Gaslighting is Merriam-Webster’s 2022 Word of the Year. It’s easy to see why. People must be looking that word up all day long. It’s impossible to follow current events or basic news coverage and not be smacked in the face by someone doing a little gaslighting. Gaslighting: psychological manipulation of a person usually over an […]
From the late Kenneth Minogue’s very fine Politics: A Very Short Introduction (highly recommended): “In our time,” Thomas Mann remarked, “the destiny of man presents its meaning in political terms.” This is certainly true for a lot of bores in universities who believe that one cannot enjoy a poem or conduct a love affair without […]
The U.S. team will advance to the round-of-16 after a 1-0 victory over Iran.
It has been almost two weeks since Russia’s economy entered a recession but even then there were things you could point to in the latest economic news that weren’t so bad. The 4% drop in economic output between July and September was less than the 4.5% contraction analysts had expected.The contraction was driven by a […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is stepping into the controversy over Twitter, doing what a lot of other Republican politicians should be doing, but aren’t. DeSantis spoke out against the report that Apple was considering removing Twitter from the App Store in response to Musk supporting free speech on the site. He warned Apple against taking […]
Thousands of convicted pedophiles in California served less than a year in prison after committing lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old, according to an investigative report. The Daily Mail analyzed a statewide database of sex offenders that showed more than 7,000 child molesters were released within months after federal authorities […]
Over a year since President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, we are still finding out how much chaos and destruction that decision has cost the United States both from a reputational and national security standpoint. The latest shoe to drop came Tuesday when the Pentagon released a report that showed how much the deadly […]
The CCP used the foreign policy failure as ‘evidence that the U.S. is an unreliable partner and declining power,’ the report said.
I’ve said it before, and I will say it again: academia is trash. As a child of academics, a former academic married to a former academic, and a good friend to many academics I am allowed to say that. It is like members of an ethnic group can joke about each other, right? I’m going […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the city will begin to involuntarily hospitalize mentally ill residents. In a press conference Tuesday, Adams announced that first responders in the city would be able to remove people who appear to be mentally ill and pose a danger to themselves. First responders will be able to remove […]
