Monthly Archives: February 2015

Vox: Amanda Taub: ‘The Truth About Political Correctness is That it Doesn’t Exist’

“Political correctness, in Chait’s view, is a “system of left-wing ideological repression” that threatens the “bedrock liberal ideal” of a “free political marketplace where we can reason together as individuals.” He writes, “While politically less threatening than conservatism (the far … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Jesse Walker: What The Hell Does Politically Correct Mean?

“Amanda Taub’s Vox piece denying the existence of political correctness does get one thing right: The phrase political correctness “has no actual fixed or specific meaning.” What it does have, though Taub doesn’t explore this, is a history of meanings: … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Brian Beutler: Republican Homeland Security Spirals Out of Control

Source:The New Republic For the life of me, I can’t figure out how Democrats lose to these Tea Party and Neoconservative Republicans in any elections outside of the Bible Belt. Congressional Republicans know that if they vote to overturn President … Continue reading

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New York Magazine: Jonathan Chait: Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say

Source:New York Magazine If you are familiar with my pieces about Bill Maher and how the Far-Left attacked him over his comments on Islam back in September and October, you know I view political correctness as not just illiberal, or … Continue reading

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The Week: Opinion: Paul Brandus: The Deficit is Shrinking, But it’s Still a Huge Problem

The Week: Opinion: Paul Brandus: The Deficit is Shrinking, But It’s Still a Huge Problem Ideally what you want to do with your debt and deficit outlook, is to run deficits and even big deficits when the economy is bad. … Continue reading

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The American Mind: Charles Kesler- Interviewing William Voegeli: ‘Liberal Bullshit’

Source:The American Mind– Hoover Institution Fellow William Voegeli. “What’s the foundation of liberalism? William Voegeli joins Charles R. Kesler to discuss the origins of bad liberal ideas. Watch more of ‘The American Mind’ on our website:The American Mind  From The American … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig: Catholic Upbringing Made Me a Libertarian Activist’

Source:The New Republic– Libertarian porn star Belle Knox? “Belle Knox, the enterprising Duke undergraduate who ascended to fame last year after her porn career was discovered by nosy classmates, has decided to direct her notoriety to politics. In an interview … Continue reading

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Dark Documentaries: True Crime With Aphrodite Jones- O.J. Simpson (2010)

Source:Dark Documentaries I can’t say that I’m shocked about what happened to O.J. Simpson post 1997 wrongful death civil case against him that he lost and of course he literally getting away with murder in 1995. Actually not what happened … Continue reading

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Criminology World: Golden Buddha- Couples Who Kill

Source:Criminology World It is not uncommon for loners to sort of lose it and become so unhappy to the point that they finally snap lets say and decide to take out their frustrations of being so unhappy in life against … Continue reading

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Henry Higgins: Who Was Richard Nixon

Source:Henry Higgins With all due respect to BBC, I don’t think you can explain who was Richard Nixon in under an hour. To explain someone as the narrator in this film said is one of if not the most fascinating … Continue reading

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