In our time, sexism and racism have become the province of the rich. Drimination by sex and by race are ancient innate pathologies and transcend particular cultures.
The political left has come up with a new buzzword: "micro-aggression." Professors at the University of California at Berkeley have been officially warned against saying such things as "America is the land of opportunity." Why?
A giant government surveillance program has scooped up sensitive personal information on literally millions of Americans. The spying almost certainly includes the creation of digital dossiers on people.
President Obama has been heating up the rhetoric about Obamacare as the Supreme Court prepares to announce its decision on whether the whole program might collapse over illegal subsidies. In a press conference, he meddled in the work of the judicial branch, saying the Court should never have taken the case in the first place.
On June 2, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken told France Inter radio that the U.S.-led air campaign against ISIS had killed 10,000 members in the nine months since the attacks began. This was undoubtedly a salvo in the information campaign against the extremist group, as well as an attempt to downplay the recent loss of Ramadi to the Islamic State.
In many respects, the technology sector in the United States is flying high these days. But when it comes to gender equity, the technology ecosystem, which prides itself on being a meritocracy in so many other respects, is failing badly.
Hoover Institution fellow Kori Schake on how American's are waiting for a new strategy in the Middle East and her thoughts on newcomer to the race for the 2016 GOP nomination, Governor Jeb Bush.
John Kasich's travels garner more buzz. Jeb Bush prepares to launch. Ben Carson tackles Obamacare in Cleveland. Read on in today's Ohio Politics Roundup.
