Bookworm Beat 05/03/24: The deja vu all over again meme edition
The memes are still good, but I feel as if I’m stuck in a video game that’s on an endless loop with the same scenarios over and over and over and over….
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Tag: Academia
Bookworm Beat 4/27/24: the academia run amok meme edition
We here at the Bookworm Room always knew what was being planted in academia, but even we didn’t know just how ugly that crop would be.
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Bookworm Beat 12/15/23: The very contextual illustrated edition
The leftist rot is getting fully exposed. It’s ugly to see, but still a wonderful thing. We “attention payers” always knew it was there, but now the rest of America sees it, too.
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2023-06-07 Bookworm Video Podcast
It’s another thrilling ride through the flotsam and jetsam of my mind as I examine the social and political scenes in America today.
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The Supreme Court Is At The Heart Of America’s Racial Division
Society needs defamation law to function If you are trying to make sense of how our nation has become so toxic, a good starting point is the Supreme Court’s 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan. That case radically altered existing law so that, for the first time in our
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Understanding post-modernism’s role in shaping the Democrat party
There’s one simple trick to returning America to sanity: End post-modernism in academia. Do you Support the Constitution as written? Then you’re a white supremacist Believe in meritocracy? Then you’re a racist and misogynist Contest the left using schools to brainwash our kids? Then you’re a domestic terrorist Are you
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Bookworm Beat 12/3/18 — the “Paris is burning” edition and open thread
Even as Paris burns, America’s media and other Democrat establishments demand that America institute the socialist policies that are destroying Europe. Paris burns — and the people call for Trump. The mainstream media truly believes in global leadership. Trump’s desire to be America’s, rather than following in his predecessor’s footsteps
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Were people with Trump Derangement Syndrome always this foolish?
When I see people in the grips of Trump Derangement Syndrome, I wonder if their brain function vanished before or after the syndrome set in. I’m being completely serious with the question I posed in my post title — Were people with Trump Derangement Syndrome always intellectually deficient? Was it
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American colleges — the un-educating of young America
A college student’s essay about ethnic food in America is a depressing window into the fact that American colleges don’t educate, they “un-educate.” Several hours ago, I sat down to write a post about religion and culture. I got as far as picking a title for my post when I
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Calling Christ a drag queen pedophile shows what’s wrong with academia
An academic article calling Christ a queer, pedophile drag queen reveals that modern academics know nothing about anything — and then teach it to our kids. I finally got around to reading the article about Holy Cross College professor Tat-Siong Benny Liew, who has some interesting ideas about Jesus Christ (whose resurrection
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Fight academia’s obsession with race, sex, and sexual orientation
Edward Blum understands America’s promise and, to that end, he is fighting hard against academia’s obsession with race, sex, and sexual orientation. One of my Little Bookworms is applying for college. Since this Little Bookworm is open-minded about majors, school size, and geographic location, we’re applying to a lot of
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Peter Thiel’s excellent point about political correctness and indulgences
When Peter Thiel compared Political Correctness and the Catholic Church in 1517, he revealed how truly corrupt Political Correctness really is. I had the pleasure last night of attending an event at which Peter Thiel was the main speaker. Before he started speaking I knew that he was one of
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How we got here, what Trump must do, and why we forgive Trump his sins
Although academia has been seeding American Leftism for 70 years, Trump, despite his many foibles, is the weapon that will destroy that system. This is going to be a slightly more discursive post than usual, simply because I’m trying to tie together three disparate thoughts. Thought One is how we
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Answering the question: Why in the world do [insert name of group] support Democrats?
If you want to know why identity groups support Democrats even when doing so is counter to their interests, there’s one reason, and one reason alone…. Practically since the day I started blogging, at which time I revealed myself to be a politically conservative Jew, I’ve regularly been asked the
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Teen Vogue adds anti-Israel advocacy to its arsenal of hard-Left positions (+ bonus content)
Teen Vogue turns against Israel with a gauzy, one-sided view of Palestinians. This sewage-like flow of Leftist ideology traces back to American academia. For those naive enough to think that Teen Vogue is a fashion magazine, please disabuse yourself of that notion as quickly as possible. It is, in fact,
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