The awkward side effects of #MeToo
Human history is full of unintended consequences. Much like the importation of invasive kudzu vines to America, the entire tragic catalog of Communist central planning, and Barbra Streisand's ill-fated 2003...
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Hapless in Democratland
As America edges closer to the 2018 midterm elections, expect to hear a growing herd of weirdly confident political pundits talk about a coming and inevitable “blue wave” — you...
The last gasps of America’s outrage culture
“Don’t tell your problems to people,” football legend Lou Holtz once declared. “Eighty percent don’t care, and the other 20 percent are glad you have them.” That’s rather harsh, I...
The feminist war on common sense
In the 2011 comedy “Bridesmaids,” Kristen Wiig stars as Annie, a down-on-her-luck single Milwaukee woman who regularly hooks up with Ted, a handsome, Porsche-driving, quasi-sociopathic cad delightfully played by “Mad...
Obama, Trump and — Oprah? Bye, boring candidates. Hello, hysteria
“It was a ceremony fit for the gods.” That was The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank, way back in August 2008, describing Barack Obama’s history-making acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination....
Let’s wall off Silicon Valley
In 1996, a documentary called “Triumph of the Nerds” — the title is a play on the 1984 American comedy film “Revenge of the Nerds,” which featured fictional fraternity wars...
A modest suggestion: Perhaps things aren’t that bad
As the cacophony of 2017 winds down to a close, I’d like to float an idea: Perhaps things aren’t all that bad. I can feel the blend of outrage and...
The lost art of privacy
In a broadcast last weekend, Alex Jones — he of the conspiracy-minded media empire Infowars — faced off on the air with a petite, metal-clad spy. Before you start cooking...
‘Evil’ tax cuts? Nope, it’s blue-state panic
Ah, the holiday season. It’s a magical time, bursting with joy, laughter, parties, twinkling lights and mildly terrifying mall-dwelling Santas. It’s also bursting, unfortunately, with the sounds of caterwauling blue-state...
Christians, moral hazards and Roy Moore
While campaigning in an Alabama church — as a Bible-believing Christian I’ll note that this story is already off to a questionable start — Judge Roy Moore, the state’s embattled...