It makes perfect sense, actually, because the real hate crimes against gay people in France are being committed by Muslims: An insight into the phenomenon comes from Patrick McCarthy, a young gay blogger who lives in Bordeaux. ”˜Up until 2005, … Continue reading →
This piece by Jonathan Chait that appeared in New York Magazine has become the talk of the internet. It’s about the overwhelming monster that insistence on PC thought has become, which is apparently alarming even the liberal Chait. He’s not … Continue reading →
What to make of all of this? I wake up to a huge brouhaha about the report that a bill banning late-term abortion—a bill that’s hugely popular with the American people when polled, and which President Obama swears he’ll veto … Continue reading →
…are the brothers of Phi Kappa Psi, and truth. However, the members of Phi Psi are mouthing the PC message that they don’t consider themselves victims: Scipione and Fontenot said that the Phi Psi brothers experienced a difficult fall semester … Continue reading →
How to Fall in Love with Anyone, 101. Let me just say it wouldn’t work with anyone. But it could be a good way to fast-track a relationship with someone to whom you’re already attracted. At the very least, an … Continue reading →
Commenter “Lizzy” writes: I’m thinking it’s no coincidence that women have recently expanded their definition of sexual assault and out-of-bounds male behavior to include things like morning after regret, the unwelcome male gaze, and “slut-shaming.” So women still expect expressions … Continue reading →
I had heard the term “booty call” before but wasn’t quite sure what it was. Nor had I spent a particle of time finding out. But now I know, at least according to this article’s definition: They’re casual, brief, sexual … Continue reading →
My latest piece is up at PJ: “Revisiting Tawana Brawley and Al Sharpton.” Plus é§a change, plus c’est la méªme chose. And Al Sharpton has never been riding higher than he is now, having been given the White House’s cachet … Continue reading →
This Slate article makes the point that there’s a lot we don’t know, and need to know, about Erdely’s article and the “research” behind it, as well as the decisions made by editors at the publication Rolling Stone. Another issue … Continue reading →
Here’s an update for those who are still interested in the continuing subsequent unraveling of the UVA rape story. It has now been revealed that the emails supposedly sent from Jackie’s attacker to Jackie’s buddy Randall/Ryan after the rape were … Continue reading →
You have to hand it to “Jackie” of the Rolling Stone UVA story—she dedicated an awful lot of creative energy to her hoax. Although I suspect that on first telling her main motivation was to earn the attention, sympathy, and … Continue reading →
…with the gunman dead in an early-morning police raid. Unfortunately, two of the hostages are reported to have been killed in the rescue, although there’s a lack of information as yet on how it happened. The gunman was an Islamic … Continue reading →