Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
When Angela Davis, a domestic terrorist, wrote, “Racialized Punishment and Prison Abolition”, she began by extensively citing an ex-Marxist French philosopher. “Michel Foucault’s ‘Discipline and Punish’ is arguably the most influential text in contemporary studies of the prison system,” she argued while crediting herself with an analysis of the “racial implications” of his ideas. There … Read more
There is an interesting development in the controversy at Stanford Law School where U.S. Circuit Court Judge Kyle Duncan was shouted down by law students and condemned by a law school dean for discussing his conservative judicial views. Student protesters reportedly published the names of students in the Federalist Society online as part of their … Read more
There’s a common misconception that immigration “takes away” jobs from Americans. Yet, in the age of remote work, that’s less true than ever. On the contrary, restricting immigration can actually result in jobs leaving the U.S., a new survey of human resources professionals at top corporate employers reveals. The Envoy Global-Cint survey finds that “86% … Read more
I recently wrote how public educators and unions were methodically killing public education. The best example this week comes from New York where a school board committee has solved the dismal math and reading scores for children in the system . . . they lowered the standards. This is not the first system to gut … Read more
The bare winter fields, endless piney woods, leafless orchards, and hardwood bottoms pass in a blur under the grey winter skies. Each year, the lead-up to the growing season finds my colleagues and I in a truck along the backroads of Georgia for what will be the first of many days over a two-month stretch … Read more
The recent controversies over politically correct rewrites of James Bond novels and Roald Dahl’s children’s books highlights just how dependent a woke culture industry is on the works of dead white men, like Dahl, Fleming and Tolkien, who were anything but politically correct. Or even living, but currently politically incorrect white women, like J.K. Rowling. … Read more
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Last week the Senate Democrat majority was hospitalized with Senator John Fetterman dispatched to a psych ward and Senator Dianne Feinstein, who doesn’t seem to know where she is, hospitalized for shingles. Fetterman and Feinstein didn’t let being hospitalized slow them down and went right on co-sponsoring bills even though the former had to be … Read more
I once saw a social media post making fun of people opposed to Critical Race Theory (CRT). It read, “I don’t know what Critical Race Theory is, but I’m against it.” The truth of the matter is that CRT is difficult to sum up, and so it has been hard for most people to understand … Read more
The US Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect program is busily repeating the mistakes of a century ago, for precisely the same politically motivated reasons. The 2022 Infrastructure and Investment and Jobs Act allocates $47.5 billion to fund broadband internet connectivity to the hinterland. The ReConnect program assures us that “e-connectivity for all rural Americans is a … Read more
Why are Democrats so bad at running cities? Frank Rizzo was no surprise. After presiding over a reign of brutality as superintendent of police in Philadelphia in the late 1960s, he was twice elected mayor of that perennially misgoverned city and probably would have been elected to a third term if the city council hadn’t … Read more
Hoping to quell controversy over its practices, a local Temple of Moloch has announced plans to host a “family-friendly” child sacrifice event next weekend. Leaders at the temple hope that the addition of fun activities for kids will help the cult shed the unpleasant image that comes with slaughtering children as an act of worship. … Read more
While the Biden administration has been busy encouraging and funding the Israeli protest movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms, it has also launched a far more potentially dangerous and lethal attempt to destabilize the leading military power in the Middle East. The wave of domestic protests in Israel comes on the heels … Read more
Despite being armed with respectable PhDs, published papers, and bowties, historians remain stumped that kids throughout history didn’t commit suicide despite having no access to gender surgery. They expressed astonishment that high rates of child suicide only exist in the country graciously offering gender surgeries to minors. “We’ve pored over manuscripts, scrolls, hieroglyphs, petroglyphs, and … Read more
TikTok launched a beguiling new filter last week that promises to turn every user into the most flawless version of themselves. While some social-media influencers reveled in their goddess-like transformations, many users recoiled at the dramatic disparity between their real and artificial appearances. “Catfishing to the next level,” female TikToker Malene Pedersen captioned on a … Read more
The good news is that there are fewer teenage drivers on the road these days. The bad news is that the culture that has given us fewer teenage drivers is a disordered culture of screen addiction, safety obsession, and helicopter parenting. Parents everywhere wonder why their high schoolers or college freshmen have no interest in … Read more
The abortion drug Mifepristone (Mifeprex) entered the U.S. market in 2000. For the past two decades, the drug’s official labeling stated some permutation of the following: Mifeprex…Administration must be under the supervision of a qualified physician –and– Mifeprex may be administered only in a clinic, medical office, or hospital, by or under the supervision of … Read more
Sowell has an amazing ability to communicate timeless truths succinctly. Economics is often referred to as “the dismal science,” but few have done more in history to help its reputation than Thomas Sowell. The 92-year-old economist has authored more than 45 books, including bestsellers such as Basic Economics, Black Rednecks and White Liberals, and Economic … Read more
WASHINGTON (TND) — For decades, one of the bottlenecks when driving on a family vacation was the toll booths dotting the highways. Families would carry a lot of change to toss into the coin baskets. Or they would get stuck in a line waiting for a toll booth attendant. The introduction of toll transponders was … Read more
Good Lord…. Related PostsWhat Elephant? The Media Again Buries A Hunter Biden Scandal on Foreign Deals During the Biden Vice Presidency Carjacking victims told to pay DC tickets racked up by the criminals who took their car Trump is responsible for one of Biden’s worst nominees being confirmed What a Lot of Nonsense White Supremacy … Read more
For such a big nation, America’s politics have gotten very small. The contiguous 48 states of our country have a population density of something like 105 people per square mile. Add in Hawaii and Alaska (which itself is bigger than Texas, California, and Montana combined) and the number drops all the way down to about … Read more
How do we educate our students for freedom? After all, many of them arrive in college today believing that the United States is systematically oppressive, hopelessly unjust, and that there is not much worth celebrating or defending about our country (or so they have been taught). So I often start my class by asking them … Read more
Student loan debt has almost quadrupled over the last two decades and is now far outpacing auto loans and credit card debt in the U.S., according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. More than $1.7 trillion in student loans could turn into a debt crisis for America, which raises the question: Do all … Read more
“Be not conformed to this age,” St. Paul warned the Romans, implying that Christians ought to fit a bit uncomfortably in this world. This discord shines forth brilliantly in office breakrooms across America on Ash Wednesday every year as someone inevitably brings in a king cake and invites colleagues to join in consuming it. The … Read more
The senior-citizen membership organization has taken some positions that aren’t good for senior citizens. Behind its never-ending feel-good marketing campaigns, AARP, formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, is a multi-billion-dollar organization that spends millions lobbying Congress and state legislatures — making the organization an influence-peddling powerhouse. Though the group boasts 38 million … Read more