Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.
And you have every reason to fear that another one might be in your midst, lying in wait to do the same. I explained why in commentaries like “New Normal Comes to New York City…,” October 21, 2017, and “Norway’s Timothy McVeigh Perpetrates National Massacre,” July 23, 2011. The latter includes this excerpt: ____________________ What… Read more.
Congress intended affirmative action in school admission and workplace hiring to help poor Black folks. Yet, it has helped rich White women most of all. Affirmative action for rich white students This deviant strain of affirmative action shows its perverse impact is worse than generally realized. It is a narrative ripped from a Hollywood script, and, fittingly, it… Read more.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is the homeland ‘only of the Jewish people,’ in a new jab at the country’s Arab minority ahead of April’s election. … Arabs comprise about 20 percent of Israel’s 9 million residents. They have full citizenship rights but have faced decades of discrimination. (The Associated Press, March 10, 2019)… Read more.
The menace of police officers killing (unarmed) black men has become a tragic feature of American life. Unfortunately, the way black activists react to these killings not only compounds but actually reinforces this feature. Notably, they rush to make martyrs of these dead black men. This perverse ritual invariably has them holding street protests —… Read more.
Men have been making a mess of politics since time immemorial. Therefore, this turnabout would be not only fair play but also consistent with the Einsteinian imperative to stop the insanity that defines politics worldwide. I have been advocating for this role reversal most of my adult life. I have also written many commentaries like… Read more.
Michael Steele is the former chairman of the Republican National Committee. This is why the role he’s playing these days is so striking. He is wandering across the American media landscape as President Trump’s most earnest and prophetic critic. This latter description is particularly noteworthy because it compels allusions to John the Baptist. You see,… Read more.
Maduro Holds onto Power in Venezuela Venezuela is reeling under President Maduro’s leadership. He’s ruling more like an autocratic tyrant than a socialist revolutionary. Venezuela’s interim president, Juan Guaido, has announced his intention of returning to his homeland [today] from Ecuador, a move that would likely result in his arrest by Venezuelan authorities. … Last… Read more.
Ha! We should be so lucky. According to the February 23 edition of Vox, here’s the big deal about this Green New Deal: It refers, in the loosest sense, to a massive program of investments in clean-energy jobs and infrastructure, meant to transform not just the energy sector, but the entire economy. It is meant… Read more.
