Well, language changes and evolves, doesn’t it? Sometimes overnight, depending on political exigencies: Wikipedia has suspended the edit feature on its ‘Recession’ page after users flocked to amend it to concur with President Biden’s claim that the US isn’t suffering … Continue reading →
Commenter “Bauxite” observes: The language game is the MO of the left. It works most of the time because most of our political and policy debates occur in the realm of abstract theory. The left can bluff its way through … Continue reading →
The Biden administration continues the Obama administration’s emphasis on labeling, as though calling something by a different name would fool people into actually seeing it differently. Why do they do this? The main reason is that they believe in the … Continue reading →
Google started out with the mantra “Don’t be evil”: When Google went public in 2004, it epitomised technological and entrepreneurial genius. Two engineers had developed a remarkably powerful, easy-to-use search engine, opening the doors to vast amounts of knowledge. The … Continue reading →
Commenter “F” asked a question yesterday on the thread about the exchange between Bridges and Hawley concerning who can get pregnant: I think the question of violence is where Bridges wins the point. It is a dishonest point — Hawley … Continue reading →
I was rather surprised to see how many people reacted to the video of the Berkeley professor, Khiara Bridges, in her exchange with Senator Josh Hawley, by saying they thought she wasn’t very bright. On the contrary, in my opinion … Continue reading →
ADDENDUM: And I must must must add this from “Life of Brian,” circa 1979:
Continue reading →…but this is so spectacular I couldn’t ignore it: …[Jill] Biden messed up not once, but twice in the same sentence, first by saying the Latin community is “as distinct as the bogidas (sic) of the Bronx, as beautiful as … Continue reading →
Just brilliant: Leaked documents from an assembly convened this week by the nation’s largest teachers union allege to show the National Education Association (NEA) is debating a proposal to begin pushing the use of “LGBTQIA+ inclusive” language, like “birthing parent” … Continue reading →
First, a bit of language clarification. When Jordan Peterson called the doctor who removed Ellen/Elliot Page’s breasts a “criminal doctor,” he wasn’t necessarily saying that the doctor was violating a law and should be tried and jailed. If a person … Continue reading →
Here’s what Peterson tweeted that got him suspended: In the tweet prompting Twitter’s suspension, Peterson wrote, “Remember when pride was a sin? And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician.” Twitter wrote that Peterson had violated … Continue reading →
At first the Uvalde school shooting riveted everyone’s attention because of its horror and tragedy. The murder of innocent and beloved children and their teachers is a nightmare that engenders deep feelings of rage and grief. At first, the stories … Continue reading →