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Commentary Since the early 1970s, when the Baby Boomer acolytes of George McGovern took control of the Democrat ...

(AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File) Last week, the CEO of Black Rifle Coffee, Evan Hafer, gave a long-form interview to Jason Zengerle for the New York Times Magazine. I don’t know what he expected to achieve by the exercise, but I’m pretty certain that what he accomplished represented a significant deviation from the plan. The piece framed Black Rifle Coffee as a “Starbucks for conservatives” and promoted the piece by saying that the company was trying to distance itself from some of its c...

(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) In the words of social and political philosopher Eric Hofer, “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and turns into a racket.” So when I read this tweet by Andy Ngo, I was intrigued. “It’s such a repugnant group of people.” The executives behind @blckriflecoffee, a coffee and lifestyle brand hugely popular with conservatives, has some choice words to describe part of its customer base. https://t.co/BxTpq0kfQYpic.twitter.com/mbdrBSpwGs Was ...

As parents focus on their schools and the usual Hollywood and Big Tech suspects, the gatekeepers of America’s children’s literature fly under the radar.

This lecture was delivered by Professor Vadim Rogovin at the University of Melbourne in Australia on May 28, 1996.

A biography of bullshit: some of the greatest lies in history In this week spent highlighting the lies and falsehoods of our current prime minister, we need to remember that, in historical terms, hes an amateur. May 28, 2021 The deliberate falsehood and the outright lie, used as legitimate means to achieve political ends, have been with us since the beginning of recorded history. Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable t...

Kingsley Amis famously suggested that ...

Modern Diplomacy Published 1 week ago Democracies have an inbuilt flaw when their own processes can be employed to undermine them.  It is what has happened in Hungary in the last decade, and Hungary is not alone.  In his youth the current prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, was an ardent dissident leading a youth movement, Fidesz, and in 1989 he was calling for the removal of Soviet troops and free democratic elections.  Opposition to single-party socialist rule was eventually success...

A mistress is now a friend if you use the AP stylebook Posted on Dear Reader: The Associated Press Stylebook, aka the Bible of journalism, has decreed that the word “mistress” shall no longer be used by journalists because “it implies the woman is solely responsible for the affair.” Instead — and much to the relief of unfaithful men everywhere — we are to use “friend,” “companion,” or — if we dare — “lover.” How many divorce actions, filed for the cause of adulte...

When Disneyland in California reopened last week, it unveiled the revamped version of one of its original rides – Snow White’s Scary Adventure. Entertainment Weekly reported that the new version of the ride has been praised “for its upgrades which include new audio, new animation, new music, and stunning visual technology that includes laser projections and LED lights.” (Excerpt) Read more at themix.net ... TOPICS: