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The Woke Brigade Comes For Bambi
Chris Donaldson writes for BizPacReview.com about the latest unnecessary rewrite of a Disney classic. Another classic cartoon character is set to be overhauled to fit the modern “woke” times with…
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COVID rules’ long-term cultural impact explored
Elle Reynolds argues in a Federalist column that government rules linked to the COVID-19 pandemic force us to “trade substance for sterility.” In 1960, John Steinbeck and his French poodle…
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Signs of a cultural revolution
Ross Douthat of the American Enterprise Institute places today’s political controversies in a larger context. The force transforming Western liberalism has many hashtags, many slogans, many admiring and pejorative descriptions,…
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Placing the monument controversy into perspective
Roger Kimball offers Imprimis readers an enlightening take on the ongoing battle over public monuments. [I]t is worth noting that the monument controversy signifies something much larger than the attacks…
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One columnist who doesn’t give a … you know … about Trump’s comments
Andrew Klavan of City Journal explains why he’s not willing to join the chorus crying over President Trump’s latest crude comments. No one is really shocked, of course. This is…
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Irrelevant for the Holidays – Part II
Back in the old days, we reviewed in horror customs of Rome, blaming its fall on this or that. Today, we bring back the gladiators in the form of a…
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Thought for the Day
The computers were down at work, so I enjoyed a few hours of improving my mind. One thing I did was finish Greg Gutfeld’s Not Cool. The first 90-some pages…
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But this one’s not like other vampires. He sparkles and gives you chocolate marshmallows.
My latest on Townhall offers a tongue-in-cheek look at the vampire myth over time, how very recently it has been turned inside-out, and how we might be recovering from our…
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On 9/11 I’m in no mood for kumbaya
I was reading through the list of 9/11 activities in The News & Observer this week and became increasingly depressed as I got toward the bottom. Peace, love, understanding, why-do-they-hate-us?,…
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Why We Are Doomed, Part 59
Former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson — last seen tackling federal spending with Erskine Bowles — on the problem with kids today: “Grandchildren now don’t write a thank-you for the Christmas…
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You might be “progressive” if …
… you not only believe this ad campaign,1 but you agree with the implication that what it depicts is the human ideal and needs to be adopted2 in America: Notes…
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Gordon Lightfoot better watch out
Those wacky Canadians are covering over historical murals in the British Columbia legislative building because “some people find the colonial depictions of aboriginal people to be offensive.” Seems the murals,…