• How “defensive pessimism

    How “defensive pessimism" in Dystopian Fiction can help us in real life

    Police violence, civil unrest, riots, fires, looting, destruction, a “no-go zone” in a major American city, and media suppression, all set against the backdrop of a global pandemic and economic upheaval. It’s our current reality, although it sounds an awful lot like the setting of the next dystopian bestseller/blockbuster. The dystopia genre has been around …
  • Governments often break their promises. Especially about taxes

    Governments often break their promises. Especially about taxes

    One thing governments show us over and over again is their promises are almost always broken. This should concern us greatly since the “war” on COVID-19 will bring many promises from Congress that will never be realized but will cost us a lot of money anyway. Our federal government promised to balance the budget every …
  • How Mark Zuckerberg has been bending Facebook's rules to allow Trump's posts since 2015

    How Mark Zuckerberg has been bending Facebook's rules to allow Trump's posts since 2015

    Mark Zuckerberg has bent Facebook’s guiding principles in order to keep Donald Trump’s posts on the site, according to documents and interviews obtained by a newspaper. The Facebook CEO is confronting a company in crisis, as employees publicly protest against his failure to challenge Trump and advertisers boycott the firm in response. On Sunday Starbucks …
  • 'I vowed to President Trump that I would secure the millennial vote for him'

    'I vowed to President Trump that I would secure the millennial vote for him'

    Madison Cawthorn, the Republican nominee for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, told Breitbart News on Wednesday that he promised President Donald Trump to win millennial voters’ support for the president’s reelection bid. The 24-year-old Cawthorn defeated Lynda Bennett, 62, in the district’s Republican primary on Tuesday to fill a seat vacated by Mark Meadows. He …
  • 9 Non-Rules for Writing : Writing doesn’t always look like writing

    9 Non-Rules for Writing : Writing doesn’t always look like writing

    If you’d asked me 15 years ago how I saw my future, I would tell you about all the hard work I’d put into earning my doctorate, about the post doc that promised me a way into a fantastic research opportunity; about the tenure track position I hoped to secure one day. I would tell you …
  • After the riots, looting and destruction after the death of George Floyd, should Trump still be next president ?

    After the riots, looting and destruction after the death of George Floyd, should Trump still be next president ?

    After the riots, looting and destruction following the death of George Floyd, Americans should be asking is it time for radical change — should Donald Trump be president? At least until they consider what Joe Biden is offering and how his supporting cast of blue state governors and mayors have behaved. Floyd’s death at the …
  • Dozens of ethnic minority Labour MPs have been accused of racism by the home secretary

    Dozens of ethnic minority Labour MPs have been accused of racism by the home secretary

    Critics do not feel she conforms to a “stereotypical view”, says the cabinet minister as she brands their claims “disappointing”. Priti Patel hit back at a letter from opposition politicians which claimed that she used her “heritage and experiences of racism to gaslight the very real racism faced by black people and communities across the …
  • Margot Robbie to star in female-led ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’

    Margot Robbie to star in female-led ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’

    Margot Robbie will star in a female-led version of “Pirates of the Caribbean” for Disney with “Birds of Prey” writer Christina Hodson on board to write the script. Disney is in early development of the untitled project. The Robbie-Hodson collaboration is being developed separately from another “Pirates of the Caribbean” reboot that was unveiled in October …
  • Why TLC’s ‘Find Love Live!’ has struck a nerve

    Why TLC’s ‘Find Love Live!’ has struck a nerve

    TLC’s dating series “Find Love Live!” has become an unexpected hit. The reality show (Mondays at 11 p.m.) is now the top-rated late-night (live) show among females, garnering 5 million viewers for its first three episodes — triggering TLC to order an additional nine episodes. “It’s perfect in terms of balancing my own curiosity about …
  • Remington Arms preps for bankruptcy sale to Navajo Nation

    Remington Arms preps for bankruptcy sale to Navajo Nation

    Remington Arms, America’s oldest gun maker, is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is in advanced talks for a potential sale to the Navajo Nation, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Remington is making preparations for the Native American tribe to serve as the lead bidder to purchase its assets out …