In Columbia University’s student newspaper, four members of the school’s student Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board call on professors to be more sensitive when teaching provocative or controversial material… such as the Roman classical poet Ovid. Ovid is best known for … Continue reading
As Obama’s endless time in office drags on, he seems increasingly candid about just how much he loathes any form of disagreement or opposition. At a summit on poverty, the president is quoted as saying: I think that the effort … Continue reading
The road to hell is paved with a single word. A word that expresses a corruption in concepts and thinking almost too horrendous to explicitly name. The latest horror? Fox News commentator Juan Williams’ recent rant about how Pam Geller, … Continue reading
From the U.K. Daily Mail on 5/6/15: The dimmer could be turned on the bright lights of New York City as the Big Apple is facing pressure to remove its iconic oversized billboards from Times Square. A 2012 federal transportation … Continue reading
A typical conversation between a psychotherapist, such as myself, and a client, will go like this: Client: “My husband (or wife) makes me feel this way.” Or: “My boss makes me feel like an incompetent person.” Or: “My mother used … Continue reading
In the aftermath of the Garland, Texas, shootings at The Muhammad Art Exhibit & Contest, Pamela Geller, contest organizer and president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative, an anti-Islamic organization, was interviewed by CNN. In the interview, Geller’s opponent repeatedly … Continue reading
HuffingtonPost.com reports: Two men were shot dead after opening fire outside an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in Garland, Texas on Sunday. The two men fired towards the Curtis Culwell Center and hit security guard Bruce Joiner, who … Continue reading
Baltimore’s top prosecutor acted swiftly, charging six officers in the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered a grave spinal injury as he was arrested and put into a police transport van, handcuffed and without a seat belt. [Maryland] State’s Attorney … Continue reading
To criticize Islam — or even Islamic terrorism — puts one at risk for being labeled “Islamophobic.” In Canada and elsewhere, there are laws against expressing opinions the authorities consider to be “Islamophobic.” I’d like to coin my own disease … Continue reading
I wrote this article right after the de Blasio fiasco in New York City, and before the recent Baltimore fiasco. It applies to both of them; along with the next one. They’re all caused by the toxicity of so-called progressive … Continue reading
Nothing happens in a vacuum. It’s easy enough to call the rioters in Baltimore “thugs;” and it’s entirely true. But when they take the actions they do, they are acting on ideas. Personally, they are acting on their own impulses … Continue reading
Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake made a stunning admission Saturday in the aftermath of violent protests over the recent death of Freddie Gray, saying she wanted to give space to those “who wished to destroy.” “I’ve made it very clear that … Continue reading