Boston Mayor Michelle Wu remains unapologetic for her decision to host a holiday party on Wednesday at which only “electeds of color” were welcome. “I am honored to be a part of this group,” she told the media outside Parkman…
There’s a documentary film out that has stirred a good deal of discussion; perhaps you’ve heard of it. It’s called The Fall of Minneapolis. It’s about the George Floyd incident in the summer of 2020, and it makes a very…
I had an interesting weekend. I spent most of it in Chicago, a city where I hadn’t spent much time before. Prior to Friday, I’d only been in O’Hare International Airport, not Chicago itself, but after Friday I can count…
As it happens, my office overlooks the main drag of Kansas City’s counterculture/ homeless hub. On one lonely day during the weird COVID spring of 2020, I heard screaming out on the street, not unusual here, but when it persisted,…
Thanks to the release of depositions in a sexual harassment law suit, we now know just how thoroughly corrupt was the prosecution of former Minneapolis police offer Derek Chauvin and his three colleagues in the May 2020 death of George…
In a move that shocked Goodhue, Minnesota, the town’s police chief and all of the police officers have resigned, complaining about low pay and long hours that were not addressed by the city. Goodhue Mayor Ellen Anderson-Buck said that she…
Large companies and prominent universities are firing diversity, equity, and inclusion hires due to falling demand and rising social pressure from students and consumers — suggesting that DEI officials are becoming increasingly more expensive, unpopular, and unsustainable. “Companies including Netflix,…
The inflammable cocktail of immigration, crime, real or alleged racism, hard-handed police tactics, and fiery left-wing politicians is again exploding in France’s face. Never before, however, has the c-word — “civil war” — been bandied about so openly. Poor France….
Boy, what a spectacle the House Democrats made on Wednesday, no? You had to know they’d behave badly in response to efforts at holding Adam Schiff, their designated hitter when it came to spreading the Trump–Russia myth, accountable for his…
