NEW YORK TIMES PRAISES ‘CANCEL CULTURE’ BUT SKIPS OVER ITS OWN RACIST HISTORY:

The drive-by attack on the Rushmore presidents was part of its cancel-culture agenda.

Yet the Times has never applied to its own history the standards it uses to demonize others. If it did, reporters there would learn that the Ochs-Sulzberger family that has owned and run the paper for 125 years has a “complicated legacy” of its own.

That legacy includes Confederates in the closet — men and at least one woman who supported the South and slavery during the Civil War. In fact, Times patriarch Adolph S. Ochs contributed money to the very Stone Mountain project and other Confederate memorials the Times now finds so objectionable.

To be clear, I detest the Times’ determination to judge and revise history using criteria conceived 20 minutes ago. The paper’s Marxist-inspired activism and race-based fetish have taken it so far off course that it no longer functions as an actual newspaper.

Read the whole thing.

LEFTIST THEOLOGY: Creighton U. prof calls pro-police gathering a ‘white supremacist rally.’

Remember when they told us that the justification for higher education was that it instills critical thinking?

ESPN REPORTER’S “FU” EMAIL ILLUSTRATES FAR LEFT SPORTS MEDIA HYPOCRISY:

So let’s just play a little thought experiment here. What if the email had been sent by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC, who raised the exact same issues about the NBA’s response to Hong Kong protesters? And what if Woj had immediately responded, “Fuck you,” to her?

There’s a good chance he would have been fired.

You know it, I know it, everyone reading this column right now knows it.

I’m not advocating for firing anyone for an email that expresses their true opinions. Never have, never will. The same should hold true for Tweets, Instagram and Facebook posts, you name it. We have to stop canceling people just because we disagree with what they say. Cancel culture, which has been wielded as a weapon by the far left wing in this country for years, is not healthy for our country, period.

But the reason why Woj felt like he could respond to Senator Hawley’s office like he did is because in 2016 ESPN employees donated 100x as much money to Hillary Clinton as to Donald Trump. He knows he can say whatever he wants to a Republican and there will be no consequences.

Zero.

Read the whole thing. Incidentally, Hawley’s reply to Wojnarowski’s “apology” was perfect:

He knows that thanks to parent company Disney, ESPN is only going to report on the NBA being beholden to China in the politest of language:

Earlier: Josh Hawley vs. the NBA.

ROGER KIMBALL: It’s All About November 3: The Democrats thought they could ride the tiger to victory. Instead, they will be consumed by the monster they created but could not control.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Rutgers profs, students blame ‘peace’ & ‘law and order’ for death of George Floyd.

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I NEED A STUDY TO TELL ME THIS? Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Manipulators Are More Likely To Engage in ‘Virtuous Victim Signaling,’ Says Study.

(Classical reference in headline.)

AMBUSHED: 2 slain police officers ‘never had a chance’ in Texas shooting, chief says.

Two police officers who were responding to a disturbance call were killed Saturday in a South Texas town after a suspect met the officers at the door and shot them, police say.

The shooting happened so quickly that “our officers did not draw their weapons, did not fire, never stood a chance – never had a chance,” McAllen, Texas, Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said in a statement to the media.

The police department learned about the fatal shooting when other officers stopped by the scene to do a routine check, Rodriguez said.

The officers were responding to reports of a violent disturbance, Rodriguez said. “They were doing their job. That is what we are supposed to do.”

The officers approached the door of the residence after meeting people outside the house who reported that a disturbance or assaults were occurring inside, Rodriguez said.

Blue lives matter too, though it can be worth your job to say so some places, these days.

PAUL BEDARD: Power rallies: The answer for Trump is airport events.

TWO TEXAS POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN AMBUSH ATTACK; SUSPECT DEAD, AUTHORITIES SAY: “The slain McAllen officers were identified as Edelmiro Garza, 45, and Ismael Chavez, 39. They were killed while responding to a domestic disturbance complaint, [The Monitor of McAllen, Texas, on the border with Mexico] reported… The suspect was identified as Audon Ignacio Camarillo, 23, who was most recently arrested last month on assault charges, according to The Monitor.”

Thus, this story will be rapidly memory-holed by the DNC-MSM.

DOUG ROSS: Google Declares Me Guilty of Thought Crimes, Sends My Blog Posts to the Memory Hole. “Google has a great search engine when they’re not squelching conservative and GOP (not the same thing) content. I recommend using DuckDuckGo; here’s why.”

DEFUND MICHIGAN STATE: Michigan State May Scrub James Madison From Campus: Students, alumni express disappointment at ‘ridiculous’ proposal.

Between the rampant sex abuse and the absurd wokeness, it’s a place that needs to be shut down.

WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY: Sweden’s coronavirus death toll is now approaching zero, but experts are warning others not to hail it as a success.

WHAT PRIVILEGE LOOKS LIKE: Joe Biden’s family racks up arrests for drugs, drunk driving — but no jail time.

ALEX TABARROK ON FIGHTING THE VIRUS.

UNEXPECTEDLY: DC Black Lives Matter Protest Turns Anti-Semitic.

HEADLINES LIKE THIS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY COMMON GOING FORWARD: Double Mastectomy at 15, Detrans 16-Year-Old Now Seeks Reversal.

THE WORSE, THE BETTER: Problems With Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin Hint at Election Nightmare.

(Classical reference in the headline.)

BUT INTERFERING WITH THE MARKET IS WHERE YOU GET THE GRAFT. And the self-importance.

SOMEBODY IS FINALLY MAKING SENSE:  Black lives matter.  That’s why protesters in Southeast Washington, D.C. want MORE police protection, not less.

(You’ll find my two cents on policing issues and race here.)

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