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  • The Dingbat Craziness of the Latest PETA Proclamation

    The Dingbat Craziness of the Latest PETA Proclamation0

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Each morning’s internet headlines bring a new version of crazy. This morning was no different. In her article “PETA: Using Animal Names as Verbal Insults Is Supremacist Language,” Catherine Smith reports that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is decrying the use of insults and anti-animal slurs

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  • The Rules of Debate No Longer Work

    The Rules of Debate No Longer Work0

    Gun rights activist Dana Loesch recently complained that she had been denied the right to respond to her critics on Twitter, according to a story reported in the New York Post. Unlike her adversaries, who are free to swing away at her, Loesch is not allowed to use Twitter’s fact-checking platform to correct their misstatements.

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  • Who Are the True ‘Domestic Terrorists’?

    Who Are the True ‘Domestic Terrorists’?0

    “Never allow a good crisis (to) go to waste. It’s an opportunity to do the things you once thought were impossible.” Thus did chief of staff Rahm Emanuel advise Barack Obama on the financial crisis he inherited in 2009.            Following the Capitol riot by a mob of pro-Donald Trump protesters,

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  • Making Stimulus Checks Work for America

    Making Stimulus Checks Work for America0

    It’s after 4 o’clock on a Monday afternoon, and I just walked to my mailbox and received a check from the federal government for $600. And I am furious. Here are a few reasons why. First, I am self-employed. I work eight to nine hours every day, seven days a week, writing articles for outfits

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  • Cancelling Schilling Is a Bloody Mark on Baseball

    Cancelling Schilling Is a Bloody Mark on Baseball0

    The Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) continues to block Curt Schilling’s entry to the Hall of Fame, not because of his performance on the field, but because of his politics. What should have been a straight-forward decision finalized years ago was tarnished by sports journalists’ horror at Schilling’s bold proclamation of conservative views. Apparently

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  • There’s More Than One Way to Burn a Book

    There’s More Than One Way to Burn a Book0

    “There is more than one way to burn a book,” Ray Bradbury once said. “And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.” Bradbury wrote the novel Fahrenheit 451 about a world that systematically burned books. In late December, I resolved to try and read more books than those I review for

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