Two events occurring in mid-May in France illustrated a paradox in the contemporary feminist movement, in both Europe and North America. The first was the conviction of the justly celebrated 76-year-old actor Gérard Depardieu on charges of sexually assaulting two…
How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people? An ugly soul oversaw the collection of pretty people last night at the Met Gala in Manhattan. Diana Ross wore a train larger than a train, Sabrina Carpenter attracted…
Gabi Zuniga allegedly petitioned Shannon Sharpe to “put a big black baby in me.” Then, not long after that, she accused the Hall of Fame tight end of rape. What derailed a love story so promising? The text messages between…
In the world of whiz-bang stupidity, the Biden campaign has released an anti-Trump ad in which it accuses Trump of being “found liable for sexual assault.” Which brings instantly to the fore the hard fact that Joe Biden himself has…
Matthew Araiza won the Ray Guy Award in 2021. In 2022, he won the Bad Guy Award. After Araiza set the NCAA record for yards per punt at 51.19, the Buffalo Bills expended a 2022 sixth-round draft choice and bestowed…
One of the more thought-provoking movies of the past — however many years you might consider as your relevant time frame — is Children of Men, the 2006 dystopian apocalyptic nightmare co-written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón and…
I’m a so-so fan of Russell Brand, the British bad-boy actor and comedian who has morphed from a perfect avatar of the global media machine and its libertine values to … something else. Brand got sober, dumped his former hedonistic,…
Willie McLaurin and I have something in common: We both have had to step down from leading a Southern Baptist Convention entity — he as interim president of the Executive Committee, I as president of Midwestern Seminary. He just resigned…
There’s a promotional video for the new conservative dating app, “The Right Stuff,” with women sharing what they’re looking for in a man: someone who has “the alpha male vibe,” “wants to have kids,” and “whose faith is important to…
