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Welcome to the Church of Diversity

Published on May 21, 2023 By sirrahc

I found another section from Vivek Ramaswamy’s book, Woke, Inc., that I wanted to share. This is from Chapter 10, “Wokeness Is Like a Religion”, so it should be pretty obvious where this is going. The author discusses noted cases in the news, from James Damore to J.K. Rowling, in which individuals dared to question […]

Ben Carson on Political Correctness

Published on May 31, 2015 By sirrahc

“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.” — Benjamin Franklin, author, inventor, political activist, Founding Father So-called “political correctness” has increasingly become the bane of the First Amendment and anyone […]

The Vacuum at the Heart of Neopragmatism

Published on August 10, 2013 By sirrahc

Today’s post is a bit more philosophy-rich than I am usually comfortable with and, thus, than I would normally post. But, as I was reading the book named below (and stretching my brain cells), I realized that the topic and observations are at least as, if not even more, relevant today than when written almost […]

The Right to Judge Others (Part 1 of 2)

Published on January 13, 2013 By sirrahc

“Don’t judge me!” How many times have you heard that? When said seriously, the person’s tone is usually quite defensive. They don’t want someone else telling them that they are behaving in a bad, foolish, or ethically questionable way. Or, how about: “Who are you/we to judge?” In this case, the person is probably indicating […]

The Town that Lost (er, Temporarily Misplaced) Good Friday

Published on April 2, 2010 By sirrahc

Usually at this time of year, the “attacks” center on Easter Sunday, or, more appropriately, Resurrection Day. This time, however, Good Friday got some extra attention. The memo went out to municipal employees last week from Craig Malin, City Administrator for the town of Davenport, Iowa. From now on, Good Friday was “history”. In its […]

If I Was Black, This Is What I Would Say…

Published on March 4, 2010 By sirrahc

Yeah, I said “Black”. Got a problem with that? I know some people may be offended by that term, but then others say they prefer to be called “Black”, precisely because it’s more encompassing than “African-American” (e.g., it includes Haitians, Dominicans, Jamaicans, Barbadans, some Cubans & Brazilians, etc.). And, the mere fact that I felt […]

NCAA Yanks Pro-Family Ad

Published on March 2, 2010 By sirrahc

I got an email alert about this. Rather than try to restate or summarize, I’ll just quote from the email: This Focus on the Family ad, believe it or not, has been yanked off the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) website for one simple reason: Focus on the Family supports natural marriage, believing that marriage […]