There is nothing in life quite as predictable as the unpredictable life-changing event.
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Matthew Crawford/UnHerd
How race politics liberated the elites
If society is taken to be inherently oppressive, the notion of a common good disappears
Friday, October 22, 2021
Under New Critical Race Curriculum “White People, Historic Figures, All Look Like Buffoons or Aggressors”
On Megyn Kelly Podcast: “Not to speak out is to deny students and children that very crucial comprehensive education that they’re entitled to as American children.”
Pat Buchanan
Warnings and Threats — or Bluster and Bluff
"Consider, then, a brief summation of the confrontational postures adopted by the Biden diplomats. We are openly warning Russia that the U.S. may soon bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO... We are openly warning Iran that time is running out... We are putting China on notice that we do not accept its broad claims..."
The Snowflakes Aren’t Melting
On the true nature, and danger, of safetyism
Cancel Culture Takes a Big "L"
Thursday, October 21, 2021
The Federalist
Special Counsel Filing Reveals More About Alfa Bank Conspiracy Theory
Althouse
Circling the drain on Critical Race Theory
But why not test everything — especially if your hypothesis is that white privilege is hidden inside whatever white people do? If the answer is that it makes black students feel unwelcome or unsafe, you ought to have to test that answer for hidden racism. Isn't it mostly white people demanding that their policy not be questioned?
Look at this quote from Phoebe A. Cohen, a Williams College geosciences professor and department chair: "This idea of intellectual debate and rigor as the pinnacle of intellectualism comes from a world in which white men dominated."
Yes, and? Affirmative action comes from a world in which white men dominated. Test the idea. Test the idea of testing the idea. If you won't even do that, you are circling the drain.
Jonathan Turley
Attorney General Garland and the “Unobstrusive” Federal Monitoring of School Board Meetings
Telling parents that the Justice Department is monitoring school board meetings creates an obvious chilling effort on speech. It is like a police car following you on the highway for miles just to see if you violate any law. It has an impact on how you act. Indeed, the purpose of the National School board letter seemed designed to have that effect. The Justice Department then amplified that effect by quickly announcing it would carry out the national effort and released a press statement referring to various departments being brought into the fight, including the National Security Division. While Garland may pledge to be as “unobtrusive as possible,” it would be quite a “novelty” to succeed.
Bridget Phetasy
Lectures From Limousine Liberals
The same people who sat at home praising essential workers as heroes now repay them with exclusion and sneering condescension
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
"The Bidens": Is the First Family Corrupt, or Merely Crazy?
Politico reporter Ben Schreckinger's new book is an equal opportunity offender that may push a reluctant national media to re-examine ugly questions about President Joe Biden
Monday, October 18, 2021
eugyppius:
Maximum Vaccination
Jonathan Turley:
Did Kamala Harris Just Violate Federal Law To Boost Terry McAuliffe In Virginia?
Direct politicking in tax-exempt churches has been unlawful for decades.
WSJ
America’s Workers Are Leaving Jobs in Record Numbers
Matt Taibbi
Yes, Virginia, There is a Deep State
Glenn Greenwald: