My good friend William Teach wrote: Oh, good grief. There are three races, as called originally: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid, with a small classification of Dravidians through the India region. Is this biology? Some will argue that it is, some will argue that it isn’t. Especially with all the inter-breeding over time. Naturally, that got […]
Would it be wrong of me to retort, “Learn to code“? Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher, coined the phrase “the dismal science” to refer to economics in the 19th century, and for the print newspaper industry in the United States, economics has been a very dismal science. But in continuing to cut […]
I have said it many times before: I prefer to read the news rather than listen to it on radio or watch it on television. Part of that is because I have very degraded hearing, and part of it is because newspapers have the capability, especially now that digital newspapers have taken some advantage of […]
The Philadelphia Inquirer likes to use Twitter to pimp its articles online, but hey, so do all of my blogging friends. Thing is, this article from the Inky is restricted to paid subscribers only. Fortunately, I do subscribe, so you don’t have to! [Update: Saturday, June 10: Robert Stacy McCain linked a free, archived version […]
When people tell you who they are, believe them! What does OnePA support? They support depriving property owners of their rights by opposing eviction for non-payment of rent. They are, simply put, socialists and a group opposed to law enforcement. And naturally, they support Helen Gym Flaherty! A Philly campaign worker for a progressive political […]
I have frequently called out The Philadelphia Inquirer for poor reporting, so it is only fair when I note when they do good journalism. The quiet handling of rape allegations at two Philly health institutions How Jefferson and Rothman dealt with an alleged sexual assault involving an orthopedic surgeon and a medical resident. by Wendy […]
We have twice previously reported on Eyvette Hunter, 52, a registered nurse accused of murdering 97-year-old James Morris. Well, she’s now pleaded guilty, but she’s not going to spend the rest of her miserable life behind bars. Lexington nurse pleads guilty after death of a 97-year-old patient by Taylor Six | Thursday, April 13, 2023 […]
We have previously reported how the Lexington Herald-Leader, a McClatchy newspaper, follows the McClatchy Mugshot Policy, and refrains from publishing the photos of black suspects and convicted criminals, and does not refer to race in its criminal reports, though somehow, photos of accused criminals who are white manage to make it into the newspaper. So, […]
With several conservative states imposing common sense restrictions on the participation of males in women’s sports, it’s little surprise that the #woke Biden Administration wants to overrule them. From The New York Times: School Sports Cannot ‘Categorically’ Ban Transgender Athletes, Under Biden Proposal The proposed rules under Title IX would give schools flexibility for “fairness […]