The New York Times marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a photo essay, and quotes historian Anne Applebaum saying, “It was not a triumph of good over evil. It was basically incompetence — and chance.” Bill Whittle, Stephen Green and Scott Ott remember it differently.
New San Francisco District Attorney-elect Chesa Boudin said he won’t prosecute public poopers — urination and defecation in the streets — and other behavior like aggressive panhandling. Will decriminalizing anti-social behavior cut crime in the sh**ty by the bay?
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The Backstage meeting for this week’s episodes of Right Angle starts with shocking news. Please, remain seated during the entire performance. Thank you, dear Member, for making this possible, and for enduring the consequences of what you hath wrought.
The North Bristol Trust, a British health care provider, says doctors can withhold care from patients it determines to be racists or sexists, based on their public statements. When you give power of attorney to the government, don’t be surprised if funding for your line item gets redistributed to a better sort of person.
Elizabeth Warren’s Meme Team (WMT) is a new grassroots model from her presidential campaign to unleash viral Hell on President Trump. Is the incumbent doomed? How can he stand in the face of this template for ridicule?
Fox News panel explodes when Steve Hilton accuses former State Department spokesman Marie Harf of covering up the link between Secretary of State John Kerry’s chief of staff and Burisma, the Ukraine energy firm that paid Hunter Biden $50,000/month for his lack of expertise.
It’s impossible to watch this Right Angle Backstage meeting with Bill Whittle, Scott Ott and Stephen Green without wondering what might have been had you done something else. Undeterred, we trust you’ll enjoy this freewheeling pitch fest. We’re grateful for your Membership dollars that have made it happen.
Facebook’s recently-announced news tab will provide a reliable place for Americans to find accurate reporting, credible journalism and truthiness — far from the fake news and disinformation of social media. Is this good news for fact-hungry Americans and a rebirth of actual journalism, or is it the final death knell of the great American newspaper, […]
Bosstown Dynamics video of an autonomous robotic soldier drone makes a future of remote robot war seem real. Are we already OK with bringing our troops home and sending in the bipedal land drones? Will our technological prowess, once again, change our morality, or do we need to decide now where to draw the moral line when it comes to remote-controlled, or autonomous, drone soldier?
Survey from YouGov says 70% of millennials would vote for a socialist and 30% have a favorable view of communism. Are you surprised? Or did you think the numbers would be higher?
Kanye West — a performer/producer/entrepreneur with nine consecutive platinum albums and 21 Grammy awards — drops a new album called ‘Jesus is King’ and rocks the entertainment world again. Can Kanye make Christ cool for kids, with songs like ‘Closed on Sundays’ that says, “no more living for the culture”?
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Bill Whittle, Scott Ott and Stephen Green meet in the ring in a bare-knuckle, no holds barred, donnybrook for the title and a slice of history.
A new study shows almost everyone thinks that almost everyone desires fame. But the survey also shows that almost no one craves it for himself. Instead, the vast majority say they believe that personal success means “following your interests and talents to be the best you can be at something you love.”
Stephen Green says JJ Abrams never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Based on the final trailer, the latest and last episode of the Star Wars series — The Rise of Skywalker — is no exception.
