I subscribed to The New Yorker from around 1975 to 2005. I loved the magazine for most of those years and if I recall correctly it was the only magazine to which I subscribed. Many weeks I read it cover … Continue reading →
I found this quote from Calvin Coolidge at Instapundit. It’s an excerpt from Coolidge’s speech on the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence: About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that … Continue reading →
… except white South African Afrikaners. Here’s the story – or at least, part of the story: In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday … Continue reading →
Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, was arrested yesterday: Authorities arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for allegedly trespassing and ignoring warnings from the feds to leave an ICE facility. The facility holds alleged violent criminals, such as MS-13 gang members … Continue reading →
A recent development in the world of art is the installation of a statue in Times Square. While the virtue-signaling have been busy pulling down heroic statues of white men, they are erecting this sort of thing in their stead: … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
[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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →