Several weeks ago, management of the liberal-leaning magazine The Atlantic fired Kevin Williamson, a caustic conservative columnist, because he suggested via a since-deleted tweet that the government should hang women who choose to murder their unborn babies.
“Stupid and gutless,” Ross Douthat wrote in The New York Times (1) because The Atlantic’s management knew that Mr. Williamson advocated for extremist ideas when they hired him, and because pro-choicers were blind to the extremism within their ranks.
To bolster his second…..
Last Thursday, a manager of a Philadelphia Starbucks store called the police because he believed two African American men had been there for too long without ordering anything. The two men stated that they were waiting for another person, and that they would be happy to order something once he arrived. The police officers handcuffed the customers, not even stopping when the white latecomer arrived. The two African American customers were jailed for eight hours before being released without being…..
“We bring you glad tidings of great joy!” Republicans trumpeted just before Congress’s December, 2017 holiday break. “For we have just passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act! (TCJA for short). This awesome new bill will lower taxes! Create more jobs! Fuel robust economic growth! Lower the deficit!
“Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!”
(Well, OK, they didn’t actually say that, but that was the drift.)
As usual, talking heads started spouting talking points.
“Bonuses!”
“Bonuses…..
While watching an Elite Eight game of the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament between Duke and Kansas at around 7 PM on a recent Sunday evening, I received an e-mail from my mom telling me that a friend of hers was annoyed because the game had caused the broadcast of the “60 Minutes” interview between Stormy Daniels and Anderson Cooper to be delayed. During a commercial break, I shot back a reply asking if she remembered the Heidi game.
Because I…..