Starbucks is closing its doors. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

In the face of record crime, Starbucks has announced the closure of 16 stores in five cities, Seattle, LA, Portland, Philadelphia, and D.C.

The reason, according to CEO Howard Schultz, is that these cities have, quote, abdicated their responsibility, fighting crime, and addressing mental health, leading retail

partners to repeated concerns over their own personal safety.

Starbucks, he continued as a window into America.

We're facing things which the stores were not built for.

Well, given Starbucks outspoken support for progressive candidates who lead these cities,

it's easy to think the coffee giant should sleep in the bed that it helped to make. As National Review reports, Starbucks did pledge over

a hundred million in social justice grants over the last few years, and individual stores

have become hubs of left-wing causes from trans rights to climate change. Basic law enforcement

is about the reality of the human condition. When Proverbs says whoever

shows injustice will reap calamity, well, that goes for individuals and entire cities. Social justice

is trendy, but pushing hip causes is only possible if there's actual justice in the first place.

I'm John Stone Street.