Culture

Unmasking Marble and Bronze 0
- Culture
- June 16, 2020
Protests and looting were supplanted last week by an orgy of more symbolic destruction. Statues of various figures from our civilization’s past – Christopher Columbus, a Texas Ranger, numerous confederate Civil War memorials, and even Philadelphia’s Frank Rizzo – have been toppled, defaced, or scheduled for removal by compliant officials. In the same spirit, a
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Keeping Your Mouth Shut Is a Thought Crime 0
- Culture
- June 15, 2020
Late last week I discovered that fashion influencer Jessica Mulroney (pictured above) was the latest to be guillotined by those waging the current cancel culture war. Mulroney, famed friend of Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, was called out by fellow influencer Sasha Exeter on Instagram. Exeter challenged Mulroney’s white privilege, saying that she was “very
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Protester Privilege and Its Corresponding Kingmakers 0
- Culture
- June 15, 2020
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s army of COVID-19 contact tracers will not be asking New Yorkers if they attended a protest in recent weeks according to a city officials. “No person will be asked proactively if they attended a protest,” de Blasio spokesperson Avery Cohen told THE CITY. The 1,000 strong “Test and Trace Corps”
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Breonna Taylor’s Death Shows Why ‘No-Knock’ Warrants Need to Go 0
- Culture
- June 15, 2020
Amid the nationwide focus on the death of George Floyd, another tragedy has unfortunately fallen by the wayside. We should not forget the death of Breonna Taylor – or the dire need to abolish the “no-knock” warrants that caused her death, trample property rights, and routinely endanger Americans. Here’s the sad story of Taylor’s death.
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The Return of Brutalism 0
- Culture
- June 15, 2020
The lockdowners probably had no idea what they were about to unleash. On paper, their plans all seemed fine. Keep people apart. Make them stay home. Only essential workers should go to work. Government can do the rest. Church, theaters, sports, bars, schools – everything has to give way to rule by disease mitigators. Let
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It’s Time to Raze the Colosseum 0
- Culture
- June 12, 2020
A number of statues have recently been destroyed or vandalized to protest racism and slavery. I thought that it might be good to think big and work towards eliminating the biggest monument of all, the Colosseum. I’ve created a petition at change.org. If you agree, please sign it. Below is the text. Memorializing genocidal monsters,
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