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Blame game often follows political violence

A heavily armed California man was caught trying to storm the White House correspondents' dinner Saturday with the apparent intent to kill the president. It didn't take long for Washington to start arguing. Democrats denounce violent rhetoric from the right, but the alleged assailant seemed to be inspired by his own rhetoric. President Trump, after initially offering some unifying remarks about defending free speech, soon started accusing the press of encouraging violence against him. Critics pounced on the hypocrisy. The argument about hypocrisy isn't about mere inconsistency. The ...

Backlash is creating a data center buildability crisis across nation

The Maine legislature has passed the first statewide moratorium on data center construction in the country. Due to concerns about the effect on the grid and the environment, lawmakers want to pause mid-size and larger buildouts while the state studies the effects. The new law is a clear sign that political sentiment is shifting. States that once competed to attract data centers are starting to question if they can withstand the surge in energy demand during the AI boom. Targeting data centers addresses the symptom rather than the cause. The root of the problem is the ability to scale ...

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Colleges making political violence worse

The ranks of would-be presidential assassins are a cavalcade of losers, yet the latest shooter who set out to murder Donald Trump -- the man who opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Sunday -- turns out to have an elite educational background. Cole Allen is a graduate of CalTech, the prestigious California Institute of Technology. In the most recent City Journal college rankings, CalTech took the top spot for "value added to career," but languished at a dismal 95th place for "student ideological diversity." The rankings noted the school's "disproportionately ...

Who is to blame in latest attempt on President Trump’s life?

It would be amusing if it wasn't so serious. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and several other Democrats were on weekend programs calling for a toning down of the political conversation following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington. Jeffries went so far as to say we are all Americans. This after regularly denouncing the president in harsh tones. Another of the bad rhetorical offenders has been Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD). He has called the president an authoritarian who threatens the Constitution, rule of law and democracy. There are other ...