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While everyone today is familiar with the language of “fake news,” most people, irrespectively of partisanship, seem to have given the concept scant attention. “Fake News” is indeed a real phenomenon.  In fact, at least politically speaking, and particularly in the Trump era, most of the news with which Americans are besieged is Fake News. …

A recently conducted Dartmouth University survey supplies some invaluable insights. According to The Dartmouth, “undergraduates were asked if learning that another student had political beliefs opposite from their own would affect a range of possible interactions with them.”  Reportedly, 42% of respondents said that they would be less likely to befriend a person if that…

The world stopped as everyone and their mother in Big Media (of both the “liberal” and “conservative” varieties) pounced upon Roseanne Barr last week for a sophomoric tweet in which she identified Valerie Jarrett, former senior adviser to Barack Obama, as the offspring of the Muslim Brotherhood and The Planet of the Apes. Because Jarrett…

How times have changed. Love him or hate him, everyone and anyone who is genuinely interested in achieving “transparency” owes President Donald J. Trump an eternal debt of gratitude, for had it not been for his meteoric political rise, it would still be possible for some to doubt the existence and profound corruption of the…

Roseanne, one of the most popular series of all time and the most highly rated show at the present moment, has been unceremoniously cancelled by ABC because of a single tweet—a “racist” tweet, according to everyone in Big Media, including and tellingly Big Conservative media—fired off by its leading lady. Roseanne Barr tweeted on Tuesday…

David Cole is an internet writer whose most recent piece, “In Grudging Praise of White Racists,” provides much food for thought. Cole’s thesis is actually quite simple: While he personally has no use for “right-wing white racism,” he thinks that we may need to allow it a public space for no other reason but to…

Did you know that John McCain, Arizona senator and former presidential candidate, is a war hero? It’s understandable if you didn’t know this, for no one, least of all Senator McCain himself, ever mentions this fact. In this respect, McCain is not unlike your average combat veteran, particularly those combat veterans from the World War…

Below is my response to a person who apparently thinks that no one should criticize John McCain because, one, he’s dying and, two, he’s…what else?. . a “war hero.” // // You ask me if I have no decency? Do you? Do you have any intellectual integrity? Any sense of feeling for McCain’s countless victims,…

One of the (Roman Catholic) Mass readings this past Sunday was from the Acts of the Apostles.  In this reading, Peter says: “In truth, I see that God shows no partiality. Rather, in every nation whoever fears him and acts uprightly is acceptable to him” (10:34). During his homily, my priest and pastor of many…

One of the (Roman Catholic) Mass readings this past Sunday was from the Acts of the Apostles.  In this reading, Peter says: “In truth, I see that God shows no partiality. Rather, in every nation whoever fears him and acts uprightly is acceptable to him” (10:34). During his homily, my priest and pastor of many…
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