George Will revisits Patrick Moynihan In the mid-1960s, a social scientist noted something ominous that came to be called “Moynihan’s Scissors”: Two lines on a graph crossed, replicating the blades of a scissors. The descending line charted the decline in the minority male unemployment rate. The ascending line charted the simultaneous rise of new welfare cases. The broken correlation of improvements in unemployment and decreased welfare dependency shattered confidence in
March 15, 2015
Valerie Jarrett behind leak of Hillary’s emails [Darleen Click]
I said before that the Obamas have no intention of letting the Clintons anywhere near the White House in 2016. Or should I say, Obama’s brain doesn’t want anyone as President who can’t be influenced or controlled to continue King Barry’s fundamental transformation. It’s the vast left-wing conspiracy. Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett leaked to the press details of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail address during her time
March 14, 2015
Jezebel calls for cultural appropriation of Cinderella [Darleen Click]
Disney’s latest version of Cinderella has opened to rave reviews. However, there is no success where one can’t find someone else to bellyache about it … The pretty and fragile victim trope continues to dominate the American box office (Maleficent, Frozen) this time with Cinderella. The Disney movie brought in $23 Million on Friday and is expected to complete the weekend with $70 million. Cinderella’s budget was $95 million, so
March 14, 2015
President Obama, is that you? [Darleen Click]
Beverage warning. Love love love Michael Ramirez …
March 13, 2015
Gloria Steinem, other progressive women, plan to walk into North Korea [Darleen Click]
You know, because KUMBAYA! Making a dramatic statement in Korean relations, Gloria Steinem and other prominent women on Wednesday announced their intention to walk across the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea to call for reunification. […] The DMZ is the world’s most fortified border, with the two countries still technically at war. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers face off across the heavily mined zone. Organizers of the effort
March 13, 2015
Seattle’s $15 minimum wage effective April 1st. Restaurants are closing. UNEXPECTEDLY! [Darleen Click]
Who could have ever predicted this? Seattle’s $15 minimum wage law goes into effect on April 1, 2015. As that date approaches, restaurant across the city are making the financial decision to close shop. The Washington Policy Center writes that “closings have occurred across the city, from Grub in the upscale Queen Anne Hill neighborhood, to Little Uncle in gritty Pioneer Square, to the Boat Street Cafe on Western Avenue
March 13, 2015
Rape of language: “Men have abortions, too” [Darleen Click]
If you still hold that it is only women (or girls) who are capable of getting pregnant, you are engaging in insidious and egregious cissexism. Who has abortions? For most of human history, the answer was obvious: women have abortions. Girls have abortions. Not any more. People have abortions. Patients have abortions. Men have abortions. “We must acknowledge and come to terms with the implicit cissexism in assuming that only
March 13, 2015
“Iran is essentially building an arc of dominance from Tehran through Baghdad and Damascus to Beirut on the Mediterranean.” [Darleen Click]
Heck of a job, Barry. While Washington focuses on Iran-U.S. nuclear talks, the Islamic Republic is making a major but little-noticed strategic advance. Iran’s forces are quietly occupying more of Iraq in a way that could soon make its neighbor a de facto Shiite satellite of Tehran. That’s the larger import of the dominant role Iran and its Shiite militia proxies are playing in the military offensive to take back
March 11, 2015
Attention Men: It is now official. No matter what you say or how you behave … [Darleen Click]
…you’re sexist. If you’re the sort of gentleman who holds the door open for a lady – or the sort of woman who expects him to – then be warned. Such acts of chivalry may actually be ‘benevolent sexism’ in disguise, according to researchers. Experts say this type of sexism is harder to spot than the ‘hostile sexism’ we are more familiar with – because it often masquerades as gallantry.