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What's Going On With Black and Hispanic Women?
One question emerging from the presidential election exit polls is the disconnect between Black men and women and Hispanic men and women.
Donald Trump received support from 21% of Black men and 7% of Black women, a disparity of 14 points. He got support from 54% of Hispanic men and 39% of Hispanic women, a disparity of 15 points.
There was ...Read more
Democratic Party Monopoly on the Black Vote Is Over
Dean of the nation's political analysts, Michael Barone, sat down with The Wall Street Journal to discuss the 2024 election.
The headline that emerged from that discussion was "Donald Trump's Rainbow Coalition," noting that the monopoly of the Democratic Party over the nation's Black vote seems to be over.
If this is true, and it indeed ...Read more
To Get Rid of Woke, Understand How It Got Started
Coincident with Donald Trump's electoral victory, increasing numbers of America's corporations are backing off their DEI -- diversity, equity, inclusion -- programs.
Trump opposition to DEI is clear, and J.D. Vance's bold opposition to this agenda was one of the reasons for his selection as Trump's running mate.
As the Trump transition team ...Read more
Young, Black, Hispanic Americans Would Opt Out of Social Security Even If It Wasn't Broken
I pull the following directly from the summary of the 2024 annual reports of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees:
"The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund (that is, Social Security) will be able to pay 100 percent of total scheduled benefits until 2033, unchanged from last year's report. At that time, the fund's ...Read more
What Happened? What's Next?
Two weeks ago, I wrote, "There seems to be only one thing about which all Americans agree ... that something is very wrong in our nation."
My point then was that all the polling data has been pointing in one direction -- Americans of all persuasions are not happy with what's happening in and the direction of our country.
Now we see, despite ...Read more
What's Wrong in Our Nation?
As we move to the conclusion of this election cycle, there seems to be only one thing about which all Americans agree.
That is, that something is very wrong in our nation.
In the latest Gallup polling, only 22% say they are satisfied with the direction of the country. The highest this has been over the last 16 years was 45% back in February ...Read more
How Iran Steals Its Citizens' Wealth to Finance Terror
The Fraser Institute in Vancouver, Canada, just published, for 2024, its annual Economic Freedom of the World Report.
There are many ideas about what freedom means.
Economic freedom, which the Fraser Institute focuses on, is of key and central importance. It is about the extent to which individuals have control of their economic life.
It's ...Read more
Why, In Our Free Country, Do We Lack Education Freedom?
What issue could be more important to a nation's future than education?
A country is about people. How Americans act, work, think, choose -- live -- reflects their values.
K-12 education, of course, is about learning to read and do math. This is what we measure in test scores.
But education is a lot more than acquisition of technical skills...Read more
Black Clergy Speak Out for Israel
On Monday, Oct. 7, my organization, CURE, Center for Urban Renewal and Education, co-hosted with Michigan Lighthouse Ministries a press conference with more than 50 pastors from across the State of Michigan, noting the atrocities committed last year by Hamas terrorists against Israeli citizens and expressing solidarity with the State of Israel...Read more
How We Cope Shows Men and Women Are Different
I reported last week about the decided move of young women to the political left and away from the religious affiliation of their childhood.
But these measures, at least in the short run, do not appear to be relevant to the success young women are having in day-to-day living in America.
By measures such as work and academic achievement, ...Read more
Why Are More Young Women Than Young Men Moving Left?
It's not news that young people are further on the left of the political spectrum than older generations.
Of unique interest now is that the movement to the left is more disproportionate among young women than young men.
As a nation we should know this is happening and try to understand why.
Women, traditionally, have been the stabilizing ...Read more
An Important New Book About Reagan and the Presidency
Coincident with the new movie, "Reagan," is the release of an important new book about the Reagan presidency.
Ken Khachigian, chief speechwriter for Ronald Reagan from his presidential campaign in 1980 to the conclusion of his second term in 1988, has just published his memoirs from those years. The book, "Behind Closed Doors: In the Room ...Read more