On Race, Can We All Lighten Up?
On a beautiful Sunday morning, I was out of town for a business meeting in the city of Santa Barbara, California, an affluent area where the rich and famous live. Demographically,...
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VP Harris, What About the “Root Cause” of Urban Homicide?
Vice President Kamala Harris just returned from Guatemala where she discussed the “root cause” of the post-election “surge” of “migrants” to our southern border. Harris said, “People leave home … because...
Trump’s “Racist” Rhetoric Blamed for Anti-Asian Hate
Behold the power of white supremacy! It allegedly programs Blacks to commit hate crimes against Asian Americans. ...
On Reparations: John F. Kennedy vs. Robert F. Kennedy
When did the civil rights movement go off the rails? The answer is when proponents went from justly demanding equal rights to unjustly demanding equal results. ...
Fake Outrage Over Cheney “Ouster”; Dems “Ousted” Bernie Twice
Apparently, it's OK for Democrats to push Bernie Sanders aside — twice — in order to beat Donald Trump. But it's not OK for Republicans to push Liz Cheney aside in...
Is COVID-19 Relief Encouraging People Not to Work? Dems Say, “No Evidence.” When Have Dems Needed Evidence?
A Labor Department spokesperson says his office "has not seen evidence" that the COVID-19 relief benefits incentivize people not to work. Since when does the Biden administration require "data" or "evidence"?...
White-Savior Movies, Bad; White-Savior Politicians, Good
"White savior" movies provoke outrage among blacks, but "white savior" rhetoric among Democrat politicians does not. ...
Maxine Waters’ Anti-Cop Rhetoric Is Getting Black People Killed
Maxine Waters' rhetoric has led to an increase in homicides in America's cities, where the majority of the victims are the very "people of color" she claims to care so deeply...
Black Lives Matter Co-founder Cashes In on “Systemic Racism”
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, a self-described "trained Marxist," appears to be doing quite well for herself. ...
Had Obama Not Played the Race Card, George Floyd Might Be Alive
George Floyd might be alive had former President Barack Obama not, for eight years, consistently play the anti-cop race card. ...
Trump Critics Who Called Vaccine Timetable Reckless Now Say It’s Reckless NOT to Take the Vaccine
Had Trump not, for four years, been described as clueless, reckless and incompetent — and had vote-seeking Democrats not described government as overtly, covertly, foundationally, endemically or systemically racist — maybe...
Top High Schools Scrap Merit-Based Admission; Will the ‘Woke’ NBA Follow?
Why punish the best college players because "too many" Blacks excel in sports? Why punish Asian American students for the crime of working hard and outperforming others academically? ...
Some Final Thoughts on Reparations
How would reparations be funded? Conservative writer Michael Medved estimates that only 5% of whites in America “bear any authentic sort of generational guilt for the exploitation of slave labor.” Why...
The Case Against Reparations: Part 2
With reparations, there is the issue of who pays. All whites? Only whites? Nonwhites? Are payments owed before the United States became a country? ...