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The term “controversial” in reference to commercial content has come to be a self-assigned platitude, usually in the place of the more objectively labeled “single-minded and moronic”. When the term is used as a headliner to describe a public utterance, expect there to be little context or merit behind the …
I’m forever intrigued by products that receive half wildly positive reviews and half crazy negative. Nobody questions a 5 out of 10 on anything. It’s hard to argue against mediocrity as that is the natural state of the man-made world. As a species, we tend to divest ourselves of things …
To be attacked on social media, select from any number of topics proven to rile up self-appointed watchdogs earning strength points from hyperbolic displays of righteous indignation. Tell the world you’re enjoying your new seal pup shoes or that you voted for Trump, or that you voted for Trump while …
Despite the proletariat cover story, the leading women’s rights hashtags of our day are entirely fronted by media and entertainment industry very important persons. It’s simply a matter of who has the ear of newspapers, magazines, television, and social media. A brilliant woman who has never starred in a popular …
Men and women have unique strengths and weaknesses related to survival. Gender differences are baked into the success of our species. Look at our track record. We’ve been dominating the animal kingdom for a long time now. Ask a scientist to confirm. Neil Degrasse Tyson always seems to be around. …
This nation remains mired in racial disparity and discrimination. Not for lack of effort. More for lack of any idea how to navigate an intellectually honest middle ground. That dream space is lost in all modern political debates. A distant memory of a time when smart men came together to …
Christian Conservatives share with Atheist Progressives a totem of moral certainty. This allows both to express their views as backed by a higher power. Dissidents are immediately labeled heretics, degenerates, or evil beings. The Right has their biblical theology; the Left their invented Egalitarian dogma. Churchgoers would no sooner accept …
This nation has always had mass murderers. They’ve ranged from ultra-violent mobsters who slaughtered their competition to cold and calculated serial killers with confused sexual identities and a self-help plan of strangling coeds and prostitutes. The violent sociopaths have almost always been men, with a few females sprinkled into the …
Teachers are good people. Societal norms suggest you acknowledge that teaching is a noble profession, largely populated by selfless individuals who sacrifice for their community and for the children. It’s probably true, or largely true. Regardless, if you don’t recite is as a predicate to any objective discussion about America’s …
As a general policy, online petitions are easily ignored vessels of impotent political messaging. These are the works of the least capable activists among the population spastically seizing on trending emotional outrage; the grand chance to feel like Rosa Parks for one shining moment. Change.org petition signatures were the mark …