Memphis based Orpheum Theatre, whose stated mission is to “entertain, educate, and enlighten,” will no longer show the classic film, theater officials announced Friday. “The Orpheum cannot show a film that is insensitive to a large segment of its local … Continue reading
According to research by social psychologist Dr. Susan Fiske of Princeton University, scorn and hatred tend to be associated with a failure to attribute human qualities, such as thoughts and feelings, to the scorned individual or group. Another word for … Continue reading
Toppling statues is what totalitarian governments do. If Nazi Germany had won World War II, its officials would have purged government buildings of anything resembling Thomas Jefferson, George Washington or Abraham Lincoln and replaced them with politically correct statues. Communist … Continue reading
The solar eclipse today was wonderful. Not the eclipse itself, so much as the break from politics. Science is so much better than politics. Science deals with what is. It’s rational, predictable and intelligible. Politics does not have to be … Continue reading
I saw an interesting discussion on a Facebook thread recently. The question asked: “Is it censorship if I delete comments from my Facebook timeline?” The context for the question was clearly political, i.e., are you violating another’s individual rights by … Continue reading
It probably won’t ever happen. I understand that, and I understand the reasons why. So don’t think me naive. But I can still wish, can’t I? If you’re looking for reasons to stop fighting about politics, then ask your cohorts … Continue reading
Progressives and social justice warriors love to attack, belittle, moralize and blame. They talk about white supremacy movements as if they’re a clear and present danger to civilization. Of course such movements are evil and irrational. But they don’t pose … Continue reading
Don’t miss President Donald Trump’s press conference from today on the Charlottesville VA riots. He stood up to the media like no President in modern times. The media smears all conservatives, libertarians, and Republicans with the label “alt right”. The … Continue reading
Never-Trumper Republicans and Democrats alike complain that President Donald Trump is “not a leader”. Of course, Democrats consider a leader someone who does not merely bring people together, but forces them together through compulsive schemes like welfare, universal income, socialized … Continue reading
White supremacy — today’s rally in Charlottesville, VA — and black supremacy — Black Lives Matter — are based on the precise same error: The idea that race is supreme. My idea of race is the bridge of the Star … Continue reading
Google’s firing of engineer James Damore for the thought crime of “advancing harmful gender stereotypes” was a dreadful piece of smiley-faced fascism. Damore, as you’ve probably heard, had written an in-house memo protesting Google’s political “monoculture” that excludes conservative thought. … Continue reading
Many of us assume that companies run by left-wing zealots like Google, Facebook and Twitter are staffed entirely by similarly PC, left-wing zealots. A recent essay released by a Google employee suggests the truth is not so simple. A software … Continue reading