Plus: The Chicago Gun Myth
| | Happy Saturday from Washington, home to one of the leftist uprisings in the nation’s newsrooms. Read all about it in Fred Lucas’ intriguing piece on this media trend. Plus: coronavirus restrictions apparently are only for some of us; Chicago’s lame excuse for its bloody streets; young America’s dangerous embrace of socialism; and how boundless opportunity fares in the land of the free. On this date in 1961, the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park, first in an eventual chain, opens on 212 acres in Arlington, Texas. Have a great weekend.
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| | News | | 7 Woke Rebellions in America’s Newsrooms | | | By Fred Lucas
After more than 280 reporters and editors at The Wall Street Journal signed a stinging letter to the publisher criticizing the newspaper’s conservative opinion pages, the editorial board fired back: “We are not The New York Times.” | | More |
Commentary | | The Chicago Gun Myth | | | By David Harsanyi
California borders on states with liberal gun laws, such as Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon. Yet no big city in California has quite the murder and criminality of Chicago. | | More |
Commentary | | The COVID-19 Double Standard | | | By Star Parker
The same public officials who tell us to keep our kids at home; who tell us not to pray in church, as we have always prayed; who limit our places of work and livelihood look the other way, often with approval, as hooligans tear apart our cities. | | More |
Commentary | | America: Still the Land of Opportunity for All | | | By Alexander Jelloian
If we’ve learned one thing from the demonstrations and riots that followed the death of George Floyd in police custody, it’s that Americans, particularly younger Americans, don’t appreciate the great history of their country. | | More |
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