EveryoneDownplaysJan. 6, Blame the Feds for Adderall Shortage

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Conservative: Everyone Downplays Jan. 6

CNNs Stephen Collinson is quite irked that Americans are more worried about inflation and grocery prices than the events of January 6 and the continuing nonsensical claim that Donald Trump was the true 2020 winner, notes National Reviews Jim Geraghty. Then again, Democratsarent pushing the Jan. 6 issue, as ad-tracking firm AdImpac says only $2.7 million has gone for Jan. 6 broadcast-TV ads in House races out of $163 million total. If Democrats dont think its worthwhile to focus on January 6as the country experiences its second year of runaway inflation, why should anyone else?

Libertarian: Blame the Feds for Adderall Shortage

The Food and Drug Administration just announced theres a shortage of Adderall, used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. But it missed one important detail: the government’s own role in the shortage, reports Reasons Joe Lancaster. During the pandemic, ADHD diagnoses skyrocketed, with doctors allowed to prescribe via telemedicine and the sudden shift to Zoom schooling revealing to parents hyperactivity and inattentiveness that may otherwise have gone unnoticed. Yet the feds wont lift the limit on the amount of Adderall allowed to be produced. Capping a controlled substances supply does not remove demand. Users simply look elsewhere, including more unsavory sources. Untreated, ADHD can cause a child to fall behind in school, and adults’ job performance may suffer. So its bad news shortages may persist until March.

From the right: Prezs Pot-Pardon Problem

Even Democrats might question the timing of President Bidens decision to pardon thousands of people convicted of pot possession, observes The Wall Street Journals Jason L. Riley, since doing so might help advance the GOP narrative about Dems coddling criminals. Yet Bidens move also helps push the Dems own message the war on drugs has led to the mass incarceration of people who are disproportionately black and is therefore racist. Only one problem: That narrative ignores the role that black community leaders and the black press played a half-century ago in getting tougher drug laws passed. Besides: Releasing drug offenders wont do much of anything to address the racial imbalance among inmates, who are largely people imprisoned for violent crimes, since blacks are about 13% of the US population yet around one-third of those arrested for violent crimes.

Culture critic: The Fiery Flag From Fahrenheit

Its nuts to think some people believe throwing soup at great art will win converts to any cause, but whats worse is, they might be right, laments TK News Matt Taibbi. Two Just Stop Oil climate activists hurled tomato soup at van Goghs Sunflowers at Londons National Gallery. Fahrenheit 451, which paints a picture of a future in which basic human instincts for love, kindness, and decency are obliterated by utopian politics and people are not merely indifferent to art but hate and fear it, to the point of taking pride in destroying it ( and liquidating its admirers), warned us about this. Arts power, after all, usually has little connection to politics and everything to do with enhancing the individuals ability to appreciate life and be sensitive to its possibilities. Modern culture has been so lousy at producing art and literature, but weirdly terrific at forgetting, burning, destroying, and unperson-ing.

Crime watch: Dems Cant Escape Their Record

Try as they might, Democrats cant run away from their home-grown defund the police movement, counts John Feehery at The Hill. And being on the right side of the crime and punishment issue will help propel Republicans to victory. In Pennsylvania, for instance, Dem Senate wannabe John Fettermans record of letting violent criminals out of jail doesnt play well in crime-ridden Philadelphia or anywhere else in the Quaker State. Even in the Pacific Northwest, the desire for law and order is making Democrats think twice about voting for other long-time Democrats. Most polls find crime a top issue of concern for voters. This doesnt bode well for Democrats who have grown soft on crime.

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