- Crime rates are falling; crime is not a national emergency; Why do people think otherwise?
- Republicans criticize Democrats for what they are doing now;
- Why do Republicans think there is so much fraud and abuse everywhere?
- Why “doing your own research” is not plausible;
- JD Vance and cafeteria religion;
- Why do Christians presume they have the advantage in the Supreme Court?
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Once again people, crime rates are *falling*. They’ve been falling since the 1990s, except for a blip aligned with the pandemic. There is no emergency in the way conservatives insist.
Vox, Bryan Walsh 24 May 2025: Something remarkable is happening with violent crime rates in the US, subtitled “Americans remained scared of violent crime. The numbers tell a different story.”
The astounding drop in violent crime that began in the 1990s and extended through the mid-2010s is one of the most important — and most underappreciated — good news stories of recent memory. That made its reversal during the pandemic so worrying.
