The Real Choice We Face
Do you see America as a nation that, despite its flaws, is the greatest nation on earth or do you see it as nothing but flaws made manifest? Pick one.
Eat Mor Capitulation:
The Chick-fil-A Betrayal
Chick-fil-A has alienated the staunchest cultural supporters but has not even remotely appeased the belligerent passions and cultural bloodlust of its detractors.
Free Speech Suffers as ‘Fortnite’ Reality Rises
Want more respect for free speech? Send your kids outside.
The Joke’s on Those Demanding a Female ‘Joker’
Apparently, the desire to appropriate instead of create is more important to contemporary social justice warriors. Or maybe they're just unimaginative and creatively lazy.
Confirmation Contempt
The media and Left are moving to turn the entire judicial nomination process into a large perjury trap. Will Republicans find the nerve to stop it and save a vital institution?
A Monopoly on Our Memory
Capitalism, for all its faults, it seems, tolerates mockery. Can the same be said of socialism?
Caracas and the ‘Uncanny Valley’ of Socialism
I can’t eat veggie dogs. They are kind of like meat, but aren’t. Their texture and taste are almost correct, but not quite—and therein lies […]
No Aid for Censors: The Case for Quitting Twitter
Last night I suspended Twitter indefinitely. This had been building for some time for two primary reasons. First, Twitter, like Facebook (which I had given […]
Without Honest Anger, We Condone Suicide
Friday morning, friends found Anthony Bourdain dead in his upscale hotel room. He had committed suicide. Like Kate Spade, who ended her life mere days […]
Politically Correct Pedophilia
It’s practically a cliché when an old guy or a conservative complains about declining moral standards. But with the news of a professed pedophile now openly […]
Alfie Evans: From the Cradle to the Grave
Offspring was not reared at the will of the father, but was taken and carried by him to a place called Lesche, where the elders […]
Alight With Good Intentions
I guess “Lit” is the new “Woke.” On April 14, David S. Buckel, a prominent attorney renowned for championing gay rights and environmental causes, doused […]
The Shape of Virtue
At the outset of this year’s Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel joked that he’d give the person with the shortest speech a jet ski. I really […]
Triumph of the Shills
Let’s begin with Godwin and get it out of the way. Imagine for a moment that Joseph Goebbels, propaganda minister for the Third Reich, was […]
The Warmbiers and the Crutches: Bearing Powerful Witness
In our hyper-cynical age, it’s very easy to dismiss political theater as naked manipulation. It becomes much harder to do that when you’re weeping. Between […]
Shadowbans and the Twitterdämmerung of Free Expression
Twitter’s mission statement is to: “Give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers.” On Thursday, Project Veritas released a […]
Chutzpah in Black: ‘Golden Globes’ Points its Finger the Wrong Way
You have to hand it to Hollywood—it’s got chutzpah. The holier-than-thou instinct must truly overpower any sense of decency and morality among its luminaries as […]
Vote for Sticker!
When my son was about 2 years old, my wife and I began to potty train him. We encouraged him with stickers. Before long he […]
Pulp Fictions: The Weinstein Women’s Award
It’s the year 2200 and women everywhere are lining up to win the prestigious Miriam Weinstein Women’s Award, a gift bequeathed by the noted philanthropist […]
Casting Stones from Casting Couches
The New York Times on Thursday published a withering expose of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s long history of sexual harassment against women. No one in […]