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Love in the time of fundraising Or Trump is just a grifter grifting as grifters grift. Because, even on Valentine’s Day, Trump thinks only suckers are into flowers blooming and hearts fluttering. Former President Trump wished former first lady Melania Trump a Happy Valentine’s Day on Wednesday by thanking her for her support throughout his various criminal cases.… Read more.
Australia Day Australia Day marks the 1788 landing of White settlers who colonized the Continent. But White Australians are finally reckoning with the historical fact that their ancestors did not discover Australia. Of course, White Americans have been facing a similar reckoning for decades. But it’s stupefying that it took Whites in America and Australia so long to recognize that their… Read more.
Black pride Many Black Americans insist on calling themselves African Americans. Yet, many know little about their American heritage, and even less about African ancestry. That might be because “Black pride” is about as ethereal and subjective as religious faith. Martin Luther King Jr. taught us the objective value of judging people not by the color of their skin… Read more.
Boxing Day: a Christmas hangover Today is Boxing Day. It’s a Christmas hangover holiday, which the countries of the British Commonwealth observe on December 26. However, like most British (‘bank’) holidays, it has no modern significance. It merely provides lazy Englishmen (and the people they ‘colonized’) a pretext for another day off from work. The historical hijinks of Boxing… Read more.
Seinfeld’s famous Festivus Playwrights have long used jesters to spotlight the folly in prevailing thoughts and customs. And they were doing so long before William Shakespeare patented this literary device. However, Jerry Seinfeld might be the first jester to employ this device. He did so by making “Festivus for the rest of us” the theme of… Read more.
Rise in antisemitism Let’s stand with Jews here and everywhere to combat the antisemitic violence now terrorizing them. History is flashing warnings to the world. Outbursts of antisemitism have often been harbingers of societies in deep trouble and omens that extremism and violence are imminent. So the wave of global hatred directed against Jews –… Read more.
‘Charlie Brown’ I was happy to grow beyond my childhood fantasies and rituals. Indeed, it felt like a rite of passage. I stopped believing in the Bible, the Tooth Fairy, and Santa Claus and no longer had to attend Church. But I don’t mind admitting that I never grew out of watching Charlie Brown. This enduring interest stems from the indelible impression Franklin made on… Read more.
Tell that to the Ukrainians suffering the ravages of war in Ukraine, Uyghurs living in internment camps in China, Rohingyas being ethnically cleansed in Myanmar, and Africans enduring everything from civil strife to chronic drought across the continent. Which is why the migrants waiting at the border to get into the United States might count… Read more.
