#Betrayed parents elected Youngkin and other commentary

#Betrayed parents elected Youngkin and other commentary

“#Betrayed parents elected Youngkin and other commentary” Libertarian: Betrayed Parents Elected Youngkin While Terry McAuliffe’s loss to Glenn Youngkin “was cemented very late on election night, in practice the day that he forfeited” the race was Sept. 28, when he told Youngkin, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” argues…

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#Media tar concerned parents as racists and other commentary

#Media tar concerned parents as racists and other commentary

“#Media tar concerned parents as racists and other commentary” Libertarian: Media Keep Insulting Parents “Not a day goes by without the media comparing raucous school board meetings to the January 6 Capitol Hill riots, attributing the increase in parental outrage to racism,” gripes Reason’s Matt Welch. “Framing devices that distort the depiction of an important…

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#Democrat’s push for unemployment and other commentary

#Democrat’s push for unemployment and other commentary

“#Democrat’s push for unemployment and other commentary” From the right: Dems’ Push for Unemployment “Something in the labor market fundamentally changed during the pandemic. Fewer people seem willing to work,” Andy Puzder notes at Real Clear Politics. “The Biden administration has increased food stamp benefits by 25% and Democrats now want to make the current…

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#Can we export democracy and other commentary

#Can we export democracy and other commentary

“#Can we export democracy and other commentary” Intellectual: Can We Export Democracy? “Should we conclude from” America’s Afghanistan failure “that democracy cannot be exported?” asks Guy Sorman at City Journal. “Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Tunisia demonstrate the contrary. But everything depends on circumstances and local culture.” India’s “local traditions of election and deliberation…

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#Democrats headed for a shellacking and other commentary

#Democrats headed for a shellacking and other commentary

“#Democrats headed for a shellacking and other commentary” From the right: Dems Headed for a Shellacking Democrats’ control of the House is “in serious jeopardy,” declares David Bossie at The Washington Times. “Not only is history working against them” — a new president’s party almost always loses seats in its first midterm — but Dems…

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#NSA’s Tucker Carlson targeting was no joke and other commentary

#NSA’s Tucker Carlson targeting was no joke and other commentary

“#NSA’s Tucker Carlson targeting was no joke and other commentary” Leftist: NSA’s Carlson Targeting Was No Joke The National Security Agency’s inspector general announced a probe into allegations that the NSA wrongly intercepted the communications of Fox News host Tucker Carlson — which, argues Glenn Greenwald at his Substack, shows that Carlson’s claim is far…

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#‘Worse than Trump’ phase is here and other commentary

#‘Worse than Trump’ phase is here and other commentary

“#‘Worse than Trump’ phase is here and other commentary” Conservative: ‘Worse Than Trump’ Phase Is Here At National Review, Charles C.W. Cooke reflects that MSNBC’s Dean Obeidallah has declared “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is ‘more dangerous than Trump.’  ” For all the claims that Donald Trump was uniquely evil, such assertions were “inevitable from the…

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#It’s not really about masks and other commentary

#It’s not really about masks and other commentary

“#It’s not really about masks and other commentary” Pandemic journal: It’s Not Really About Masks “Why are fully vaccinated people treated the same as the unvaccinated?” wonders Peter Van Buren at The American Conservative. E.g.: All air travelers must mask. “The answer is at the heart of whether public policy in America will shift and…

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#Cuomo’s comeuppance and other commentary

#Cuomo’s comeuppance and other commentary

“#Cuomo’s comeuppance and other commentary” From the left: Cuomo’s Comeuppance “Seventy-four thousand documents, 200 interviews, 168 pages and five months after” state Attorney General Tish James began her probe of Gov. Cuomo, “investigators managed to corroborate nearly every detail of the flurry of allegations,” confirming “what nearly a dozen women told us from the start:…

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#Andrew Cuomo’s eldercide was worse and other commentary

#Andrew Cuomo’s eldercide was worse and other commentary

“#Andrew Cuomo’s eldercide was worse and other commentary” Pandemic journal: Cuo’s Eldercide Was Worse Although Gov. Cuomo’s “sexual misconduct and egregious mishandling of COVID-19 are both heinous,” it shouldn’t be “controversial to assert killing the elderly through incompetence” is more “depraved,” writes Robert Schmad at the Washington Examiner. Yet the media are “flipping the moral…

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