Tag: racism

The Law and Racism

Commentary The overt racism and anti-Semitism written in the Buffalo shooter’s 180-page “manifesto” has been rightly denounced by civilized people. The usual questions are being asked. These include how did he get the gun after he was admitted to a hospital last year for symptoms of mental illness? Another question: Why did President Biden go…


Is ‘Environmental Racism’ Real or Just Another Woke Trojan Horse?

Commentary We’re told the Biden administration is dedicated to advancing racial equity, social justice, and environmental justice. On May 5, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland launched the Office of Environmental Justice. He assured the people of America that the office “will serve as the central hub for our efforts to advance our comprehensive environmental justice enforcement strategy.” Garland…


When Racism Permeates Math, Science, and Engineering, Can Society Survive?

Commentary I recently attended an online seminar put on by the world’s preeminent society for computer scientists, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), titled, “Language Matters: DEI and the Question of URM.” DEI stands for “diversity, equity, inclusion,” and comprises an entire department in most corporations that oversees the hiring of more minority employees and…


The Age of the Absurd

Commentary The West has gone through many eras—the so-called Dark Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Age and the Post-Modern. The present era is the Age of the Absurd. In terms of the absurdities the cultural elites believe, and have convinced masses of people to believe, there has never been…


‘Anti-Racism’ Guidebook Tells DC Pre-K Students to Reflect on ‘White Privilege,’ Confront ‘Racist’ Parents

Amid a nationwide debate on critical race theory (CRT), an elementary school in Washington hosted an “anti-racist” event where young children were taught to “find white privilege in every aspect of life” and identify family members who supposedly harbor “racist beliefs.” The “Anti-Racist Fight Club” event at Janney Elementary School was held last November, but…


Attempts to Label Poilievre and His Supporters as Racists and Extremists Will Backfire

Commentary Pierre Poilievre is taking the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race by storm. His rallies in Western Canada have drawn thousands of excited supporters and are making headlines across the country. We never saw this sort of energy in the last two Conservative leadership races when Andrew Scheer and Erin O’Toole drifted relatively quietly…


NYC Libraries Offer American Children Free Access to Books Parents Found Inappropriate

New York City’s libraries are offering young readers across the nation free online access to books that are deemed inappropriate by parents and have been pulled from school bookshelves. For a limited time, four books are made available nationwide by New York Public Library (NYPL) on SimplyE, a mobile application for borrowing and reading e-books…


Professor Claims Will Smith’s Oscars Slap Rooted in ‘Black Marginalization’ | Larry Elder

A professor recently alleged that Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars was “rooted and steeped in a 400-year commitment to black erasure, black marginalization, black silencing, and the stereotyping of black people.” What does that even mean? Meanwhile, the race card was also pulled out in defense of confirmed Supreme…


Liberal Bill to Fight Racism by Repealing Minimum Sentences for Firearms Offences Is ‘Affront to Victims’, Says Tory MP

Opposition MPs accused the government of being inconsistent in its pledge to fight gun violence during a House committee on Friday attended by the minister of justice, who defended a bill that seeks to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for a number of firearms and all drugs-related offences. “I can tell you from the testimony that…


Gibson’s Bakery Scores a Victory for Truth

Commentary Periodically, in what seems like a never-ending assault on our basic values and the rule of law, good news emerges. The good news now is the unanimous decision of a panel of three judges on an Ohio Court of Appeals, supporting a jury decision in favor of Gibson’s Bakery in its case against Oberlin…