Donald Trump is Good... Really Good at Being President Americans, it is time to admit something that might make many of you gag; Donald Trump is good at being president. Like, really, really good. Yes, he is an absolute dumpster fire when it comes to PR and appearing presidential, but when it comes to making decisions, [...]
Nick Fuentes, the Dissident Right, and the Lowest Common Denominator What is the Dissident Right? Until a couple of weeks ago, I had never come in to contact with the phrase. Well, because I fear ignorance, I looked into it and came across the persona of Nick Fuentes. Fuentes is what you get when you [...]
How Adam Silver, Gregg Popovich, and Steve Kerr Highlight NBA Hypocrisy Last year, Marc Lacey asked Adam Silver, "how does it feel to be the wokest professional sports league?" Silver responded simply, "...we're proud of that." It was a dumb, leading question at the time, and Silver's answer has aged like warm milk. The league [...]
How More Information Leads to the Death of Research There is simply too much information. It is all available in the pocket of our hands. Just a couple of strokes on the keyboard or a few taps on the phone and, boom, you have the answer to any question on your mind. But this comes [...]
When Police Do Not Do Their Job, There is No Law and Order The vast majority of police nationwide are legitimate heroes. You do not hear about the thousands of stories every day of police simply doing their jobs and making their communities better by making their communities safer. That is their main goal; to [...]
Media Bias is Easy to See... and Not So Easy to See When it comes to media bias, most people think they know what it entails. Turn on the television, check out CNN or MSNBC and get the news. Then change the channel to Fox News. Boom! Media Bias. With practically every story shown on [...]
NESCAC Students No Longer Care for the Liberal Arts and it Shows First, it was the appalling "Common Language Guide" from Amherst College. That was followed by Trinity College's Student Government Association denying the application of "The Churchill Club." Now the students representing the dreaded Purple Cows of Williams College think it best to reject [...]
Inciting Violence is Just the Latest in a Long Line of Phrases That Are Losing Meaning Nazi. Fascist. Holocaust. Hate Speech. Kapo. Fact Check. Apartheid. These are just some of the latest words and phrases that have gained traction over the last several years and are now almost entirely devoid of meaning. You can add, [...]
Quoting Someone in 2019 is Very Easy, So Why Do People Still Get it Wrong? I recently got into a mini Twitter beef with someone whose Twitter profile says, "Bylines in @TabletMag (Tablet Magazine) and @jdforward (The Forward)" (@wonk0_the_sane). Notice, I am quoting his actual Twitter profile and the exact words he uses in that profile. [...]
