DEI, the new CRT Not long ago, Whites scurried across the country like Chicken Littles. They warned that Critical Race Theory (CRT) was a greater anathema to high-school education than slavery to democratic values.” I duly decried their racist hypocrisy in commentaries like “Maddening Critical Race Theory Turning Suburban Moms into Jan 6-Style Insurrectionists” on February 12, 2022,… Read more.
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Racists Force Gay, Harvard’s First Black President, to Resign
Gay resigns On December 6, I published the blog post “Calls for Presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT to Resign: Sexism, Racism, and Hypocrisy.” Today, Harvard President Claudine Gay became the second forced to resign, despite the glaring sexism, racism, and hypocrisy from her critics. Harvard President Claudine Gay announced Tuesday she is stepping down just six months into her… Read more.
NFL Fans Booing Taylor Swift Hint at Why She’s Bad for the Game
Fans boo Swift Remarkably, the biggest story in the NFL this season has nothing to do with the game. Instead, it has everything to do with the budding relationship between pop star Taylor Swift and tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs. Every game Swift attends becomes more about her than the game. This holds even when fans… Read more.
Calls for Presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT to Resign: Sexism, Racism, and Hypocrisy
On December 5, the presidents from Harvard, Penn, and MIT testified at a congressional hearing on the rise of antisemitism on their campuses. Everyone expected them to field questions from those politicians with ease, like professors fielding questions from their students. University presidents failed That’s why everyone was shocked when one simple question made them all look so… Read more.
Elon Musk Reinstates Alex Jones on X – Giving Advertisers the Finger
Musk reinstates Jones on X Elon Musk proved long ago that he is to business what Donald Trump is to politics. Both revel in defying norms and conventional wisdom. Yesterday, Musk proved it again by reinstating Alex Jones on X, formerly Twitter. Jones gained infamy by spreading wild conspiracies, including that: a “New World Order” is… Read more.
‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ Is Racist?
‘Charlie Brown’ I was happy to grow beyond my childhood fantasies and rituals. Indeed, it felt like a rite of passage. I stopped believing in the Bible, the Tooth Fairy, and Santa Claus and no longer had to attend Church. But I don’t mind admitting that I never grew out of watching Charlie Brown. This enduring interest stems from the indelible impression Franklin made on… Read more.
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China Forces Apple to Cancel Jon Stewart
Apple doing China’s bidding ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ will not come back to Apple TV+ for a third season, bringing a surprise and sudden end to the increasingly popular show led by the former Daily Show host. … He told staff that the company had concerns about the subject matter Stewart planned for three… Read more.
Columbus Day Is Now Indigenous Peoples’ Day
In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue [Blah blah blah] If, like me, you attended primary school in the 1960s or 1970s, you probably had to learn to recite the poem “In 1492” in its entirety. Teachers taught this poem with no compunction about the cultural annihilation and plunder it glorifies. Christopher Columbus, the disoriented explorer… Read more.
Pamela Anderson Going Makeup-Free Shows ‘Courage’?
Why is makeup-free Pamela Anderson a revolutionary? The models strutting skeletal bodies draped in haute couture usually make news at fashion shows. They parade the vanity and artificiality the fashion industry propagates with the zeal of a religious cult. That’s why it takes a vision to behold for anyone merely watching these shows to upstage the models on the catwalk. Yet, that is… Read more.