Political Correctness
As a reporter, you learn that there are two sides to a story. At a minimum. Usually more. Visitors at the Mutter Museum (Photo: Visit Philly) Few stories or events are open and shut, but this one is tantalizing to me because of its many tendrils. It defies -- for
Political Correctness
It’s Friday morning, and I can guarantee you that most of the chattering class is hitting refresh, waiting for the release today of the independent mayoral poll commissioned by the Committee of Seventy. Why the intense interest in the poll? Because out of the nine Democratic candidates hoping to
Culture
I am awake, I am not Woke. Thanks to loving, kind parents, my sister and I were taught there was injustice in the world -- racial, economic, and other -- and we should do what we could to fight it. (My parents were a mother and a father, not a
Cancel Culture
"Diversity based on race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity are foundational sacraments in the Cult of Diversity. On the other hand, intellectual and political diversity are heretical ideas that need to be expunged.” That one paragraph sums up the heart of Gad Saad’s 191-page “The
Political Correctness
“Master” bedroom is heading for the scrap heap -- ostensibly because it reminded some lunkheads of slavery(!) -- joining other words and terms that the PC a/k/a woke have imagined to be offensive. Such as, well, “politically correct” itself. That’s under fire. Also “lame,” “gyp,” “retarded,” “colored,
Political Correctness
With Covid-19, the fair-minded among us might feel that the Centers for Disease Control has fallen short of Nobel caliber performance. There were wildly exaggerated estimates, there were advisories that were issued and promptly reversed, there were false alarms, and so on. And yet, praise God, amid the epidemic, busy
Journalism
The Associated Press gets a lot of respect, largely because it is so large, it has so many newspaper members, it has lasted so long (since 1846) and has great branding. Who hasn’t heard of the AP? Because it has 1,400 member newspapers, plus broadcasters, to create conformity
Uncategorized
The U.S. House of Representatives, dominated by Democrats (for now), has just passed rules eliminating gender-specific words such as mother, father, sister, brother, male, female, he, she, his, hers in an attempt to expand — you guessed it — inclusivity. You get to be more inclusive by excluding words that have
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What does it take to drop a major American corporation to its knees? A stupid online petition with a measly 4,275 signatures, that’s what. Trader Joe’s annual revenue is $13 billion for its 500 U.S. stores. The chain is known for doing some things differently, often
Political Correctness
No kidding. I posted this on Facebook and it was taken down for violating “community standards.” The only thing I added was a caption that said, “Just like a man,” as a j-o-k-e, of course, because the lioness was doing all the work. I appealed the decision to Facebook and