Aug 2021. If you don’t Like it don’t Read it

Charles Gaspirino in the New York Post writes, “Hysteria, groupthink and a fair amount of hypocrisy are the key ingredients in a ruinous cocktail that has managed to intoxicate some formerly profit-focused boardrooms.” JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon observed that the overt wokeism of his peers he is seeing similar signs of groupthink… Continue reading Aug 2021. If you don’t Like it don’t Read it

The UK Gendeless Passport

Nepalese transgender and the first recipient of a Nepalese transgender passport, Monica Shahi from Kailali district displays her new passport with "O" for other in the document's gender section, in Kathmandu on August 10, 2015. Nepal handed over its first transgender passport on August 10, no longer restricting the country's third gender population to describe themselves as male or female in their travel documents. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)

The UK Supreme Court this week heard that people should be able to declare their gender as ‘X’ on their UK passports and that current practice in the UK, whereby individuals can only declare as male or female, is discriminatory and should be changed by the Home Office. The case was brought by Christie Elan-Cane,… Continue reading The UK Gendeless Passport

Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 7

Jordan Peterson – “I’ve known for years that the university underserved the community, because we assumed that university education is for 18- to 22-year-olds, which is a proposition that’s so absurd it is absolutely mind-boggling that anyone ever conceptualized it. Why wouldn’t you take university courses throughout your entire life? What, you stop searching for… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 7

Jun 2021. Andrew Neil on White Privilege

“White privilege” is a term often invoked as a causal explanation for the success of whites relative to other groups. But the problem with white privilege isn’t its assumptions about racial discrimination, but its causal disposition. White privilege suffers from a bad case of mono-causality, or “one-thingism” as Jonah Goldberg puts it. https://rumble.com/vjhvhd-jun-2021.-andrew-neil-on-white-privilege.html [user-submitted-posts]

Jun 2021. Andrew Neil on Cancel Culture

Andrew Neil has lashed out at the “insidious” cancel culture and said it is not about social justice anymore. “Cancel culture is insidious, it stands against everything we have stood for since the enlightenment onwards and that is why it is serious. The original meaning of woke was somebody who was aware of social justice… Continue reading Jun 2021. Andrew Neil on Cancel Culture

Jun 2021. Laurence Fox

Laurence Fox is, of course, the well-loved scion of the Fox acting dynasty — which includes dad James, uncle Edward and cousin Emilia — whose hugely successful career was scuppered last year because he dared to challenge claims on BBC Question Time that a racist British Press was picking on Meghan Markle. After that episode… Continue reading Jun 2021. Laurence Fox

Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 5

Most intriguing are Jordan Peterson’s remarks on new media. “For the first time in human history the spoken word has the same reach as the written word, and there are no barriers to entry. That’s a Gutenberg revolution,” he said. “That’s a big deal. This is a game changer. The podcast world is also a… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 5

Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 4

Many of Jordan Peterson’s attendees, like many journalists, are most interested in Peterson as a political figure at the center of controversies, whether about the use of trans pronouns, or gender roles, or sundry critiques of the academic milieu where he spent years, most recently as a tenured University of Toronto professor well-liked by students.… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – The Culture Wars Part 4