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By Marla Jo Fisher The Orange County Register I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it’s Christmas Day. This is an important day in our country, because it’s when many people are inundated with gifts, some of which they take one look at and go, “Huh?” Then, they quickly recover and thank the giver wholeheartedly, while looking around for a gift receipt. I once wrote a story about the worst Christmas gifts anyone had ever received, and it made me laugh out loud. My personal favorite was the guy who told me his family had...
An analysis of studies of the effects of lockdowns on COVID-19 mortality has just been released by a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University, and their conclusion is depressing. “Our study finds that lockdowns had little to no effect in reducing COVID-19 mortality,” they wrote. “However, lockdowns during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic have had devastating effects.” One of the papers reviewed by the Johns Hopkins researchers, “COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Global Lockdown and Its Far-Reach...
The leak of a draft United States Supreme Court ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which would overturn past court precedents in favor of leaving abortion laws to the states, has ignited intense political debate over the future of abortion laws and the institution of the Supreme Court itself. This is a polarizing issue — including among our own editorial board — and we anticipate a lot of understandably heated rhetoric from activists, partisans and politicians on each side...
Walter Williams, one of the world’s greatest champions of liberty, passed away last week at the age of 84. His life and ideas, often expressed in his newspaper columns published in Clovis and Portales for decades, will never be forgotten. Born in Philadelphia on March 21, 1936 and raised in the Richard Allen housing projects, Williams never allowed himself to be a victim of his circumstances. Williams always believed in the value of hard work and the fundamental promise of America. After being drafted into the military, W...
