Nikole Hannah-Jones, the journalist who wrote “The 1619 Project”, was offered the position as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Hannah-Jones was supposed to start the position on July 1st. Although the journalism department recommended Hannah-Jones for tenure, the university Board of Trustees denied her a … Read more
UPDATE (7/06/2021): TMZ reported that Spears’ attorney, Sam Ingham, plans on filing a request “to be dismissed as Britney’s court-appointed lawyer.” During her in-court statement last month, Britney Spears told the world about how her freedom has been limited under the conservatorship. Not being able to get married, have babies, or work under the terms … Read more
Brandeis University has been in the news this past week because of a student-written list. At the end of June, Robby Soave published a quick post titled, “Trigger Warning Now Counts as Violent Language at Brandeis University.” In the post, Soave identified phrases that Brandeis University’s PARC listed as being problematic. He went on to … Read more
When I first saw the news coverage about Critical Race Theory (CRT) last year, my first reaction was: “People are seriously caring about CRT? Interesting.” Because CRT is a legal theory and, from what I’ve seen, the media seems to be pretty ambivalent towards esoteric legal theories. And the media is often exceptionally terrible at … Read more
One of the questions we’ve been getting pretty regularly lately is whether we’re open for in-person shopping yet. We aren’t and we won’t be until our household is completely vaccinated. How did I come to this decision? We still have online shopping with curbside pickup and ship-to-home. We also know that, for people with more … Read more
When most people think about reading to a child, they picture hunkering down with a book while their kid is sitting crisscross-applesauce with the calm and quiet demeanor of a monk. One of my early literacy tips is to reject this vision and commit to reading at your child if necessary. ## What does it … Read more
A bookstore doing video game reviews? Yes. Yes, we are. We believe that video games are fun and perfectly fine in moderation. So, every once in a while, we’ll let you know what we think about new releases. The Game Mario Golf: Super Rush The Rundown Price $59.99 System Nintendo Switch Exclusive Playable on the … Read more
Another anthem protest, another round of politicians and commentators insisting that athletes and progressives hate America. In the June 28th the Wall Street Journal published Gerard Baker’s “Progressives Disdain America but Love Being Free to Do So.” In the column, Baker contends that protesting progressives don’t love the US and implied that Olympic track and … Read more
It’s not every day that you can say that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff went viral for…well, anything, but here we are. Last week, General Mark A. Milley went viral for an eloquent defense of the importance of being educated. I know that other people are saying that what he did was … Read more
TL; DR: Look for other explanations Lately, there has been a lot of ink…or pixels dedicated to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and her husband, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Harry. For some, it looks like an obsession. In “Meghan Markle Officially Dropped Her Royal Title on Lili’s Birth Certificate Amid Her Drama With Harry’s … Read more