You used to have to be a person to be a racist. Now anything can be racist. Even inanimate objects. Statues. Flags. Theatrical makeup. Sports teams. Instant rice. Pancake syrup. What’s next, cotton swabs? Nope. Well, maybe. Until then, we have rope knots. Nooses, to be exact. As the method[…] Read On
In light of recent events and how one cowardly CEO and politician after another is kowtowing to the social justice mob, I thought it’d be cool to go back to a column I wrote seven years ago to see how identity politics and cancel culture got started and why such[…] Read On
I’ll try to write slowly so everyone can follow along, particularly those who can’t seem to distinguish between peaceful protests by concerned citizens and destructive riots by professional agitators. And by “everyone,” I mean virtue signaling wimps who happen to run many of America’s biggest cities, and the mainstream media[…] Read On
We keep hearing from the media that governors who want to reopen the economy are prioritizing money over lives. What they’re really doing is putting the long-term health and prosperity of the nation ahead of virtue signaling and political talking points. Let me tell you, that takes guts and smart[…] Read On
Watching last week’s democratic debate between two old white guys I was struck by how often the word crisis came up. I counted at least six different times: there was Trump, climate and, of course, coronavirus. Also student loan debt, women’s rights and authoritarianism. Had the debate gone longer, I’m[…] Read On
Sick of hearing about coronavirus 24×7? Join the club. I mean, how can you not panic with wall-to-wall news coverage telling you not to panic while inundating you with countless doomsday scenarios and obsessive routines to remind you that, should you happen to let just one lousy microbe live and[…] Read On
After watching our favorite new show (new to us, anyway), Bad Girls, the wife puts on Fox News. I pour us some more chardonnay before heading down to the dungeon to work. On my way out, I catch a clip of a doctor talking coronavirus with Shannon Bream. I’m instantly[…] Read On