The University of Pennsylvania proudly says that it was founded by Benjamin Franklin, who also chaired its governing board in its formative years. That famed colonial polymath and Founding Father would no doubt be unhappy if he saw what leaders…
As the flag lowers on Pride Month 2023, we stand enlightened by yet another variation in the “LGBTQ” acronym, courtesy of America’s intrepid cultural revolutionaries. For a while, it evolved to “LGBTQIA+.” You know what LGBTQ stands for, but for…
The Pillowman, the acclaimed play by British-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh (famous for The Lieutenant of Inishmore and the films In Bruges and The Banshees of Inisherin), has finally made it to London’s West End, 20 years after its debut. Why…
Our institutions of higher learning are in freefall. The dominance of progressive political orientations among faculty members and administrators is well known, and the consequences of this intellectual monoculture are equally obvious. I need not recount the innumerable instances of…
A 12-year-old student was allegedly sent home from Nichols Middle School for wearing a shirt that read: “There are only two genders.” That’s right. His shirt featured a statement of what was a well-known fact for thousands of years of…
Louis C.K. is one of the few targets of the #MeToo movement who are big enough and talented enough to have risen from the ashes. After a 2017 New York Times “exposé” of behavior by the comedian that certainly qualified…
Whatever it is, I’m against it! No matter who has started or commenced it I’m against it! — Sung by Groucho Marx in Horse Feathers I had never crossed virtual paths with MrBeast until last week when my son told…
Conservatives must decisively reject any efforts made by the fringes of the Right to create racist narratives in their political movement. It’s sad that this must even be said, but black Americans are not a hate group. On Wednesday last…
Well, it’s been a hell of a week, and I feel like I missed most of it. Regular readers of this column know I missed a regularly scheduled appearance in this space earlier in the week. And on top of…
