The social media mob is all the media care about
We were past due for a fabricated outrage cycle against Chick-fil-A. Thankfully, Twitter excels in creating fabricated outrage cycles. “Chick-fil-A is under fire for a tweet that…
We were past due for a fabricated outrage cycle against Chick-fil-A. Thankfully, Twitter excels in creating fabricated outrage cycles. “Chick-fil-A is under fire for a tweet that…
The media have failed us. Again. And not just in terms of basic reporting and accuracy but in ways that leave us markedly worse off than we…
A House district in Washington state may be more difficult for the GOP to hold after Republican primary voters drove out their incumbent lawmaker who voted to…
If you want to have the joy you take in motion pictures restored, look no further than The Last Movie Stars, Ethan Hawke’s six-part documentary on HBO…
Maybe you saw the recent movie Don’t Look Up, with the tagline: “Based on real events … that haven’t happened — yet.” Or maybe you’ve seen the…
How bad is America’s child welfare system? So bad, apparently, that the United Nations is now investigating it for racism. Because if there’s any group that knows…
President Joe Biden recently announced, with great fanfare, his “cancer moonshot” initiative. Biden used soaring and promising rhetoric about, at last, finding a cure for one of…
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has sparked an enormous crisis across Europe. A new war on its borders would be challenging enough on its own, but the…
Perhaps exhausted by the recent unpleasantness between the States, the American contribution to the great 1867 World’s Fair in Paris lacked the show and ambition many European…
For all the stories we hear about “hookup” culture on college campuses, more and more research is showing that growing numbers of college students are not only…