…is the fact that the Democrats were the party of slavery as well as the party of Jim Crow and segregation, and the Republicans were the anti-slavery party. If slavery is so very central to the entire story of America, … Continue reading →
By now you may have read something about the NY Times’ 1619 Project to rewrite American history as the story of racism. Not just racism as a part of American history—racism as the story, the root of the story, the … Continue reading →
….and is pretty darn pleased with what it sees, for the most part. Just needing a little tweaking to get the narrative right. The link above is to a Slate article about a session Times executive editor Dean Baquet had … Continue reading →
Commenter Kate recently alerted me to this good piece by Scott Adams entitled, “The ‘Fine People’ Hoax Funnel”. It’s well worth reading. I missed it first time around, but better late than never. It’s not just applicable to the “fine … Continue reading →
Since the El Paso shootings, the Trump opposition has ramped up one of its favorite angles for attack: Trump is a racist! They think this is a winner. That message was heavily pushed ever since Trump first declared his candidacy … Continue reading →
I notice it constantly, even at times on conservative sites: white supremacist groups are routinely referred to as “far right.” Maybe I’ve even carelessly referred to them that way at times in the past. I actually don’t know. But at … Continue reading →
Economics professor and pundit Glenn Loury, who is black, writes this opinion piece in the NY Times as a caution to his fellow Democrats: When I first heard that President Trump had gone after the Rev. Al Sharpton — and … Continue reading →
I see that Al Sharpton is in the news again. Sharpton responded to Trump’s remarks about rats in Baltimore by saying, “that he would travel to Baltimore to ‘address Trump’s remarks & bi-partisan outrage in the black community’ over them.” … Continue reading →
I agree with Roger Simon: These days one might as well call the Democratic Party The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Racism… The conclusion we are supposed to glean from this, the rule of rules that must be … Continue reading →
Here’s a discussion in National Review about a report recently issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. It’s entitled “Beyond Suspensions: Examining School Discipline Policies and Connections to the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Students of Color with Disabilities.” Although this … Continue reading →
…and I’m going out now, so I’ll just briefly mention a couple of things. The first is an update on Erica Thomas, who accused a guy in the supermarket of telling her to go back where she came from (a … Continue reading →
Ilhan Omar is dealing with a lot of accusations, but she has one way of dealing with them, and it’s an approach that worked very very well for her so far and may continue to do so: calling anyone who … Continue reading →