Life on the Screen

Antonio Garcia Martinez has a warning: We're already living in the metaverse.

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The Media and CRT

American Enterprise Institute: Frederick W. Hess looks at the media's misleading portrayal of the fight over Critical Race Theory.

40 Years Ago

 The Happy Curmudgeon has the very first two hours of MTV.

Indoctrination Update

 

A Scientific Paper is Retracted

In City Journal, Heather Mac Donald explores a disturbing example of bullying in science.

As an old discrimination investigator, my question is simple: "Whatever happened to impartial investigations?" 

If people have complaints, let them be investigated in a prompt, thorough, and impartial manner so appropriate action, based on the evidence, can be taken. What happened here is the all-too-familiar (and gutless) pattern of allegations, hasty surrender, and, of course, the obligatory abject apology.

This has shades of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

Old Dog with Books

 Re-reading the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. Pure pleasure.

Not to Be Confused with "Elf"

 

The Unnamed Problem

 A large problem can remain unaddressed because although everyone wants it solved, no one wants to solve it. 

In order to avoid being assigned the unpleasant task of solving the problem, people will focus on the smaller problems that are routinely generated because the core problem has not been solved. 

This can be the subject of much discussion. Amid all of the talk, however, one topic will not be mentioned, and you know what that is.

Drawn With a Stiletto

The New York Times in 2018: "Tom Wolfe's Lesser Known Career as a Cartoonist."

Hmm