Monthly Archives: August 2010

No doubt it is but a publicity stunt in order to get media attention.  And to some extent it worked.  The distinguished French newspaper Le Monde quickly picked up Gaddafi’s claim.  As of this moment (15h00), the New York Times … Continue reading →

Speaker Nancy Pelosi might very have reasons—perhaps even good reasons—why having a mosque built on Ground Zero would be a good thing. But none of that should be an impediment to her understanding why people stand in opposition to that. But it is the next step on her part that truly reveals the morally vapid nature of her character; for she has suggested that those who oppose building a mosque at Ground Zero need to be investigated as if the very nature of the opposition must surely stem from some wicked and fulsome ideology. Well, only someone who is morally depraved could think that. Continue reading →

The word “nigger” is simply a much more complicated word than it used to be. While it clear has retained some of its negative connotations, usage has forcibly moved the word beyond just having negative connotations. This, of course, makes it possible for people to play with the ambiguity. Just so, it is simply unfair and implausible for those who bow to the god of political correctness to maintain that for whites the usage is only negative. I began this blog-entry with a very clear case to the contrary—a case where a white guy says to his white friend “What’s up my nigger?” Black people are more than a little insecure if they cannot acknowledge this reality. More precisely, it is malicious and disingenuous for blacks to see racism in every use of the word “nigger” by a white person. Here is a simple truth: Black people do not own the word “nigger” Continue reading →

Quite simply, the faux pas that Dr. Laura Schlessinger made can be attributed to the expectation that the caller would put the content of Dr. Schlessinger’s character above the color of Dr. Schlessinger’s skin. As I have indicated: Such was a way of life once upon a time. Indeed, it was very ideal so majestically articulated by Martin Luther King, Jr. himself—an ideal that has very much animated Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s life. Continue reading →

Is selective fetus reduction murder?  Imagine the following.  You discover that you are pregnant with twins.  But hey: You didn’t want twins.  You only wanted one child.  So, you decide to abort one of the fetuses.  Did you commit murder?  … Continue reading →

“Freedom is not free”. That is a very simple observation and an ever so profound truth. I treasure the point. It is so very sad that we who insist upon the freedom to do just about anything, no matter how foolish it is, are oblivious to the background conditions which make that freedom a reality of our lives and social environment. This claim is particularly poignant with respect to college presidents and deans and professors who in the name of freedom of thought and diversity have advanced some of the most implausible views imaginable. And while in this regard their imagination is ever so fertile, they cannot seem to grasp the simple truth that the very freedom which they enjoy is not free. Continue reading →

A form of wrongdoing about which very little is said is that of using the pain of injustice as an excuse to do wrong or to ignore the suffering of others.  Be it sexism or antisemitism or racism (against whatever … Continue reading →