This week, the nation watched as California grappled again with the ordinarily straightforward task of counting votes in an election. While large states such as Florida declare election winners within 24 hours, California may take up to two weeks to count all the votes. Continue reading “California and the Politics of Low Expectations”
Category: Society
In Nantucket, there is an interesting conflict between churches after the Nantucket Unitarian Universalists (NUU) canceled its traditional celebration. In a letter from the church and the Rev. Erin Splaine of the Second Congregational Meeting House Society, residents were told the traditional reading of the Declaration of Independence would be canceled to better focus on the “on-going process within the congregation to better understand our own whiteness.” Continue reading “Massachusetts Church Cancels Traditional Fourth of July Celebration “to Better Understand Our Own Whiteness.””
Below is my column in The Hill on the new housing plan of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to seize the properties of the “worst landlords” and hand them over to tenants or tenant groups. It is a plan that is hardly unexpected given the socialist agenda of the Administration. However, it promises to replicate the failures of socialist systems of the past.
Here is the column: Continue reading “The Red Apple: Mamdani Announces Possible Transfer of Housing to Tenants”
Below is a longer version of my column in the New York Post on the announced plan of Israel to sue the New York Times. The country faces some difficult challenges under tort law. However, the strategy may be in large part an effort to secure discovery (and a public forum) more than a verdict.
Here is the column: Continue reading “Defamation, She Wrote: Israel Moves to Sue the “Gray Lady” Over Kristof Column”
Northern Ireland is finally safe. Clive Johnston has been convicted and can no longer menace the public.
Johnson, 78, is a retired pastor who committed the heinous offense of preaching near the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine. That was considered within the “safe access zone” under Northern Ireland’s Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act. Continue reading “Northern Ireland Convicts 78-Year-Old Minister for Preaching Near Abortion Clinic”
The key to surreptitious workarounds is to keep them surreptitious.
That may be the case for Georgetown University, which just had one of its former admissions officers acknowledge efforts to circumvent the Supreme Court’s rulings against the unconstitutional use of race in college admissions. Continue reading “Former Georgetown Admissions Officer Discusses Use of Essays to Circumvent Affirmative Action Rulings”
Below is my column in the Hill on the decision in Louisiana v. Callais and the false narrative that the Supreme Court majority was motivated by the midterm elections. The case barring racial gerrymandering was the capstone of years of opinions from figures from Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and others to restore a colorblind constitution.
Here is the column:
Continue reading “Colorblind Constitution: The Roberts Court Ends a ‘Sordid Business’”
“Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror!” Those words advertising the 1954 movie Godzilla could be the billing of a new freakish giant stretching across the sleeping farm fields of Virginia. Now in a court near you is The Lobster, a monster over 100 miles long. The only saving grace is that this creature only devours Republicans, leaving roughly half the state with virtually no representation in Congress. Continue reading ““Incredible, Unstoppable Titan of Terror!”: The Lobster That Devoured Virginia’s Constitution”
We are seeing increasing support for violent action across social media, including those lamenting that the recent presidential assassination was not successful. Conservative sites have been featuring teachers and others who were upset that the recent effort failed, including one who has now lost her job. The current violence and violent rhetoric have been building for years as our leaders fuel the rage in the nation.
Continue reading “A Nation Divided: The Chilling Embrace of Political Violence in the United States”
Below is my column in The Hill on the recent New York Times podcast exploring the justifications for crimes ranging from theft to murder. The podcast with radical Hasan Piker, the New York Times Opinion Culture Editor Nadja Spiegelman, and New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino captured the moral relativism that has taken hold of the left in American society. Reading the manifesto of the accused White House Correspondents Association Dinner shooter Cole Tomas Allen shows the ultimate expression of a society where rage has replaced morality and decency.
Here is the column: Continue reading “The Moral Malaise: The New York Times Makes the Case for “Microlooting” to Murder”
Below is my column in the California Post and New York Post on the recent claims made by Democratic candidates in the debate for California’s governorship. As expected, the race-baiting rhetoric flowed from each of the Democratic candidates, including a claim that requiring English proficiency is “racial profiling.”
Here is the column: Continue reading ““Racial Profiling” or Race Baiting? Tom Steyer’s Illiterate Take on English Proficiency”
John Adams once wrote: “America … the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant.”
Unfortunately, this week, the “grand scene and design in Providence [R.I.]” “illuminated” rather than eliminated the ignorance of our times. Liberals in that city, including the mayor Brett Smiley, demanded the removal of a mural in the memory of Iryna Zarutska, a young woman murdered on a train. Unlike memorials to figures like George Floyd or others, a memorial to the young white woman was deemed triggering and “divisive.” Continue reading ““What Cheer, Netop”: Providence Destroys Mural to Murder Victim as too “Divisive” and Triggering”
Below is my column in the New York Post on the termination of Chicago Bulls guard Jaden Ivey after his posting of religious views on social media. The controversy should allow for a broader debate on the endorsement of political and social causes by sports teams while gagging players and coaches with opposing views.
Here is the column: Continue reading “Poison Ivey: Chicago Bulls Release Forward After He Speaks Out Against Pride Month”
Here is the column: Continue reading “Disaster Tourism: California and Other Blue States Become Go-To Destinations for Econ Sightseers” →