Brooks Koepka began 2019 by calling out golf’s authorities for their lack of action over the slow play issue surrounding the game, and on Sunday at the Open Championship, the 29-year-old appeared visibly agitated over the speed of playing partner J.B. Holmes. The two men teed off at 1.37 PM local time in the final…
Read moreThe ups and downs and clashes of Western civilization
Recently, Javier Ortega Smith, the leader of Vox, the populist radical right party in Spain, came under scrutiny for language that Spanish Attorney General Luis Navajas called ‘abominable’ and ‘repulsive’ but not a hate crime. Ortega Smith claimed: ‘Our common enemy, the enemy of Europe, the enemy of liberty, the enemy of progress, the enemy…
Read moreA short piece on the “accidental death” of young black Londoner Rashan Charles
In the London Borough of Hackney, in the early hours of 22 July 2017, a police officer pursued a young black man into a convenience store. Within minutes the young man was dead. His name was Rashan Charles. He was 20 years old, the eldest of seven children, a father himself, his daughter nearly two…
Read moreRevealed: the files that expose ERG as a militant “party within a party”
A group of pro-Brexit Tory MPs led by Jacob Rees-Mogg were spoon-fed questions intended to undermine their own government. The European Research Group encouraged its members to wrong-foot the prime minister and senior ministers on everything from control of migration to trade deals and EU laws, according to a cache of private documents obtained by…
Read moreWhy the radical right love their intellectuals
For a part of the political spectrum that is so notorious for disparaging intellectuals, the radical right is very appreciative of those prominent libertarian voices that stand out from the crowd and champion men’s rights, anti-immigration, and second amendment rights. As universities grow increasingly uncomfortable employing academics or welcoming speakers who promote hate speech and…
Read moreMan transforms bus stop into ‘first class’ experience
Riding the bus isn’t exactly a glamourous endeavor, but often a necessary one for those in need of public transportation. So to make the experience a little more enjoyable for commuters, design student George Barratt-Jones decided to turn one bus stop into a “first class” experience. “We all know it, taking the bus isn’t the…
Read more5 things we learned on Saturday at The Open Championship
On Saturday, the Royal and Ancient announced that tee times would be moved up on Sunday, in anticipation of, well, British Open golf weather. Cue head scratch and chin stroke. At least the organizers didn’t opt for split tees or some other, silly-American addition to the game. On Saturday, we again watched the ebb and…
Read moreFox News accused Ilhan Omar of a “profanity-laced attack on Trump”—the only profanity being his own words.
I’m losing track of how many times I’ve said, “You can’t make this stuff up,” but here’s one more to add to the list. Fox News published an article earlier this week with the headline “Watch: Ilhan Omar delivers heated, profanity-laced attack on President Trump.” Screenshot via…
Read more5 things we learned Friday at The Open Championship
36 holes have come and gone, unexpected early departures happened for Jason Day, Tiger Woods, and all the amateurs, while unexpected extensions were granted to Paul Waring, Matt Wallace, and Innchoon Hwang. Royal Portrush was kinder in the morning than the afternoon, for the second consecutive day. What does that mean? It means that whoever…
Read moreFox News accused Ilhan Omar of a “profanity-laced attack on Trump”—the only profanity being his own words.
I’m losing track of how many times I’ve said, “You can’t make this stuff up,” but here’s one more to add to the list. Fox News published an article earlier this week with the headline “Watch: Ilhan Omar delivers heated, profanity-laced attack on President Trump.” Screenshot via…
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