During President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, he got booed after accusing “some” Republicans of seeking to “sunset” some of the so-called entitlements. Biden said: “Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans … want…
Author: Larry Elder
Racializing the Death of a Black Man by the Police, Part 2
Last week we discussed how many on the Left considered the death of a black suspect, Tyre Nichols, following a beating by five Memphis black cops, an example of police anti-black “systemic racism.”
Columbia Law Professor Kimberle Crenshaw, a proponent…
Racializing the Death of a Black Man by the Police, Part I
It became national, indeed, international news that five Memphis police officers grabbed, punched, beat, pepper-sprayed and stun-gunned a black suspect, named Tyre Nichols, who later died at the hospital. A picture of him in his hospital bed showing hi…
Obama Warns About the ‘Raw Sewage’ of Disinformation—Ignores Democrats’ Own Garbage
In the wake of the “Twitter Files,” let’s revisit former President Barack Obama’s warning last April about the spread of misinformation: “You just have to… Read More
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Obama Warns About the ‘Raw Sewage’ of Disinformation — Ignores Democrats’ Own Garbage
In the wake of the “Twitter Files,” let’s revisit former President Barack Obama’s warning last April about the spread of misinformation: “You just have to flood a country’s public square with enough raw sewage. You just have to raise enough questions,…
Black Man Dies Following His Arrest — Examine the Media Coverage
A black man from Washington, D.C., named Keenan Anderson resisted arrest while visiting Los Angeles. To subdue him, Los Angeles police officers tased him several times. He later died of cardiac arrest at a hospital. He was also a cousin of Black Lives …
Reining in Government Spending? Let’s Get Real
Behind the refusal of the House Republican Party’s so-called freedom caucus to vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is the caucus’s skepticism that he will actually “rein in government spending.” I’ve never quite understood why all Republicans do no…
Random New Year’s Thoughts
My father’s wisdom:
White customer to my father in my father’s cafe: “Did you hear what your leader said yesterday?”
Randolph Elder: “Who are you talking about?”
White customer: “Jesse Jackson.”
Elder to the customer: “Who is your leader?”
Custome…
Stanford University’s Anti-‘American’ Wokeness
Stanford University put out a new list of words it considers to be “harmful language.” The 13-page “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative” includes words like “immigrant,” which should be replaced by “person who has immigrated.” It advises against…
Fact-Checking ‘The Woman King’ and the Absurdity of Reparations
When it comes to the absurdity of American taxpayers giving “reparations” to black descendants of slaves, it’s hard to limit the number of objections. Apart from the fact that American slavery, though horrific, was legal; that it ended 157 years ago; t…