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Elderly white men have highest suicide rate in U.S. Who the hell cares?
A few days ago, I heard a story on NPR radio about life expectancy in the United States. Americans can...
Is Anti-Semitism the New Orthodoxy? Reflections on George Orwell's 1984 and the Attack on DNC Headquarters
Yesterday, a mob of anti-Israel protesters stormed the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington DC. CNN might describe this altercation...
Should I burn my Harvard diploma to protest the University's cowardly response to anti-Jewish bigotry by its students and professors?
I wish I were a billionaire who had given a pot of money to Harvard University. I would write Harvard...
American colleges are producing racists and it's a damned expensive process
American colleges are spending millions of dollars a year to fight racism. Virtually every school has a vice president of...
Are Pro-Palestian College Kids Antisemitic?
Several years ago I worked with a Jewish professor at a Texas university. I recall he had a sign on...
College Presidents: Stand up Against Anti-Semitism
On my tortuous route to Catholicism, I stopped for a while among the Anglicans. I remember a song the Episcopalians...
Rite Aid files For Bankruptcy: Shoplifting’s Got Nothing To Do With It
Rite Aid, once the nation’s largest pharmacy chain, filed for bankruptcy earlier this week. Why? According to the New York...
Is Ukraine fighting Russian mercenaries in Sudan? Say it ain’t so, President Biden
CNN ran a story a few days ago suggesting that “Ukrainian special services were likely behind a series of drone...
Was George Washington the Nation's First Transgender President?
The New York City Council is pondering whether to remove statues around the city of people linked to slavery or...
David Ignatius comes to praise Joe Biden AND to bury him (WaPo is bailing on the Big Guy)
Marc Antony, Shakespeare told us, came to bury Julius Caesar, not to praise him. David Ignatius, a columnist for the...
The Dixie Apocalypse: An Aventure Tale About Post-Apocalyptic Texas
In this near-future, post-apocalyptic novel, retired lawyer-turned-professor Willoughby Burns finds himself trying to survive against hunger and deadly threats in...
George Will’s incoherent defense of the Ukraine war
I began reading George Will's columns back in the 1960s when I was in junior high school. My parents subscribed...
