Category: Politics

Whoopi Goldberg made headlines recently when she stated that the holocaust was a terrible event, but not an example of racism. Joy Behar, who rarely disagrees with Whoopi, pushed back that the Nazi’s certainly felt that it was a race-based decision – pointing out that they publicly pushed the narrative that Jews were an inferior…

Title 1 of the Civil Rights Act passed in 1968 and included provisions against willfully injuring or intimidating an individual based on their race, religion, color, etc. As personal and group identity has become more and more important in the national discourse over the past 50 years, it’s not surprising that the definition of hate…

CNN political analyst Joe Lockhart recently told Brian Stelter that “from the very first briefing the Trump spokespeople lied, they lied every day…” followed by, “Jen Psaki is in there telling the truth…” This is a classic example of illogical party loyalty. An impartial observer would find that Jen Psaki, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, et al…

Privilege (n) a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group. We recognize our own privilege when the term is used in the positive: You would like for me to speak at the Fall Conference? It would be my privilege. I had the privilege of meeting Dizzy Gillespie…

The current border debate is confusing. Especially since the people who are most passionate about it seem to be on the opposite side of the debate from what logic might dictate. Democrats typically favor some form of open borders allowing thousands of people from Mexico, Central and South America to enter the U.S. each month….

There is perhaps no issue that is more politicized than human influences on climate change. COVID-19 might be a close second. In most surveys I’ve seen, the number of people who believe the concept of global warming is a complete hoax is usually around 18%, almost 1 in 5. I wanted to learn more about…

Some friends and I were engaged in a conversation about police shootings of unarmed black males that were leading to protests and in some cases, riots. I brought up a scenario I had read about where the police officer who fired the fatal shot was black, the police chief of that city was black, the…

The members of the US Olympic men’s basketball team to compete in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics were announced on June 28, 2021. Only one of the selected members of the team, Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliers, is white. Jalen Rose, a former NBA player and current ESPN commentator, said the following on his radio…