Do many Americans understand that it is not only the US federal civil service that works against American citizens in behalf of DEI policies and a Woke agenda? It is also state and local bureaucrats, and perhaps as well your child’s doctor and school teacher. Rights have been taken…
In 2016, a reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise “subverted expectations” by turning up the girlpower: rather than four men, it would be Kristen Wiig and her friends saving NYC from the Marshmallow Man (and presumably battling the Patriarchy at the same time). Audiences were underwhelmed. The film grossed a modest $229M…
Will Rodgers once said, “It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.” One way or another we have all been given this sage advice, and some of us have learned the lesson the hard way. Reputation is everything. Except for…
We are finding out that the world built in the shadow of World War II doesn’t work. What’s termed the international rules-based order is a failure. As Cormac McCarthy wrote in No Country for Old Men, “if the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?” The…
Home ownership is at the core of our civilization — can it be saved? Home ownership is declining across the West. In America, the rate continues to fall, down 3.5 percentage points since its peak. Australia is down 3 points, Great Britain is down nearly 7 points since, and so on.
Quality-free education and racial bean counting are still with us. While numerous changes are needed to improve our faltering education system, eliminating the concept of “equity” should perhaps be at the top of the list. Grading for Equity, written by Joe Feldman, a former teacher,…
I raise the question in the title because the Russian media looks askance at what it labels “a rise in the popularity of right-wing forces” in “recent elections in three EU countries.” The Russian media describes as “right-wing” the awakened ethnic nationalities–the French of France, the Germans of Germany–as “right-wing.” But…
A strange thing developing in pseudo-intellectual circles is the defense of expertise, by which is meant the defense of credentialism. People long on credentials, but short on practical knowledge and experience, are demanding they get the respect they deserve as experts in their respective fields. Nathan Cofnas is the…
Senator Lindsey Graham has been the target of criticism on the former Twitter for his recent trip to Ukraine. The gist of it is that Graham seems to find more time for other countries than he does for his own people. One user wrote: Dear @LindseyGrahamSC, Can you to…
Joan Didion’s 1968 Slouching Towards Bethlehem reflected on fragmentation of society and morality. Slouching, the idea of reluctantly and somewhat aimlessly getting to a “better place” is often referenced, not by realists or sincere critics, but by unhappy progressives, terribly concerned that we aren’t getting there soon enough. When it comes…
