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
Our nation faces a fork in the road and a decision to either continue down the same path of systemic racism or to confront our past honestly. – Bree Newsome Systemic : fundamental to a predominant social, economic, or political practice Institutionalized : established as a common and accepted part of a[…] Read On
Proponents of inclusion say it’s cool to identify people of color, as long as it’s to help them get ahead and diversify the talent pool. Meanwhile, those same people say it’s bad to identify people of color as a means to help catch criminals that match a description or profile.[…] Read On
My father-in-law doesn’t believe think tanks are behind every spectacularly bad idea to come out of Washington. Just most of them. I believe he’s right. Have you noticed that the federal government is perpetually fixing things and making them way worse in the process? Health care. Education. Immigration. Mortgages. Student[…] Read On
Apparently the word “poli-tics” is derived from “poli,” meaning many, and “tics,” meaning blood sucking parasites. I can’t take credit for that one – it’s apparently been said by all sorts of notables from Robin Williams to Barry Goldwater Jr. (Hat tip to Andrew W.) Am I really that[…] Read On
Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Out to Get You – Anon There’s growing evidence that we are turning college students into paranoid schizophrenics with delusions of persecution. And that can’t be good. A few minutes into a recent talk by noted scholar Heather Mac Donald at Holy[…] Read On
You can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family. The same is true of your DNA and the circumstances into which you were born and raised. After that, you’re pretty much on your own. Whatever choices you make, however things turn out, it’s your life and you own[…] Read On