Selective Vigilance


Commentators on Foxnews say brown people should be profiled. Conservatives argue we need to throw away political correctness and say this is "Islamic" terrorism, not just terrorism. People used to say "I'm not a racist but" right before they would say something racist. Today the go to is "political correctness." Dammit, why can't people just be... Continue Reading →

2014 in review.


The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 40,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 15 sold-out performances for that many... Continue Reading →

Je Suis Charlie


A lot of people think it's an editorial cartoonist's job to offend. I don't agree. Several years ago after a Dutch newspaper incited wrath and death threats from Islamist extremists for running a bunch of cartoons depicting Muhammad, my employer debated running the same cartoons. It was our oped editor's idea. The editor of the... Continue Reading →

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