February 2018 -

February 28, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NOTHING TO DO WITH MARX – Judging by this NPR interview with the director Raoul Peck, “Young Karl Marx” (just like “Young Frankenstein” but not funny) is going to be …

Politics

February 28, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

TRAGEDY IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE – A few days ago, Kevin D Williamson was taking a stand at “National Review” against conspiracy-mongering in certain less reputable sections of …

Politics

February 28, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THIS WILL END WELL – South Africa goes full Zimbabwe. Never go full Zimbabwe. South Africa’s parliament has voted in favour of a motion that will begin the process of amending …

Politics

Listen to the victims – no, not these victims

February 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, had many survivors, but thanks to the media, two in particular emerged as the public faces and anti-gun anti-NRA …

Politics

February 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WOMAN OR GAY – Der Spiegel previews the future War of the German Succession: “The question of who will lead the CDU into the future — after some 22 years of …

Politics

February 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PROFESSOR ACCUSED OF SEMITISM, DEFENDS HERSELF – The tragi-comedy in the letters section of the London Review of Books: There, the feminist American legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon can be found …

Politics

Ottoman Empire 2.0

February 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The Turkish President Recep Erdogan has made the international news again, this time for a bizarre case of psychological child abuse: The Turkish president has appeared in a bizarre video in which …

Politics

Waste not to go nuclear waste

February 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

This morning I’ve woken up to a News.com.au headline “Cory Bernardi says a nuclear power dump could make us the ‘Saudi Arabia of the south’”. I promise I will resist …

Politics

February 26, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GOOD ARGUMENT, CONTRADICTS ITSELF – Rod Dreher is worried about the power of the 21st century lynch mobs: Even if you think the NRA deserves what it gets, you ought …

Politics

February 26, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

MICHAEL WOLFF DEVELOPS A DISABILITY ON AUSTRALIAN TV – A bit hard of hearing, poor old fellow, on Australia’s “Today” morning show: “You said during a TV interview last month …

Politics

February 26, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GUNS AND INSURERS – Nearly 45,000 retweets and nearly 150,000 likes: If owning a gun was an effective means of self-defense, your insurance rates would go down when you bought …

Politics

February 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE GREAT SATAN’S MIRACULOUS HEALING POWERS – He curses but he partakes: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appeared on local television Friday to downplay concerns over his health after undergoing what …

Politics

February 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PEOPLE ARE MORONS – In Seattle, a New York Times bestselling true crime author Rebecca Morris send “The Seattle Times” a news tip: “Hi. Suddenly there is a Confederate flag …

Politics

They’ll have to pry the agenda from the media’s cold, dead hands (UPDATED)

February 23, 2018February 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Whenever the issue of guns or gun violence pops up, the Australian media* jettisons any idea of objective reporting and lunges straight into outright advocacy. Read, listen to or watch …

Politics

February 23, 2018February 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SORRY CANADA (UPDATED) – Your Prime Minister is a meme: Justin Trudeau has been ridiculed on social media by Indians for his ‘tacky’ and over the top outfit choices while on his …

Culture / Politics

February 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HEADLINES THAT ONLY MAKE SENSE IN 2018, FOR $100 – The story here. Questions the media never asked: Is TV Oversaturated with Trump-Hating Comics?

Politics

February 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ACTORS PLAYING LIBERTARIANS ARE NOT LIBERTARIANS – In case this needed to be made clear to anyone: Ron Swanson is a fictional character played by a man who would hate …

Politics

February 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

TRY THE NEW MIRACLE CARACAS DIET! – Venezuelans reported losing on average 11 kilograms (24 lbs) in body weight last year and almost 90 percent now live in poverty, according …

Multicultural group of friends using cellphones - Students sitting in a row and typing on the smartphones

Life / Politics

Should 16-year olds vote?

February 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The American media and the progressives (but I’m repeating myself) are jumping on the “let’s lower the voting age” bandwagon in the aftermath of the Parkland school massacre, having found among the …

Politics

February 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHAT TO DO ABOUT RUSSIA – In “The Washington Post”, Never-Trump Republican Max Boot hyperventilates somewhat, all to the cheers of the left, which after decades of the Cold War …