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  “Owning the Libs” is Not a Political Ideology

  September 19 at 5 a.m.

  The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has been an interesting microcosm of the American political identity crisis. The vote on him has been delayed after Christine Blasey Ford came forward with allegations he attempted to sexually assault her at a party back in high school, with medical...

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  The Fault in Jordan Peterson’s Self-Help

  September 4 at 4 a.m.

  Jordan Peterson has been called “the most influential public intellectual in the Western world.” I mostly think of him as “that guy the alt-right uses to pretend to be smart.” A psychology professor at the University of Toronto, Peterson rocketed to fame by insinuating Canada including trans people under civil...

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  In Addition to Libraries, Let's Rally Around Public Gyms Too

  July 26 at 5 a.m.

  It’s always nice to see the Internet rally against a spectacularly dumb idea. Such was the case last weekend, when Panos Mourdoukoutas, writing on Forbes.com, suggested in a post that libraries were bad and could easily be replaced by Amazon. I would love to link you to said post, but...

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  My Response to All Those Accusations of White Guilt

  June 29 at 4 a.m.

  One of the things I get in my mailbox a lot is accusations of white guilt. That is, that I am driven to write social justice articles by a self-loathing brought upon by my own race’s mistreatment of other races. White guilt is a thing. The concept goes all the...

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  5 Signs You’re a “Soft” White Supremacist

  June 13 at 5 a.m.

  A bit ago I wrote a piece called “5 Questions I Want to Ask the White Supremacists Who Vandalized the Rothko Chapel” in response to the dumping of white paint near the Broken Obelisk sculpture dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and the distribution of flyers proclaiming “it’s okay to...

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  Advice for Dudes Who Get in Trouble for Offensive Jokes

  May 21 at 5 a.m.

  This subject came up recently thanks to Richard Ned Lebow, a professor of international political theory at King’s College in London. The professor was in a crowded elevator with colleagues at an academic conference when someone asked what floor he needed to get off on. Lebow responded, “ladies lingerie.” The...