Immigration
By tradition, the political season begins after Labor Day, but in a year where most other tradition has been turned in its ear, both sides have jumped the gun. Democrats and Republicans are running attack commercials, either on TV or online, and the Joe Biden camp has just finished a
Anti-Semitism
Today’s topic is hypocrisy, and our shared reaction to hate. Today’s subject is DeSean Jackson, an admirer of Louis Farrakhan, and a disseminator of faux Hitler anti-Semitic garbage the wide receiver posted on Instagram. First, Farrakhan. He is well-known as anti-Semite, anti-white, anti-gay. The Anti Defamation League suggests
Coronavirus
I just got off the phone with my one-time office spouse, and I’m feeling guilty. An office spouse is that work colleague with whom you are so close you develop a bond that is like marriage — one of complete trust and confidence. But not sex. So that’s not
Democratic Party
Here’s something that goes around periodically — a satire of the Democratic national convention schedule. I’d be happy to publish a Republican schedule if someone sends it to me. I have looked and can’t find one. The 2020 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION SCHEDULE DAY ONE: Monday August 17, 2020 1:
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I wish Jonathan Holloway well. The 53-year-old educator and historian recently became the president of New Jersey’s flagship university, Rutgers, and said, no, it would not be changing its name. The school is named for Col. Henry Rutgers, a Revolutionary War hero — and slaveholder. “We are not going to
Social media
Remember before the Internet, when you used to get gossip at the water cooler and the beauty shop, and you had to buy porn (you called it porno) at a “bookstore” that had its windows painted black? Back when you cussed people out face to face, and had to go
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It’s always painful to admit ignorance, so it hurts when I say I had no idea that the full name of the state of Rhode Island is “the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.” I’ve been there, had friends who lived there and showed me the Gilded
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President Donald J. Trump’s visit to Mount Rushmore reignited complaints from Native Americans that the land was stolen from them, and the monument desecrated land they regard as holy. This is true, but irreversible. We are not going to destroy the monument as the Taliban did to huge Buddhas.
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Welcome to July 4th, white people’s Juneteenth. Barbecue, fireworks, patriotism. In my circle of Black friends (Black is now capitalized in the AP stylebook, another emotional, illogical PC decision, but no skin off my nose), some refuse to celebrate “White” Independence Day, while others celebrate with a passion. Among
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Did Russia do it? Vladimir Putin says no, and we know what that is worth. President Donald J. Trump says he didn’t see the material that was included in his briefing material, and we know what that’s worth. The former KGB officer versus the builder/TV show host
Christopher Columbus
Once again Jim Kenney, Mayor Weathervane, has spun around and around and come out pointing the wrong way, in support of the howling mob. We know there is a controversy around Christopher Columbus and there are strong opinions on both sides. That’s why I proposed putting Columbus on trial,
Coronavirus
Look — up in the sky (depending on where you live) — that’s not Superman, it is the Sahara sand storm, the biggest one in half a century that has crossed the Atlantic and is hanging over the Southeastern U.S., and heading inland. A suffocating sand storm. Just a month