Canadian Residential School
Residential school survivors have shared horrific accounts of abuse, neglect, and difficulties getting documents from the Catholic Church
Weekend Plans Post: The Barometer
A funny Abercrombie and Fitch story, a ring of fire, and some rain.
OT Contributor Network: En Route Podcast w/Dennis Sanders on Southern Baptist Convention
The latest podcast from OT contributor Dennis Sanders has Andrew Donaldson talking about the Southern Baptist Convention and Afghanistan.
Supreme Court, The First Amendment, and The Cursing Cheerleader: Read It For Yourself
SCOTUS ruled 8-1 that a Snapchat video of a cheerleader telling her school to go…well, anyway she has a first amendment right to do so.
Thursday Throughput: Not So Fat Obesity Edition
The turn-of-the-century predictions of skyrocketing obesity proved incorrect and the scale we are using to judge health appear to be a few pounds too light
Hayek, In Practice
The curious task is the job of people like Hayek – F.A., not Selma – to explain the limits of fiscal and monetary policy to affect behavior
John McAfee Found Dead In Prison Cell of an Apparent Suicide
John McAfee was found dead in his Spanish prison cell hours of an apparent suicide after a hearing extradited him back to America.
Power to the People: Three Election Changes to Pull Us Together
None of these election ideas are new. You have likely heard of all three of them. The key is putting them together to make a cohesive whole.
The Bat-Cow: Batman Goes To The Moo-vies
The biggest question will be whether the Super Pets movie will mark the cinematic debut of the Batman family’s weirdest member—the Bat-Cow.
From USPoliticsPoll: Eric Adams Projected to Win Democratic Primary for NYC Mayor’s Race
From USPoliticsPoll: BREAKING: We are projecting Eric Adams has won the #nycprimary for Mayor for the Democratic Party. With the nomination, he is certain to win the general election for Mayor in the fall...
Of Mottes, and Baileys, and Critical Race Theory
When people say “Critical Race Theory”, they’re probably referring to either a motte or a bailey. So, when it comes to CRT…what is it?
Workers Leaving Retail Jobs in Record Numbers
A twist on the “we can’t hire anyone” headlines: Some workers are not moving out of the job market, but up and out of retail jobs.
The Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax Would be a Tax from Hell
The Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax concept seems designed to alienate virtually every side of the political spectrum. So how would it work?
