America’s new year resolution should have admitted that the left now represents the privileged. If 2020 did nothing else, it confirmed the class realignment of America’s left. There is simply no member of the country’s self-styled elite who is not a member of the left. Instead of representing the “little guy,” America’s working class, and small business owners, our left represses them. Leftists’ age-old rhetoric has been that they stand against the elite. Their professed aim is to wield the power of the people for the “the little guy.” 2020’s reality exposed exactly the opposite: America’s left is its self-styled elites and their real aim is just to wield power. It is impossible to recall a time when academia was not the left’s bastion. Even when conservatives dominated society at large, the left flourished here. The difference now is the left’s unprecedented monopoly. Originally, academic freedom gave the left access to campuses. Now under the left’s control, academic freedom has become an anachronism, with no place less tolerant of divergent views — the only true diversity — than campuses. Being a real radical on today’s college campus would mean being conservative. Establishment media has become the left’s off-campus campus. Here, it
Sacramento Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom only took office in 2019, yet he has faced a seemingly endless stream of recall efforts mostly related to his handling of the coronavirus situation. To date, he has brushed off several recall signature-gathering drives. They were useful for conservative venting perhaps, but stood virtually no chance of qualifying for the ballot. Successful recall campaigns require tons of cash, big-name endorsements, and, well, something beyond grassroots anger to make it happen. Even with California’s generous recall rules, it takes a lot more than an edgy Facebook presence to dislodge a sitting governor. Yet even mainstream news reports suggest that Newsom is getting seriously nervous about the latest recall attempt, which is looking more like the campaign that booted Gray Davis out of office in 2003 than the last few trial balloons. Voters rejected Davis after they tired of rolling electrical blackouts, soaring deficits, and giveaways to the prison-guards’ union. These days, voters are building a more impressive list of grievances. “After banging at the recall door unsuccessfully five times, conservative drives to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom may suddenly be getting traction,” Politico’s Carla Marinucci explained in mid-December. “And that’s because there’s a perfect storm
JAKARTA: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi island killed at least seven people, injured hundreds and damaged many buildings on Friday, the country's disaster mitigation agency said, as panicked residents fled to safer areas.The epicentre of the quake was six kilometres (3.73 miles) northeast of Majene city at a depth of 10 kilometres.Initial information from the country's disaster mitigation agency showed that four people had died and 637 others were injured in Majene, while there were three more fatalities and two dozen injured in the neighbouring area of Mamuju. 1/10 Strong earthquake in Indonesia's Sulawesi kills at least 7, injures hundreds Previous Next Show Captions Rescuers remove rubble as they search for survivors at the Mitra Manakarra hospital in Mamuju city on Friday where as many as 20 patients and staff are trapped beneath the rubble after the hospital was flattened when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island. (AFP photo) Residents inspect earthquake-damaged houses in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP photo) Rescuers search
