Neoliberalism is one of those concepts that changes meaning depending on whom you ask. Whereas the intellectual opponents of capitalism use it to refer to the political and economic system that emerged in the 1980s and continues to be hegemonic today, classical liberals see it as a vague and empty concept that adds nothing to…
Whether it’s for something as serious as cancer or as routine as a kidney stone, no one likes to hear that they have to go under the surgical knife. But such unhappy news is often lightened once a patient has the chance to talk to the surgeon and realize that he is in good, capable…
Here is an online proponent for gun control, a man ignorant of the difference between a shotgun and a .22 rifle, decrying millions of gun owners as Nazis. There sits the woman who makes a point of telling her dinner companions, some of whom are eating the café’s steak special, that she’s a vegan. At…
Grace Carr A Kentucky high school suspended two students for reportedly dressing as the 1999 Columbine shooters who were responsible for one the worst mass shootings in the U.S. Adair County High School suspended two girls who allegedly dressed as the Columbine shooters for Halloween, ABC News affiliate WHAS11 reported Thursday. The two girls wore clothes resembling…
Anders Hagstrom Michael Moore said on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” Thursday that angry white male high school graduates should just give up politically because they’ve been running the show “for the last 10,000 years.” “They are fanatical about this because they know their time is up,” Moore said of white men. “So if I…
Nick Givas Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson responded to CNN anchor Don Lemon’s claim about white men being a threat to America, on “Fox & Friends” Thursday, and called the statement absurd. “You know, we have a history of dividing people into different segments and that has caused a lot of problems in…
Grace Carr on October 31, 2018 A number of producers, writers, designers and members of the “Black Panther” film team said that it’s crazy for white parents to bar their children from dressing up as characters from the movie. “The idea that only black kids would wear ‘Black Panther’ costumes is insane to me,” writer, actor…
Grace Carr on October 31, 2018 A feminist group tweeted that Halloween, a holiday that celebrates everything scary, spooky and grim, isn’t necessary anymore because reality is already frightening. View image on Twitter Feminist Majority ✔@MajoritySpeaks Happy Halloween! This is the kind of year when we don’t need monsters to spook us; reality is scary enough….
Nick Givas Florida’s Democratic nominee for governor, Andrew Gillum, compared his Republican opponent Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump to “pigs” on “The Daily Show” Monday and said they’re trying to drag him down into the mud. Host Trevor Noah highlighted the worsening political division in America and then complemented Gillum on his calm handling of DeSantis on the…
If you spend as much time on the internet as I do (which you probably shouldn’t), you’ve likely seen plenty of expressionless, crudely-drawn gray faces popping up in your various feeds lately. A new meme has been born. For those not up to date on the finer points of internet discourse, a “meme” is a…