Yes, it’s true. The Washington Post, in its infinite wisdom and general gutlessness—though I’m sure “pussy-whipped” is far too strong a term—has decided that diversity trumps quality, and Dan, as he reports in his last post, Goodbye, farewell and adieu to Spoiler Alerts, is being eased out, for the greater good—though, frankly, I’m not sure…
Tag: political correctness
Is Charlie Sykes the new Dick Morris?
Well, I hope so, and I hope Joe Biden or his “people” will take the hint, if not from Charlie himself then the myriad of excellent sources Charlie collects in his recent piece for “The Bulwark”, Joe Biden Needs Four Sister Souljah Moments, explaining why Joe needs to “get tough” with the Democratic Party’s newly…
Sandra Oh and “The Chair”: Sorry, I can’t see the plot for the clichés!
I have not been “on campus” for (checks notes) 49 years, for which I thank God on my knees every fucking day—and that ain’t no lie. So I am not the best person to review The Chair, a Netflix mini-series that has gotten props for taking a reasonably honest look at political correctness, sexism, racism,…
Thinking is not prohibited at the New York Times; but it is frowned upon. Strongly. Very strongly.
Actually, I’m cutting the Times, and the screamin’ wokies who make up its staff, an enormous amount of slack because it’s fairer to say that thinking is forbidden at the Times, rather than my kinder, gentler take. Latest victim of the “no think” movement at the Times is Donald McNeil Jr., booted for daring to…
Prefer a new edition of the Spanish Inquisition? You’re in luck, dude.
If you’ve been following the case or controversy involving wicked Laura Kipnis, a seriously old school feminist who hangs out at Northwestern University, well, you may have thought that Laura’s recent articles on the absurdities of Title IX political correctness had more or less crushed that particular brand of political nonsense.1 Well, if that’s what…
Jonathan Chait, not entirely an idiot
That seems to be the rap on Jonathan Chait’s now-notorious neo-Voltairean rap on free speech and the lack thereof in academe and on the web. Seems that Jon is fed up with the cult of victimhood that’s sweeping the nation, while the blogosphere is naturally fed up with the idea of well-paid straight white guys…
Please remove the beam from thine eye before asking me to remove the beam from mine eye Dept.
There I go again, attacking one of my favorite bloggers. Brad DeLong runs an item that reads, in its entirety, thus: The Los Angeles Times Gives John M. Ellis and Charles L. Geshekter a Platform to Oppose a Just, Free, and Equal Society If Ellis and Geshekter think that America should not aim to be…