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January 2017

January 09, 2017

Where America watches its television shows

Fascinating. I would like to see a comparison to early television. Was there such a...

January 06, 2017

Apparently torture is no longer an intrinsic evil

Don Lemon explains. Not worth debating. Unless, of course, Mr. Lemon believes racism or torture in...

January 05, 2017

A racist hate crime

Deserves to be condemned. Period. Like yesterday's post, I'm seeing people on Social Media jumping...

January 04, 2017

Not all feminists are like this

Of that I'm sure. Every group has its bad apples. It's a shame that bad...

January 04, 2017

The ongoing Sex Abuse scandal

Not that one. This one. It's been a few years since the media did a...

January 03, 2017

Why Trump won

Here. I know, there is some truth to what it says. To a point. The...

December 2016

December 23, 2016

Preparing to take action against harassment

In the age of Trump. So that things like this won't happen.

December 21, 2016

When I hear ‘Make America Great Again’

I think of that Geico commercial that promises to save me 15% or more on car...

December 20, 2016

Heh

OK, I get it. It's a bit heavy handed. But since there is...

December 06, 2016

Remember when it was bad to spend billions of dollars on a single plane?

Yeah, I do too. Remember when we heard it was bad that the president said...

December 02, 2016

Please define hate

So a Muslim immigrant complains about negative Muslim stereotypes in American media. He then goes...

December 02, 2016

The Epic Fail of the 21st Century

Here: Yep. It's not that I rejoice with great joy over President Trump. But you...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

Why Trump’s praise of Putin didn’t rankle me

There's been quite a debate about the appropriate response to Castro's death. Most seem to...

November 26, 2016

The embarrassing stupidity of modern American consumers

Several shot on Black Friday, one of which was over a parking space. This doesn't...

November 13, 2016

The cool racism for the postmodern hipster

White privilege. Of course it's racism. It's taking the complex experience that is human existence...

November 11, 2016

To some people looking at Tuesday’s election

It's about people who are hurting. For others, it's about this or that demographic. It's...

November 10, 2016

For Catholics who have labored long and hard to convince themselves that the really bad people live to the right of the dividing line

I give you this. Again, I'm fine with the protests. Free country. I love the...

November 09, 2016

If you think Trump won because of a bunch of white, racist deplorables

You're why Trump won. After listening to some of the media pundits today invoke skin...

November 04, 2016

Melania Trump illustrates a glaring problem with us modern adults

So Melania Trump came out of retirement and gave a speech about, among other things,...

October 2016

October 15, 2016

What Rush Limbaugh actually said

Is here. What Rush Limbaugh didn't appear to say in the least was that rape...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Homicide by Race

Courtesy of U.S. News and World Report. Check out the stats. See what we're...

September 16, 2016

Boycotting the NFL

I'm OK with that. First, because of family ties, I follow the Cleveland Browns. That...

September 15, 2016

The ACC joins the NCAA in keeping politics in their proper place

Ah, I remember the dark years when sports was supposed to be a pure pastime,...

September 09, 2016

If the NFL is nothing else

It's predicable.

September 05, 2016

It’s the Trinity!

I had to post this. Watching a Jeopardy rerun tonight, with Chuck Todd, host of...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Stop black people

I mean, Stop White People. Heh. They've changed the name and insisted it's not...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Stand at the back of the line

So the buzz is about a Black Lives Matter organizer caught telling white people to move...

July 26, 2016

Three old white guys

And an old white woman. That's the presidential ticket choice for the 2016 election. In...

July 22, 2016

On the other hand Ms. Clinton

Please don't insult my intelligence with this idea that Trump has somehow ended the "Party...

July 21, 2016

Can the secular left live with the traditional Christian faith

The answer, according to this piece, is a big 'No!'. Or 'Nein!' if we want...