Feminism is a social and political movement. It is not an academic discipline on par with, say, mathematics, economics, business administration, engineering or physics. Gender studies, feminism’s academic wing, does not constitute an appropriate subject for an academic degree. At best it is a subset of a complex of ideas, issues, and events properly canvassed
Month: January 2020
As film culture moves onward, it’s best to approach 2020 by previous milestones. The past movie decade did not belong to social-justice propagandists but to Alain Resnais, Zack Snyder, Clint Eastwood, and the rise of S. Craig Zahler. What makes those four auteurs the most significant filmmakers of the preceding … Read More
Former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) We’re just a few weeks out from the Iowa caucuses, and a week after that, the New Hampshire primary. There’s still time for things to change, but right
House Speaker House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a media briefing ahead of the House vote authorizing an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, October 31, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) The House of Representatives voted largely along party lines Thursday to pass a non-binding resolution aimed at limiting President Trump’s war powers against Iran. In a vote of
Former South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy joins Tucker Carlson to explain House Democrats’ impeachment endgame. #Tucker #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company
Give NBC credit for allowing Parnaz Foroutan the opportunity to challenge the media’s embrace of Iranian propaganda — including at NBC. Just one day after running it, however, it became evident that MSNBC’s Chris Matthews didn’t bother to read it. Earlier today, Matthews compared Qassem Soleimani’s death to that of Elvis Presley and Princess Diana
Maybe It’s Just Me After President Trump made it clear on Wednesday morning that Iran’s actions on Tuesday night weren’t going to be the beginning of another interminable desert war I was quite relieved, as I’m sure most of you were. While I’m not naive enough to think that Democrats would heap praise on the
Chairman of the House Armed Forces Committee Adam Smith (D-WA) awaits the arrival of Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford to testify on the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Budget Request from the Department of Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March
Attendees walk past a Facebook logo at the company’s developers conference in San Jose, Calif., April 30, 2019. (Stephen Lam/Reuters) Facebook announced on Thursday that it would not change its ad policy ahead of the 2020 elections and will continue to allow political ads with false or misleading information. “In the absence of regulation, Facebook
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives for her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Her leverage play turns out to have been an embarrassing mistake. We are in the midst of an imaginary impeachment standoff between House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate leader
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy reacts to the latest on impeachment and Adam Schiff’s call for hearings on Iran airstrikes on ‘Fox & Friends. ‘ #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News
As we learned about the attack aimed at American forces in Iraq coming from Iran Tuesday evening, already early Wednesday morning in Iraq, a lot of us did as we always do – we scanned Twitter for reactions. It may surprise you to learn that the worst reactions didn’t come from Democrats running to be
Some of the Democratic candidates for president support studying reparations to blacks to compensate for slavery. But in many ways, America has made reparations to blacks. What are race-based preferences if not a form of compensation for historical wrongs? Many cities have “set-aside” programs that award government contracts to minority contractors. President Lyndon Johnson pushed
When I was a kid, I used to love a video game called Defender. Whenever you got in trouble, you’d set off the smart bomb and wipe out a huge swarm of aliens at once. The aliens would come right back and get you in a few seconds, but it sure was satisfying in the
Former vice president Joe Biden speaks during a meeting in New Hampton, Iowa, December 5, 2019. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday dismissed Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s complaint about sharing a party with him, citing the broad support he receives from voters across racial and socio-economic demographics. “Differences in the party have always
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2019. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) seemed to confirm that the Republican majority was ready to advance with impeachment, saying Wednesday that “there will be no haggling with the House over Senate procedure.” “We
Warning, graphic images: Forensic pathologist hired by the Epstein family Dr. Michael Baden tells ‘America’s Newsroom’ that the autopsy performed on Jeffrey Epstein and the bedsheet nooses found in his jail cell call into question a death by suicide. #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio,
Back in the day, TIME magazine was known as a decent weekly publication. Our parents read it to keep up with current events. It was a mainstay in the magazines offered to kill time in doctors’ waiting rooms. It arrived in mailboxes for those who preferred the convenience of home delivery. That was then. This
Congressional hearings were created to educate lawmakers so they have knowledge before they pass bills or impeach a president. Not today. Today, hardly any education happens. During the President Trump impeachment “testimony,” legislators tried to score points. At least five times, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., shut down criticism by shouting, “Gentleman is not recognized!” I
Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores during a game against the New Orleans Saints at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La., August 29, 2019. (Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports) Art Shell became the first black head coach in the National Football League in 1989, in a league where African Americans have made up a majority
President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally in Bossier City, La., November 14, 2019. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Gallup has a new study out that shows party ID has remained stable during the Trump era. Forty-seven percent of adults identify as Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents, and 42 percent identify as Republican or Republican-leaning independents. “As
Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) A classified briefing on the intelligence behind Qasem Soleimani’s killing caused Senate Republicans Mike Lee and Ron Paul to excoriate the assessment, while Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio praised the intel. Lee called the meeting “probably the worst briefing I’ve seen, at least on a military issues, in
Fox News contributor Dan Bongino sounds off on the criticism of President Trump’s order to strike Iran’s top general. #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on
If you’ve spent any time on Twitter in the past week or so you’ve probably seen plenty of progressives worried about Trump’s strike on Gen. Soleimani. There were many worried that WWIII was imminent and some confusion about why Trump would dare to attack an Iranian governmental figure. Michael Moore made the case yesterday that
Are We There Yet?!? At war, I mean. Not yet, but keep your calendars open. Things, as the kids say, escalated quickly last night, as the Iranians who have been attacking American troops via proxy for years decided to finally get their hands dirty: Iran state TV reports that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
A cauldron set alight with the Olympic Flame is pictured atop the Acropolis hill as the Parthenon temple is seen in the background in Athens, Greece, April 26, 2016. (Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters) Thirty-two years ago, this country was divided by Stanford University’s decision to ditch its Western Civilization requirement in favor of a multicultural alternative. Claims
Former vice president Joe Biden speaks at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, December 4, 2019. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) And I’m glad it’s being sued. Iowa State University’s speech policies place strict limits on the ways in which students can express support for political candidates — and now, thankfully, the school is being sued over it.
Sen. Bernie Sanders holds a campaign rally in Detroit, Mich., October 27, 2019. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters) As the most authentic anti-war candidate in the field, the Vermont senator may be helped more than any other 2020 Democrat by Qasem Soleimani’s killing. Donald Trump’s decision to order the killing of Iran’s arch-terrorist general Qasem Soleimani split the
‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ takes a close look at what the country’s leadership class has done to one of America’s greatest cities: San Francisco. #Tucker #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has been denied a visa to enter the United States. Zarif wants to attend a U.N. Security Council meeting on Thursday. The source of the report is an anonymous U.S. official. No one is providing much information right now. The State Department isn’t commenting and Iran’s mission to the
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