Culture

‘The Far Side’ Is Returning… But Can the PC Crowd Handle It?1
- Culture
- December 18, 2019
Remember “The Far Side” cartoons? They were at their peak when I was in grade school, plastering calendars and t-shirts with an offbeat humor that left fans clutching their sides with laughter. Given their popularity, there was palpable disappointment when their creator, Gary Larson, put down his pen in 1995. But there’s good news. “The
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Are Human Rights Real?0
- Culture
- December 17, 2019
“Rights! Boy, everyone in this country’s always running around yammering about their [expletive] rights. ‘I have a right,’ ‘You have no right’… Folks, I hate to spoil your fun, but there’s no such thing as rights. Ok? They’re imaginary. We made them up,” comedian George Carlin said in a 2008 stand-up special. According to Carlin, who
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Do We Treat Children Worse Than Dogs?0
- Culture
- December 16, 2019
At a recent hearing on Paid Family Leave before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., thought herself brave and appropriate to harangue the only free-market witness – one out of seven – there. In a typical AOC fashion, she went on a rant about how the free market treated “women and people who
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What’s So Wrong With Using Plain Ol’ English?0
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- December 16, 2019
First-rate writers and teachers tell us over and over that good writing should be clear and concise, that it should aim to be understood, and that it should avoid using artifice and pomp in an attempt to sound intelligent. Unfortunately, academics ignore this all the time, as evidenced by the following joke about the philosopher
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Star Wars Actor: Ignoring Trolls Is a Sign of Mental Strength 0
- Culture
- December 16, 2019
Star Wars actor John Boyega is apologizing for comments he made in a recent interview in which he suggested it takes mental strength to brush off the comments of social media trolls. The controversy began when, in an interview with Variety, the Star Wars actor responded to a question about the dark side of fan engagement,
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Christmas Predators, Parasites, or Magi?0
- Culture
- December 13, 2019
A couple of years ago there was quite a kerfuffle about the holiday duet, “Baby, its Cold Outside.” This song, from 1944, features a dialogue which some people might describe as a man trying to talk a woman into staying longer at his place on a snowy night. The criticism said the song was really about a
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