Met Gala fashion
I thought I’d do a light little number on the usual over-the-top fashions at the Met Gala, but I ran into the fact that the following story has taken over and dominated everything else. I think it’s a tale for … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Race and racism
The left’s “undocumented” martyrs
The left has apparently decided that the way to fight Trump’s crackdown on criminal illegal aliens is to choose certain cases, lie about them, and make the deported people into sympathetic martyrs. That line of approach doesn’t appeal to anyone … Continue reading →
Let us now take just a moment to reflect again on the fact that we dodged quite a bullet when Harris/Walz were defeated
[Hat tip: Legal Insurrection.] 2024 VP Democratic candidate Tim Walz is still giving interviews and talks. Here’s a report on his participation in a Harvard Kennedy School forum on Monday night: Walz said Harris chose him, in part, because, “I … Continue reading →
“The moral equivalence of racism”?
Commenter “Rick67” writes: The exchange between Mrs Whatsit and Mac is interesting. Mac replied “Religious people are in the position of arguing for the right to practice the moral equivalent of racism and have the public schools cooperate with them.” … Continue reading →
How the Democrats got us here
At some point during the 20th century in America, racism became the biggest sin or at least one of them. This may have occurred during the 1960s, to the best of my recollection. But at any rate it occurred – … Continue reading →
The DEI school lawsuits in New Hampshire and elsewhere
I was surprised to see this news today: Arguments begin Thursday in a New Hampshire court case involving President Donald Trump’s demand that schools end diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public schools or risk losing federal funding. The New … Continue reading →
Some good news on the education front from Christopher Rufo
Rufo observes: After mounting a successful fight against DEI, the political Right has come to accept that if there must be a civil-rights regime, it should be one of its own making. Rather than continue to defer to left-wing interpretations … Continue reading →
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is in the news again [see UPDATE]
I read about it at Althouse: I don’t know if Kristol knows what he’s telling us we need to “be,” but he’s upset that “pursuant to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order to purge so-called DEI content from military libraries and … Continue reading →
The Department of Education changes size and focus
Here’s the story from Professor William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection: That political change includes plans to scale-down the U.S. Department of Education. Not truly to “eliminate” it, which would require an act of Congress, but to eliminate the leftist-NGO funding … Continue reading →
The enormous value of lies as propaganda
The other day I was speaking to an old friend who is what I would call a political moderate for the most part. But her hatred for Trump and his supporters – a crowd she lumps together as a large … Continue reading →
South Africa’s ambassador to the US is sent packing
This doesn’t sound like diplomat-speak: Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the country, in the latest Trump administration move targeting the African nation. Rubio, in a … Continue reading →
Diversity hiring in the FAA
Diversity hiring is indeed a thing in the FAA. What it had to do with the collision over the Potomac – if anything – is unknown at present. But the following may have been factors: The FAA has already stated … Continue reading →