From the article -- The mask is now off completely. As America marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, the unholy alliance between Islam and the radical left is becoming very bold, publicly proclaiming that they intend to take the United States in a new direction—from faith, family, and freedom to socialism, Sharia, and separation.
Zoran Mamdani personifies this movement. His brand of Islamo-Communism now reigns over our nation’s financial capital and largest city. 25 years after 9/11, the New York City Mayor is quoting Mohammed and the Koran in Arabic to defend open borders.
2) “Why Exactly Did They Destroy the Border? Biden’s border chaos wasn’t accidental—it was a political strategy to reshape America’s electorate and expand left-wing power.” (Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness)
From the article -- Why would any president destroy the U.S. southern border?
The Left typically “pounces” on anyone daring to suggest that the Biden administration had green-lighted illegal immigration to gain new constituents for agendas that otherwise were without broad public support. The Left smears critics of open borders as racist conspiracists spreading the “Great Replacement Theory.” Yet for years, Democrats and leftists themselves had written triumphalist books with titles like The Emerging Democratic Majority. And often they crowed that “Demography is Destiny.”
A few left-wing globalists even boasted of a new borderless world, in which anyone could live anywhere he wished. Not too long ago, Texas State Representative Gene Wu (D-Houston), chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, jumped the shark to say out loud what is usually left unsaid about the Democrat agenda:
"The day the Latino, African American, Asian, and other communities realize that they share the same oppressor is the day we start winning, because we are the majority in this country now. We have the ability to take over this country and to do what is needed for everyone."
The same unapologetic left-wing weaponization of illegal immigration is occurring in Europe. Sheer numbers there have already radically changed the demography—and political constituencies—of the continent.
3) “‘Ignoring Human Nature’: Using Biblical Reasoning, Rubio Pinpoints Why Globalism Is A Recipe For Disaster” (Breanna Claussen, Harbinger’s Daily)
From the article -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s powerful message at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) has garnered well-deserved attention. Standing before a room of European and Western leaders, Rubio boldly exposed the folly of globalist policies and how they have been used to undermine sovereignty, national strength, and the Judeo-Christian foundation of Western civilization.
One particular statement was truly profound, and its tremendous accuracy stems from being bred out of a Biblical worldview. Discussing the collapse of communism in Germany, Rubio warned that the celebration of this success in the West quickly morphed into an ill-conceived fantasy about the future of nations.
“The euphoria of this triumph led us to a dangerous delusion: that we had entered, ‘the end of history;’” Rubio emphasized, “that every nation would now be a liberal democracy; that the ties formed by trade and by commerce alone would now replace nationhood; that the rules-based global order – an overused term – would now replace the national interest; and that we would now live in a world without borders where everyone became a citizen of the world.” This globalist mentality, he stressed, “was a foolish idea that ignored both human nature and it ignored the lessons of over 5,000 years of recorded human history. And it has cost us dearly.”
4) “The Best and Worst Presidents: The PragerU Survey -- The old presidential scorecards failed. A new survey shakes up the list.” (Paul Kengor, American Spectator)
From the article -- I’ve been in academia long enough to remember the dark days of presidential rankings by groups like Political Science Quarterly and the New York Times. These “surveys,” particularly the one done by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., made you want to scream. Academic political scientists pride themselves in conducting scientific surveys with large enough sample sizes to gain accuracy of, say, plus or minus 1-3 percent on a political question. But leave it to left-wingers — about 80-90 percent of the professoriate — to stack the deck with a small group (a few dozen) of likeminded left-wing academics to “rank” presidents from best to worst. Predictably, the likes of Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson and Woodrow Wilson would show up among the top, while Republicans like Ronald Reagan and Calvin Coolidge were bottom dwellers.
These surveys were nothing but surveys of the sympathies of left-wing academics. They didn’t tell you a damned thing about the reality of best and worst presidents. They told you about the biases of professors. And yet, predictably, the liberal press touted these “studies” as if they deserved to be chiseled on Mt. Rushmore...
PragerU has posted a compelling ranking. It asked 155 scholars for their assessment of each and every president, using a scale of 1-10 to judge various criteria. To be sure, those surveyed slant to the conservative side, but there’s still more diversity in this group than anything by the Schlesinger jokers. The results are very interesting, and most of those reading this column will appreciate them.
Related -- See the PragerU survey yourself right here.
5) “Was Climate Change the Greatest Financial Scam in History?” (Stephen Moore, RCP)
From the article -- Environmental scholar Bjorn Lomborg recently calculated that across the globe, governments have spent at least $16 trillion feeding the climate change industrial complex.
And for what?
Arguably, not a single life has been or will be saved by this shameful and colossal misallocation of human resources. The war on safe and abundant fossil fuels has cost countless lives in poor countries and made those countries poorer by blocking affordable energy.
Since the global warming crusade started some 30 years ago, the temperature of the planet has not been altered by one-tenth of a degree -- as even the alarmists will admit. In other words, $16 trillion has been spent -- a lot of people got very, very rich off the government largesse -- but there is not a penny of measurable payoff.
But it's much worse than that. In economics there is a concept called opportunity cost: What could we have done with $16 trillion to make the world better off?
What if the $16 trillion had been spent on clean water for poor countries? Preventing avoidable deaths from diseases like malaria? Building schools in African villages to end illiteracy? Bringing reliable and affordable electric power to the more than 1 billion people who still lack access? Curing cancer?
Other Excellent Articles from the Week:
* “Basketball in the Last 60 Seconds: Ben Sasse on Mortality, Meaning, and the Future of America.” After his stage 4 cancer diagnosis, Ben Sasse reflects on faith, mortality, and redeeming the time - then takes on Congress, higher education, and our fragmented, attention-starved republic. (60-minute Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson episode)
* “When our church was invaded: A miracle triumphed over the madness at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn.” (Jonathan Parnell, World)
* Discover the Network’s summary of the life of Jesse Jackson.
* “Newsom Confesses His Disturbing Role in the Euthanization of His Mother: ‘It was horrible,’ Newsom said of his mother’s killing.” (Ellie Gardey Holmes, American Spectator)
* “Virtually All Countries Support Voter Photo ID – So Why the Filibuster?” (John R. Lott Jr., RCP)
