Commencement Speaker Says Women Should Be Responsible, is Slammed by Feminists
Students and alumni of Sweet Briar College are furious after the school’s commencement speaker said she has only “partial sympathy” for the #MeToo movement. I think they expected her to have the popular hashtag tattooed on her forehead, in order to show proper solidarity with the cause. Nothing less than 100% adherence and deference will […]
Rutgers Law Students Say the Suggestion that Trump Deserves a Nobel Peace Prize is ‘Intimidating”
It must be hard to be a constantly triggered student these days. I mean, so many things set them off, I don’t know how they even make it to the bathroom in the morning to brush their teeth. Here is the latest triggering episode, this time on the campus of Rutgers Law School, who are […]
California is Now Home to a Remarkable 77 of the USA’s Top 297 Most ‘Economically Challenged’ Cities
As a young man, I traveled extensively for business. I still remember the way people responded when I told them I was from California. It was a faraway look, and some variation of, “I wish I could live there…”. Today, the same interaction results in some variation of “Oh…I’m so sorry. Why don’t you leave?” […]
Chelsea Handler Compares Nikki Haley to Hitler, Unknowingly Commits Logical Fallacy of ‘Reductio ad Hitlerum’
As a Jew, I’m always amused by the way Hitler is thrown around in conversations to score rhetorical points. It’s as if people have never heard Godwin’s Law, or Godwin’s Rule of Hitler Analogies. This fallacy, also known as reductio ad Hitlerum, was created by American attorney and author Mike Godwin. He said that the longer an argument goes […]