Click through to hear Camille Paglia's brutal, deserved and succinct take-down of the far Left. She, Peterson and many others who describe themselves as classical liberals (this includes me) are finding themselves homeless in light of the deep entrenchment of Wokeness in our meaning-making institutions:
I'm aggravated that so many people keep getting such cheap attention by posting photos of puppies. Therefore, I'm posting photos of five owlets that Jen McKnight and I visited at an "Owl Cafe" in Tokyo a few years ago.
Take THAT, puppy-image-posters!
There were dozens of grown-up owls too . . .
Look at those eyes! No, I'm talking about the owl's eyes!
Tokyo is known for its many animal cafes, including cat cafes and other cafes offering a chance to mingle with capybaras (extremely large rodents), hedgehogs and rabbits.
I'd bet many of you have taken photos of some gorgeous sunrises and sunsets. I'd like to share one of each that I photographed on the very same trip to West Texas (six years ago--near Big Bend National Park) while on a dinosaur dig. The fiery red photo on top is the sunrise.
The excerpt below is from The New York Post. I agree. People who lean to the political left ought to check out a few episodes of Joe Rogan's podcast for themselves, rather than allowing others to scare them away. They might find that they enjoy looking straight at issues without being pushed or pulled by any political narratives. They might enjoy wide-open conversation.
[A] progressive antipathy towards Rogan is reaching new heights of hysteria — not because the 53-year-old podcaster is some kind of dogmatic, Trump-supporting conservative. Far from it. Rather, he is a progressive-minded thinker supportive of LGBT rights, a woman’s right to choose, and drug legalization who also consistently challenges the orthodoxies of the left, such as the more concerning dogmas of trans advocacy, the excesses of the #MeToo movement, and the popular conflation of Trump’s most egregious characteristics with the millions of Americans who voted for him.. . .
Rogan is a fundamentally critical thinker who formulates his views on a case-by-case basis rather than adhering to ideological narratives . . . For those heavily invested in political narratives, Rogan’s platform presents a mortal threat — a grave transgression to their narrow-minded thought bubbles and ideological safe spaces. Unlike many ideologues, Rogan daringly humanizes perspectives that deviate from his own. “I like being proven wrong,” he said in a recent episode.
It's not a good sign that NBC's Kasie Hunt is fawning over Joe Biden, despite Biden's long and well-established history of being dishonest, which can be easily confirmed through Google by anyone with an open mind. What does it take to remind the legacy news media that it is their job to cover the news by refusing to ever trust politicians and by always following facts wherever they might lead. It is not their job to be cheerleaders for either political party, but here we are in an all-too-familiar place, though the script is now flipped. Do I need to say that I am writing this article as a person who voted for Biden primarily because I saw Trump as a much bigger threat?
For Christmas, Santa, make sure that news reporters take their jobs seriously. They need to blow the whistle on Biden whenever they see anything that doesn't add up and there will be plenty of it, just as there are in all administrations. I am also asking Santa to make sure that Biden keeps his promise to look out for the interests of ordinary Americans. Bernie Sanders he is not. Santa, don't be fooled by Biden's diverse-looking cabinet choices--he is loading up his cabinet with a neoliberal Who's Who of war hawks and players from big financial firms. Based on Biden's top ten contributors, Biden's favorite "clients" will likely be these big financial services corporations and you can bet they will be calling in their chips starting in January. Again, I am asking Santa to keep President Biden on a short leash for the next four years.