Tweet at Your Own Risk

He (or she) who lives by Twitter dies by Twitter, so it seems, and it is best for your peace of mind to keep your immortal thoughts away from this pernicious medium altogether. A publisher has just withdrawn the contract to publish a first book by a woman called Natasha Tynes because she posted an allegedly racist tweet about a worker on an underground train in Washington whom she had noticed eating her breakfast there, despite a law forbidding people to eat or drink anywhere on the system. She thought it wrong for employees to behave in a way forbidden to the public. There was no ...

Lewis Hamilton

Giving Offense, or How to Overcome Mass-Media Morality

“How dare you say the truth—you must abide by our lies!” Such, in essence, was the recent plight of Lewis Hamilton, the Formula One race-car driver and whipping boy for the ...

The U.S. of Shame

The American flag is a symbol of Native American genocide. We need to take it down. While you"€™re at it, take down the Union Jack. It symbolizes 700 years of war against ...

Gary Oldman

The Greatest Actor of His Generation

"€œThis is just like a Hollywood awards show, but with fewer Jews."€ You"€™d be forgiven for assuming that's another excerpt from actor Gary Oldman's forthcoming Playboy ...


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