I can’t say that the results of this attempt at intervention are especially surprising: San Francisco allows parents to apply to any elementary school in the district, having done away with traditional school zoning 18 years ago in an effort … Continue reading →
Perhaps not: White people. Nobody likes giving up power. And they never see the writing on the wall. The new day arrives and no one has the heart to tell them they and their old tired privileged ways are over. … Continue reading →
When the Smollett case was settled with hardly a wrist-slap, Rahm Emanuel was spitting mad. But after a couple of days he thought better of his tirade and reverted to what Democrats so love to do and blamed Trump, the … Continue reading →
One of the most interesting things about the dropping of the Smollett prosecution as well as the absurd reasons the prosecutors have given for doing so is that their explanations probably aren’t good enough to convince any child past the … Continue reading →
[See ADDENDA below.] [NOTE: This post is a companion piece to my previous one today on the subject of the dropped charges against Jussie Smollett.] Now the prosecutor in the Smollett case has come forth and given these statements on … Continue reading →
The Jussie Smollett hate crime case, and then hoax hate crime case, has been one of those highly-publicized stories that captured the attention of the American public. It had everything: Maga-hatted haters, a gay black actor alleging a beating with … Continue reading →
Another illustration of some of the points I was making just a moment ago: Saira was one of Justice Democrats' 2018 candidates pic.twitter.com/vlTuFUCQFd — Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) March 6, 2019 That’s your intersectionality, hard at work. I don’t feel … Continue reading →
You think I exaggerate? I do not. As soon as I read Woman’s March activist Linda Sarsour’s comment about Nancy Pelosi, I thought, “Obama and his grandma!” In case you haven’t seen Sarsour’s statement yet, it goes like this: Nancy … Continue reading →
Some changes might be happening concerning the attitude of Hispanic voters towards Trump, a development that surprises the left: …Trump is making an aggressive play for Hispanic-American votes in Florida and beyond. Meanwhile, polls suggest Marist might have been onto … Continue reading →
Yesterday I read this article about how requirements of diversity and inclusion are now utterly and completely dominant in classics departments at the university level. This is, of course, not a surprise, because the takeover has been increasing at a … Continue reading →
When it finally came it was a move that should surprise no one who’s been following the news at all: “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett faces a felony charge of disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false report claiming two men … Continue reading →
In all the verbiage about Justin Smollet and other race hoaxers, there’s been talk of motive. Attention and fame—fifteen minutes or longer—are potent ones. And of course, there’s also the desire to stir up political conflict over race to the … Continue reading →