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 →

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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