Perhaps you’ve noticed that the topic of free speech has been coming up again and again and again lately. The battle to protect it has taken on new urgency, in part because too many people appear to have forgotten what … Continue reading →
Bruce Jenner’s interview with Diane Sawyer last night (which I did not watch) revealed to the last three people in the world who didn’t already know it that he is transgendered and considers himself a woman. That announcement seems to … Continue reading →
Well, you know my answer: constantly. It’s been especially hard socially. Althouse writes: It’s my hypothesis that people take the positions that are comfortable to them. Living in Madison, Wisconsin, I often wonder about the depth of the political opinions … Continue reading →
Here’s a wonderful post by a liberal guy who’s also a shrink, on the subject of the divide between Red and Blue America, and in particular the attitude of Blue towards Red (hat tip: commenter “carl in atlanta”): The worst … Continue reading →
Commenter “Phil D” has a question for me: …[T]his is something I wondered about for a long time. Take another example of a neocon, Roger Simon of Pajamas Media. I remember reading a comment of him from a few years … Continue reading →
It’s not pretty, even if your credentials are impeccable: John Christy, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, says he remembers the morning he spotted a well-known colleague at a gathering of climate experts. “I … Continue reading →
Lori Gottlieb has found out the hard way that complaining on Facebook about her increased premiums and her decreased medical network doesn’t get her a whole lotta love from her “friends.” My guess is that she has never dissented publicly … Continue reading →
To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead, Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”— ———–T.S. Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock David Horowitz has written a new book, although it doesn’t have … Continue reading →
David Horowitz was a leader of the American left during the tumultuous 60s and 70s. Raised by Communist parents, he was a devoted mover and shaker in the cause, and an early editor of Ramparts magazine. But Horowitz has been … Continue reading →
…African-American academic. And sociology professor, yet. Marvin Scott of Butler University tells his tale.
Continue reading →Maureen Dowd has become disillusioned with President Obama in this, his second term. To her, he’s so much less admirable than Candidate Obama was, or even than President Obama was in his first term. It’s probably correct to conclude that … Continue reading →
A well-respected academic turns apostate, and reaps the whirlwind. Such a state of affairs should be no surprise to readers of this blog, or readers of Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind. As Paul Rahe writes: Every once … Continue reading →