America enters 2021 still in the grip of a pandemic. One of the reasons coronavirus continues to burrow ever deeper into our society is the attack on science has succeeded; sufficient numbers […]
ICYMI: We must stop destroying our institutions
America enters 2021 still in the grip of a pandemic. One of the reasons coronavirus continues to burrow ever deeper into our society is the attack on science has succeeded; sufficient numbers […]
We must stop destroying our institutions
America enters 2021 still in the grip of a pandemic. One of the reasons coronavirus continues to burrow ever deeper into our society is the attack on science has succeeded; sufficient numbers […]
Anti-Semitic acts skyrocketing in America’s largest cities
The New York Times has the details. A coming report from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, shows that anti-Semitic hate crimes in […]
The world lurches right; this is not something to celebrate
Pick any place on the globe, and you can find it: A nation moving to the right. Dangerously right. I am not talking about voting for conservative ideas such as less government, […]
FOX News and its classy (not) interviews with Asian-Americans
Poynter points out that the always even-tempered and logical Bill O’Reilly and a FOX News reporter are being roundly criticized for a segment that mocked Asians. The casual bigotry was breathtaking. … […]
Chances are Dean Blevins soon will be heading to the unemployment line
TV Spy reports Blevins — a sports director at an Oklahoma TV station — posted an offensive tweet about people who don’t speak English and now finds himself in hot water. Dean […]
Black student harassed at San Jose State University is the latest embarrassment for that campus
The San Jose Mercury News reports San Jose State’s leaders again are on the defensive following details of an apparent race crime on campus. News that a black freshman was relentlessly tormented […]
Disrespectful cowards profiting from their trash
The sad, desperate persona that is Ann Coulter, who suggested President Obama is a “retard,” is symbolic of American society that continues to believe it is acceptable to tear down anything or […]
The fun in the dugout got out of hand
Now the question is — will anyone be held accountable for what took place?
Fired…and rightly so
NPR has done the correct thing in firing Juan Williams. Bigotry has no place in the discussion about politics, religion and similar institutions. Yes, it exists; don’t misunderstand me. But we cannot […]
