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Mar 4, 2022

Ode to Charlotte Corday

André Chenier Written in 1793 to celebrate Marie-Anne Charlotte Corday d’Armont, the 24-year-old Girondin sympathizer who assassinated radical journalist and fervent Terror proponent Jean-Paul Marat on July 13, 1793 and was executed four days later. My translation. Original here. What! Everywhere, pretended or sincere, Of cowards and of rogues the plaints…

Assassination

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Ode to Charlotte Corday
Ode to Charlotte Corday
Assassination

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·Mar 19, 2021

The Spin on Anti-Asian Hate

The spike in anti-Asian violence is real — but we need facts, not moral panic and politicized narratives — Amidst ongoing concerns about an apparent spike in violence against the Asian-American community, a horrific killing spree that seemed to primarily target Asian-American women erupted in Atlanta on Tuesday. Robert Allan Long, 21, has been charged in the fatal shootings of eight people, six of them women of Asian background…

Racism

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The Spin on Anti-Asian Hate
The Spin on Anti-Asian Hate
Racism

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·Mar 12, 2021

The Real Dr. Seuss Scandal

The problem is not a publisher’s decision to discontinue some titles; it’s the ascendancy of a cultish version of “social justice” — If you roll your eyes at the mere mention of the Dr. Seuss controversy, I don’t blame you. No, it’s not “book-banning” when Dr. Seuss Enterprises, a private corporation, discontinues new printings of six mostly obscure books; yes, we have far more important things to worry about right now. That…

Dr Seuss

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The Real Dr. Seuss Scandal
The Real Dr. Seuss Scandal
Dr Seuss

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·Feb 15, 2021

Slate Star Codex and the Gray Lady’s Decay

The New York Times hit piece on a heterodox blogger is a bad stumble — the latest of many — Fresh from an embarrassing controversy over runaway “wokeness” — a star science reporter forced out for a nearly two-year-old offense of “repeating a racist slur in the context of a conversation about racist language” because some outraged staffers decided a reprimand at the time wasn’t enough; a statement conveying that…

Society

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Slate Star Codex and the Gray Lady’s Decay
Slate Star Codex and the Gray Lady’s Decay
Society

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·Feb 15, 2021

Joe Biden Goes Left — Or Does He?

Confronting “woke” illiberalism in the post-Trump era — The Trump presidency is over. Democrats control the White House and both houses of Congress. Faithful Democrats and devout progressives have reason to be jubilant (even if the latter may find Joe Biden too moderate). …

Woke

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Joe Biden Goes Left — Or Does He?
Joe Biden Goes Left — Or Does He?
Woke

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·Jan 17, 2021

Crime and Banishment

While some abuse the term, a Cancel Culture does exist — and sometimes targets minor slips and legitimate opinions — The past year’s debate over a progressive “cancel culture” in America has flared up again, partly because some supporters of Donald Trump have been invoking the term to gripe about various penalties (legal and extralegal) for the recent attempt to overturn a democratic election. The End of the Line The edifice of Trumpism has collapsed. It was rotten from the very beginning.arcdigital.media

Cancel Culture

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Crime and Banishment
Crime and Banishment
Cancel Culture

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·Jan 8, 2021

The End of the Line

The edifice of Trumpism has collapsed. It was rotten from the very beginning. — For more than four years — ever since Donald Trump captured the Republican presidential nomination — those of us who opposed the normalization of Trumpism have been accused of being in the throes of “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” On January 6, 2021, the real Trump Derangement Syndrome was on full display…

Election 2020

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The End of the Line
The End of the Line
Election 2020

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·Dec 18, 2020

The Republican Mutiny and 2016 Whataboutism

No, the Republicans of 2020 are not the Democrats of 2016 — Even after the Electoral College officially proclaimed Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election on December 14, Donald Trump has continued to insist that he won and that he still has a path to victory. Many Republicans, including elected officials, are continuing to play along and amplify outlandish election-fraud…

Election 2020

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The Republican Mutiny and 2016 Whataboutism
The Republican Mutiny and 2016 Whataboutism
Election 2020

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·Dec 1, 2020

The Anti-Anti-Left

Critics of the Trumpist right must not excuse left-wing illiberalism and extremism — In recent years, those of us who have criticized leftist excesses — be it “cancel mobs” on campus or online, Antifa violence, morally troubling iconography, or assorted episodes of identity politics gone mad — have often been chided for a misplaced sense of priorities in the age of Donald Trump…

Politics

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The Anti-Anti-Left
The Anti-Anti-Left
Politics

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·Nov 22, 2020

Trump’s Parting Shot at Democracy

Attacks on the legitimacy of American presidents are not new — but what Trump is doing now is unprecedented and destructive — Two weeks after Joe Biden gave his acceptance speech as President-elect of the United States — recognized by all major media organizations, most foreign leaders, all American Democratic politicians and several prominent Republicans — current President Donald Trump, the loser of the 2020 election, refuses to concede, continues to block…

Trump

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Trump’s Parting Shot at Democracy
Trump’s Parting Shot at Democracy
Trump

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Russian-Jewish-American writer. Associate editor, Arc Digital; contributor, Reason, Newsday, The Forward etc. https://www.patreon.com/CathyYoung

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