April 7, 2021

Small Changes Make a Big Difference in Immigration Debate

As the number of people seeking to cross the Mexican border overwhelms our authorities, and the rhetoric on both sides of the political aisle grows heated, it is important to step back to consider the role of language in structuring the debate. We...

April 1, 2021

When every crime is a hate crime

The recent killing of eight Asian women in Atlanta raised the customary hue and cry about prosecuting so-called hate crimes.  Since 1968, there has been federal legislation making it a separate crime, above and beyond the underlying crimina...

February 16, 2021

Can Biden restrict travel to Florida?

President Rip Van Biden apparently hasn't had the time to read the Constitution after awakening from his four-year slumber. He has now threatened to impose a "travel ban," restricting the rights of people to travel in and out of Flor...

January 28, 2021

The Value-Laden Language of the Left

As Nietzsche presciently observed over a hundred years ago: "All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside-down." Political nomenclature has always tended to be value-laden.  Start ...

October 20, 2020

Liberals restricting language restricts your freedom

The cultural Gestapo is up in arms over Supreme Court nominee Barrett's statement that she "would not ever discriminate on the basis of sexual preference."  The reason for their apoplexy is her failure to use the modish term ...

July 8, 2020

Racism (Allegations) Run Amok

Over the past month and a half since the May 25, 2020 death of George "five years in the pen for armed robbery" Floyd, violence has erupted throughout the country.  More than twenty people, many of them innocent victims (including...

June 25, 2020

Leftist violence is closing the American mind

The latest victim of weeks of violence, which has led cities like Seattle to act as if they were the Navajo Nation, is not just decimated cities, but an open mind. The Far Left — i.e., the mainstream Democratic Party — is now endorsing...

December 19, 2019

Why No 'White Lives Matter'?

Tessa Majors, a young woman ''not of color," was unable to complete her first semester at Barnard University in New York City. She was fatally stabbed in Morningside Park adjacent to the university, collapsing as she left the park -- a p...