by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 25, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
The en-vogue social theory of modern times, when stripped of its various veneers, boils down to a simple concept: that there are oppressors and oppressed. Not individuals, mind you, but groups, aka classes, aka categories, aka “identities,” and our only...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 22, 2021 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
Identity and “woke” politics are, it seems, an endless game of “hold my beer,” where every face-palm inducing iteration begets an even more outrageous offering. Yesterday’s escalation arrives from none other than the Coca-Cola company,...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Feb 18, 2021 | Opinion, Politics
The fallout from the Capitol riot continues to expand, and we are now being told that the entirety of the Trump-voting populace should be labeled “insurrectionist.” With such a label comes, of course, the application of tools the government has at hand in...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 10, 2021 | Culture, Election, Opinion, Politics
Nowadays, it is virtually impossible to go through your daily life without receiving some blunt-force messaging about diversity, about inclusion, about multiculturalism, and about justice for the oppressed. That this messaging is being delivered (and often...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Feb 6, 2021 | Opinion, Politics
In our political conversations, we encounter ideas that are broadly considered reasonable, and ideas that are considered unreasonable or flat-out bonkers. The latter exist outside the range of the former, with gray areas along the intersections. A couple decades ago,...
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