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At the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais Exposes Hollywood’s ‘Woke’ Culture 0
- Culture
- January 7, 2020
Hollywood can’t take a joke. At the annual Golden Globes, an awards show for both movies and television, on Sunday night, host comedian Ricky Gervais was actually funny, lampooning Hollywood in general and its “woke” culture in particular. “Let’s have a laugh at your expense,” Gervais said in opening his monologue at the Globes’ 77th awards ceremony, presented
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Keeping the Right Away from the Left 0
- Economics
- January 7, 2020
My 16-year-old recently texted me one of those where-do-you-fall-on-the-political-spectrum quizzes. She was curious to see how my results compared to those of a friend of hers who speaks fondly of socialism. His results were predictably leftist, though not as authoritarian as one might fear. So, I suppose there’s hope. I’ve been encouraged lately by some
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The Dark Side of Supportive Relationships 0
- Culture
- January 7, 2020
Imagine that you’ve had a heated argument with a co-worker, and you call up your husband or wife to talk about it. Your partner can react in one of two ways. They can assure you that you were right, your co-worker was wrong and that you have a right to be upset. Or your partner
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Cui Bono? Our Endless Wars 0
- International
- January 7, 2020
The killing of Iran’s Quds Force commander Major General Qasem Soleimani by an American drone in Baghdad unleashed a firestorm of protests in the United States. Outfits ranging from Rolling Stone Magazine to The New York Times feared that this “assassination” would lead to war with Iran. Congressional Democrats and all the candidates in the Democratic race for president denounced the drone
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What History Says About Witnesses at Senate Impeachment Trials 0
- Politics
- January 6, 2020
Key Capitol Hill players in the Bill Clinton impeachment are taking a decidedly different view about the Donald Trump impeachment when it comes to witnesses in a Senate trial. The two previous presidential impeachment trials in U.S. history included witnesses in some form. The Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson in 1868 included live witness testimony, and
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The Postal Service Bleeds Cash in the New Year 0
- Economics
- January 6, 2020
As 2020 kicks off, the gift-giving season already feels like it was eons ago. But to the beleaguered and overextended United States Postal Service (USPS), the frantic pace of holiday shipping will continue well into January. Thanks to increasingly generous, “no questions asked” returns policies by leading e-commerce sellers, an astounding one third of shipped packages
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