No, I don’t need some scold’s permission to love boobs and other recent misadventures in thought control, media, and advertising

When was the last time you saw an ad for an automobile featuring a dirty, dinged up car parked in some equally trash strewn and crowded garage, even though that’s what happens to the great majority of cars in the real world? Last week, I noted that the recent controversy over Sydney Sweeney’s appearance in… Continue reading No, I don’t need some scold’s permission to love boobs and other recent misadventures in thought control, media, and advertising

Trump, Epstein, The Wall Street Journal, and the media’s ongoing suicide

If the Journal’s reporting on a supposed birthday letter President Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein 22 years ago is any indication, the media has chosen to continue the unsustainable practices that have made them among the least trusted institutions in American life. Under normal circumstances, an industry driven by trust would do everything possible to… Continue reading Trump, Epstein, The Wall Street Journal, and the media’s ongoing suicide

Jussie Smollett: Reactions reveal a warped vision of social justice writ large

Mr. Smollett lied to the police and fanned the simmering flames of racial resentment, but many progressives think he’s not to blame.  Instead, it’s the justice system itself or perhaps local politics in Cook County, anything but the man who perpetrated the crime. Last week, Jussie Smollet was convicted by a jury of his peers… Continue reading Jussie Smollett: Reactions reveal a warped vision of social justice writ large