Culture War
My Harris-Trump choice drained me. But I finally have determined which candidate I will vote AGAINST. My decision came in a flash, thanks to an unexpected epiphany that focused on factors I had not even considered earlier. An examination of those factors revealed which of these sorry candidates scares me […]
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The agonizing Harris – Trump race has created a dilemma for at least half of our country’s voters, I among them. Millions of us find both candidates unfit for the job. To summarize my own view, I rate these two nominees as the least desirable pair to run for the […]
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DEI is dying in higher education, and in major businesses. To consider higher education first, an extensive article in today’s The New York Times Magazine describes the history of DEI at the University of Michigan. Written by Nicholas Confessore, an investigative reporter for The Times, the article’s title and subhead […]
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Pop quiz on successful immigrants. I’m posting this because it goes against much current thought, and some of the facts I’ve learned surprised me. More importantly, I believe there is an important take-home message from this pop quiz. Please continue reading. After digesting the clues below, can you identify what […]
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Here is another example of discriminatory DEI. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post (see here), the effects of DEI have simply changed one form of discrimination to another. I now offer a case where the discrimination was so blatant that the courts have stepped in and reversed an outrageous situation. […]
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Two opposing views on DEI. Which do you favor? A couple of days ago, I read two newspaper articles on DEI, one in the Wall Street Journal, and the other in USA Today (the latter was originally published in the Louisville Courier Journal). The opinions of the writers are crystal […]
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The ominous threat of surging DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) powers on college campuses was again evident last month when campus security officers barged into a law classroom at Ohio Northern University and escorted Professor Scott Gerber to the dean’s office with armed police following down the hall. The professor […]
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How can smart people think differently from me? How do they develop opinions so contrary to mine? If they’re so smart, I reason, why don’t they see the light? It’s a well-worn riddle. Well, thanks to a stroke of serendipity, I’ve come to see clearly how conflicting views may be […]
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Have you been following the wooden-headed world of woke? The nonsensical, fatuous, obtuse, moronic, dimwitted, imbecilic, and dopey world of woke? Admittedly, the word means different things to different people. To read a broad view of the varied meanings click here. One of the least divisive definitions of woke I […]
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What is your field of work? Apparently some individuals deem that to be an unsettling question. Let’s examine this viewpoint. Please take a moment to consider what the word field means to you. What does it bring to mind? I asked myself that question and instantly came up with a […]
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