Sorry. You cannot man-up to the language cops

Sorry. You cannot man-up to the language cops

   Our Language Police have their hands full.    Lately the LPs have pushed the Berkeley, Cal. city council to scrub sexist words. Like manpower and manholes. In favor of human-effort and maintenance holes.  (Please imagine a worker saying “Hey Sam, pry open that...
Sorry. You cannot man-up to the language cops

The future ain’t what it used to be

When you watch the new film APOLLO 11 you will notice things that others miss. That is the way we are with films. Here are a few things that caught my attention. The film is the video record of the moon mission fifty years ago. From pre-liftoff to the astronauts...
Sorry. You cannot man-up to the language cops

America’s become a giant gang-ban

A few years ago I heard a professor condemn book-banning. This was in a public lecture. She condemned Christian sects and their ilk in hillbilly country. Because they wanted to ban books from school libraries. Books on homosexuality, for instance. An audience member...
Tainted? Taint So

Tainted? Taint So

Critics, I think you have got it backward. Senator Cory Booker recently declared that the U.S. has “Yet to truly acknowledge white supremacy that tainted this country’s founding.” He is only one in a chorus who have damned the country’s founders. Because many were...