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^{Wesley J. Smith
February 17, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Biden Administration’s ‘Free Crack Pipe’ Scheme Hurts the Homeless and Harms Society

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 17, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

President Joe Biden should change his name to “President Woke.” In the newest example of his administration’s hard-left governing philosophy, they planned to offer nonprofit organizations federal grants to give drug paraphernalia to addicts, an idea that goes under the name of “harm reduction.” Read More ›

Drug abuse with people sharing the same syringe

^{Debra J. Saunders
December 2, 2021
Economics}

No, Safe Injection Sites Aren’t Safe

_{Debra J. Saunders
December 2, 2021
Economics}

Tuesday New York City opened two safe injection sites in a bid to prevent overdose deaths, which have skyrocketed in America. Here’s why it’s a bad idea. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
November 2, 2021
Economics}

President of Orange County Rescue Mission Explains Homelessness

_{Caitlin Bassett
November 2, 2021
Economics}

The Orange County Rescue Mission is the largest non-profit faith-based organization in the Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties. Incredibly, it houses 500-600 people within their many facilities at any given time and serves over 19,800 people in the community. Read More ›

close up of addict woman and drug syringes

^{Caitlin Bassett
October 20, 2021
Economics}

The Real Zombie Apocalypse

_{Caitlin Bassett
October 20, 2021
Economics}

The likelihood of a zombie apocalypse like the ones portrayed in movies and TV shows is slim to say the least, but in the slums of some of America's largest cities, it seems the apocalypse is already upon us. Only it's not a virus or a curse turning people into walking shells of their former selves – it's drug addiction. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
October 20, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Seattle, Another Dysfunctional City

_{Debra J. Saunders
October 20, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

“Familiar faces” is a term used for Seattle’s prolific offenders in the criminal justice system, writes Scott Lindsay in Crosscut, where he considers how two candidates for city attorney would deal with these repeat offenders. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2021
Economics, Human Exceptionalism}

A Tale of Two Cities

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2021
Economics, Human Exceptionalism}

We hear much about individual “rights” these days, but very little about personal responsibilities. That’s untenable. Our freedom to exercise the former cannot long exist without accepting our duty to fulfill the latter. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 26, 2021
Economics}

The Invisible Asylum

_{Christopher Rufo
March 26, 2021
Economics}

The story of American deinstitutionalization has become familiar. In a long arc—from President Kennedy’s Community Mental Health Act of 1963 to the present—federal and state governments dismantled mental asylums and released the psychiatrically disturbed into the world. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
December 15, 2020
Economics}

Homelessness

_{Christopher Rufo
December 15, 2020
Economics}

This short film will help you understand the homeless and poverty crisis from the inside-out — what drives it, what perpetuates it, and why nothing seems to help. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
October 2, 2020
Economics}

“Safe Injection Sites” Aren’t Safe, Effective or Wise. Just Ask Canadians

_{Christopher Rufo
October 2, 2020
Economics}

If you've never heard of "safe injection sites" — public facilities for drug users to consume heroin, fentanyl and methamphetamine under the supervision of medical staff — you probably will soon. In cities such as Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco, drug legalization activists have launched a campaign to create such sites. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
August 3, 2020
Economics}

Chaos by the Bay

_{Christopher Rufo
August 3, 2020
Economics}

San Francisco has become plagued by homelessness, addiction, and property crime. In this short documentary, I investigate what went wrong — how one of the world's most prosperous cities has become a haven of public disorder. Read More ›