SocietyCommentary
The Problem With ‘Pick a Knee’
“Pick a knee,” says CNN’s S. E. Cupp, “The one that knelt on a neck or the one that knelt to try to prevent it.”… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Star Parker Shares Why It’s Not True That America Is ‘Systemically Racist’
In 1992 Star Parker ran a small publishing business in Los Angeles. Her business was destroyed by riots after four police officers were exonerated of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Reform of Policing: What Makes Sense—and What Doesn’t
The videotaped killing of George Floyd has sparked widespread protests, many of them peaceful, but interspersed with acts of rioting, arson, vandalism, looting, and other… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Problematic Women: There’s a Solution to Police Abuse, but It’s Not Defunding Police Departments
The majority of America’s police officers are brave men and women who make sacrifices and take risks every day to keep our communities safe, but… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Troubling Mob Response to J.K. Rowling’s Asserting Women Have Periods
J.K. Rowling, the celebrated author of the “Harry Potter” series, is at risk of being “canceled.” In a tweet on June 6, she mocked an… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The True Plight of Black Americans
While it might not be popular to say in the wake of the recent social disorder, the true plight of black people has little or… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Ben Carson Reflects on the Death of George Floyd
If the protesters noticed the clouds, they didn’t care. Hundreds of them walked down D.C. streets in sheets of rain, almost oblivious to the nighttime… Read More
SocietyNews
Factory Burned in Riots Will Leave Minneapolis, Owner Says
The owner of a manufacturing company based in Minneapolis has decided to move his factory after law enforcement was unable to protect the plant from… Read More
SocietyNews
De Blasio Rolls Out Plan Shifting Funds Away From NYPD Amid Calls to Defund Police
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to shift funding away from the city’s police department and toward youth programs Sunday, as… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
What Frederick Douglass Might Say to Us Today
The wisdom of leaders like 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass is critical at this moment in America’s history. The Rev. Dean Nelson, the executive director of… Read More
SocietyNews
Why These Teens Are Bringing Peaceful Protest to a Quiet DC Suburb
As thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Washington, D.C., on Saturday, three high school students were organizing a rally of their own in… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Cost of Riots
It’s weird that this needs to be said, but here we are. Then again, the pundit who reprehensibly claims that destroying property “is not violence”… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Deja Vu: Riots, Looting, and Arson Recall Late ’60s
The many U.S. cities currently gripped by civil unrest and violence in the wake of the May 25 death of a black man, George Floyd,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Race and Riots
“No justice, no peace!” they shout. Then they break windows. It makes me furious. But then I watch the video of the Minneapolis cop kneeling… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Why Conservatives Should Be Leading the Civil Rights Movement
“Conservatives should be leading the civil rights movement,” says Kay C. James, president of The Heritage Foundation. James joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to explain… Read More
SocietyCommentary
America Is Better Than This
The orchestrated violence roiling an increasing number of American cities is cause for considerable concern. There are myriad explanations being offered by the media and… Read More
SocietyNews
Witness Says George Floyd Did Not Resist Arrest
George Floyd tried to defuse the situation surrounding his arrest and subsequent death, a witness of the incident said. Floyd tried “in his humblest form… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
A Former Cincinnati Mayor on Quieting the Riots Across America
As riots continue across America’s cities after the killing of George Floyd, local law enforcement and leaders struggle to stop the violence. Today, Ken Blackwell,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Rush Limbaugh’s Important George Floyd Conversation
Which of the following would you consider the most unusual and least likely to occur? 1. President Donald Trump calls Speaker Nancy Pelosi to invite… Read More
SocietyNews
George Bush Weighs in on Riots: ‘Lasting Justice Will Only Come by Peaceful Means’
Former President George W. Bush weighed in Monday on the riots that have torn across the United States, saying that “lasting justice will only come… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Riots Are Not the Way to Get Justice for Floyd’s Death
In 1992, I operated a small publishing business in Los Angeles. It was destroyed as a result of riots that ensued after four police officers… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Racism, Rioting, and Redemption
It was a night I shall never forget. The date was April 4, 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis and… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
It’s Time for an Honest Conversation About Race in America
In the midst of outrage and shock over the death of George Floyd, many Americans want to respond in a way that will bring about… Read More
LawCommentary
George Floyd’s Son Calls for End to Violence, Saying Rioting Won’t ‘Solve Anything’
The death of a black man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25 has sparked protests around… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Can Protect Our Health While Preserving Our Civil Liberties
As states nationwide begin the process of reopening, Americans continue to battle over the methods governors and local authorities have used to tackle the coronavirus… Read More
SocietyNews
Nearly $1 Million Raised for Black Firefighter Whose Bar Was Destroyed in Riots
Editor’s note: A ray of hope in these troubled times is that nearly 12,000 donors have contributed almost a million dollars to a GoFundMe for Korboi… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
One Man’s ‘Adventure’ Quarantined on a Cruise Ship During COVID-19
Burt Quick, a retired California police chief, took a cruise with his wife last winter only to be quarantined on the ship for five days… Read More
SocietyNews
15 Images Show the Horrific Toll of Unrest in Minneapolis After the Death of George Floyd
On Friday morning, Minneapolis looked more like a war zone than an American Midwestern city. The death of George Floyd, an African American man, has… Read More
LawNews
6 Things to Know About the Mayor of Minneapolis
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey became a fixture of Americans’ TV screens after a man’s video-recorded death in the custody of city police. Frey has clashed… Read More
SocietyFeature
How COVID-19 Shows Church More Than a Building
Creativity and determination are two of the most appropriate words to describe many churches’ response to COVID-19. Stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures closed the… Read More
