Someone recently told me that a boycott will be organized, in the area where I live, against individuals and businesses who voted for Donald Trump. In a way, such an idea is funny. When you live in a hard core … Continue reading
Category: Society & Culture
‘Yes, Master’ Says the Compliant John McCain to a Fawning Media
Beware of a politician stating the obvious. U.S. Senator John McCain said that in order to “preserve democracy” you must have a free press. He says that without it he’s “afraid we would lose so much of our individual liberties … Continue reading
Religious Totalitarianism at Georgetown University: Where’s the Outrage?
Feminist opponents of President Donald Trump protest in the streets because Trump said lewd things about a woman’s body when he didn’t know he was being taped. Yet imagine what would happen if President Trump, or one of his supporters, … Continue reading
With Freedom of Speech, No Ideas Are Ever “Dangerous”
Everywhere you turn these days, someone claims someone else’s ideas are “dangerous.” Latest example: Santa Clara University students hoping to form a chapter of Turning Point USA were denied by their peers after claims the nonprofit organization stands against “humanity.” … Continue reading
Is Immigration to America an Entitlement?
The rage and controversy over President Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban” rests on a single premise: That everyone has a right to become a United States citizen. According to the collectivist/socialist/Communist paradigm, it is indeed the truth. The Communist ideology holds … Continue reading
Beneath the anti-Trump Rage is an Irrational Fear of Freedom
Why do so many people on the left side of political matters express “fear” whenever you disagree with them? A reader told me “[A girl] I was friends with in high school (who ended up getting a PhD from Berkeley … Continue reading
Wave of Suicides at Columbia University: More Evidence P.C. Kills
A disturbing wave of seven suicides and likely drug overdoses has swept through Columbia University so far this school year — and students say cutthroat academics and inadequate campus counseling programs are in large part to blame. The student deaths … Continue reading
How We Romanticize Immigration
When I visited the top of the new World Trade Center last week, I had a bird’s eye view of Ellis Island. It made me think of how most Americans romanticize immigration. “Give me your tired, your hungry, your weary,” … Continue reading
Muslim Ban, Terrorism Ban: What’s the Difference?
President Donald Trump Friday signed an executive action that instituted new vetting procedures “to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America.” “We don’t want them here,” Trump said in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon … Continue reading
Why So Many Loved Her
It’s not about the actress. It’s about the characters she played. Mary Tyler Moore was best known for the characters of Laura Petrie on The Dick van Dyke Show, and Mary Richards on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. What did … Continue reading
Why Feminism and “Women’s Marches” Are So Pitiful
The whole concept of a “women’s march” implies that women, as a group, are at war with some other group — presumably men. Such a group-think kind of mentality is the epitome of poor mental health and irrationality. That’s why … Continue reading
Bye Bye, Barack
Bye Bye, Barack. And thanks for nothing. Actually, thanks for a whole lot less than nothing. Thanks for telling the inventors, achievers and innovators of history that they “didn’t build that,” when they did. Thanks for blaming Americans for the … Continue reading