While speaking to Vanity Fair at the Toronto International Film Festival this week, comedian Sarah Silverman said she believes it’s important as a comedian to “change with the times,” in order to not offend anyone.
A pressing dilemma is troubling the budget departments of Intel, the chip and microprocessor giant. Should they invest in STEM education, to cultivate the next generation of American geniuses? Or should they blow all their cash on finding people with the right skin
Fresh off an apology for describing black actor Idris Elba as “too street” to play James Bond, franchise author Anthony Horowitz announced this week how he intends to slowly drag the fictional British spy into the 21st Century’s cultural cesspool.
Canada’s most widely read newspaper, The Toronto Star, is lamenting the lack of racial crime statistics aggregated by various levels of government. Over two decades ago, the newspaper was instrumental in facilitating outrage from the left over a revelation that police in Toronto were collecting statistics about race and crime.
Comedian Colin Quinn went off on the political correctness culture in his recent Netflix special “Unconstitutional.” In this excerpt, Quinn says it is now impossible to communicate in this political correct world and you have to refer to people as a
“McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin argued “an atmosphere of prior restraint on speech” has been empowered on college campuses on Friday. McLaughlin said, “Once citadels of free expression and occasional revolutionary ideas, today many American colleges have endorsed political correctness.
Columnist Clarence Page argued that the pushes for censorship on college campuses in the name of political correctness are “the exact opposite of what universities are about” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page stated that while there has always “some censorship”
Daily Beast writer Eleanor Clift argued that the increase in political correctness on college campuses hasn’t been a “positive” “change of attitude” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Clift stated, during a discussion of political correctness on college campuses, “I don’t think
Political correctness is one of the biggest arguments in favor of–and against–the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump. How do Americans feel about it? A new Rasmussen poll shows a clear majority opposed.
GOP candidate Donald Trump’s rejection of political correctness has turned heads and made some enemies, but the vast majority of Americans agree that political correctness is a problem.
It’s the anniversary of GamerGate, and the movement just got a birthday present. Earlier today, musician and actor Ice-T attracted support from gamers after he condemned outrage culture and misrepresentations of gamers in the press. Ice-T’s comments came after GamerGate
“Can I just say one quick thing?” Mr. Skarlatos asked, after Hall thanked him for his time. “It’s better to die like a lion than be slaughtered like sheep. And this terrorist coward deserved what he got, and the PC crowd needs to recognize terrorism for what it is.”
Comedian Bill Burr is facing some online backlash after joking on Conan about Bruce Jenner’s transition to Caitlyn Jenner.
Okay here we go again, the pundits are out in force making excuses to keep the status quo.
The California legislature reconvened on August 17, and one of their first acts of business has been the passage of a joint resolution calling on Congress to enact a federal ban on the Confederate flag.
As you’re probably aware, West Midlands Police — in a very tight field arguably the most politically correct of all Britain’s police departments — has refused to make public the details of its most-wanted criminals on the grounds that their
Lord of the Rings actor John Rhys-Davies decried Islamic terrorism and political correctness in an interview with podcast king Adam Carolla Monday night.
Writer and author Caitlin Flanagan argued that free speech has become a “nuisance” on college campuses on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time.” Flanagan said that college students today are “the inheritors of 30 years of identity politics, and that’s
British schoolchildren are “rude, bone-idle and cossetted by the welfare state“. So say a group of Chinese teachers who, as part of a BBC TV experiment (Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School – first episode on tonight), spent four
It’s a situation we’ve all found ourselves in at some time or another: it’s a dark night in a strange part of town; you’re lost and slightly afraid, when suddenly – the horror – you find yourself surrounded by a
Julian Castro, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), stirred up some controversy at a San Antonio high school named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. In recent weeks, he called for a name change. Not everyone agrees with the former San Antonio mayor.
Plans to crack down on people feeding seagulls – which encourages vicious attacks on people and animals by the birds – have been blocked because it may offend Hindus and Jews. Council officers in the Welsh seaside resort of Llandudno,
The madness grows exponentially. Daily now, the totalitarian prescriptions of the enforcers of political correctness reach new heights of absurdity. The latest victim is the veteran golf commentator Peter Alliss, denounced by the Twitter rabble for “sexist” comments. His crime was to say
British prime minister David Cameron will announce new measures to tackle Islamic extremism which may criminalise commonly held opinions. In a speech that he will deliver to Muslim men and women in the Midlands, the Prime Minister will announce that counter-extremist
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump remarked that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is “a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured” at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa on Saturday.
Amid the tumult of Greek debt negotiations – the EU’s “Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality” has proposed imposing bizarre new measures to encourage more women to stay in science and technical careers, citing a “glass ceiling” holding back their advancement. It
An equal rights campaigner has branded a flag designed by a 12-year-old girl as racist because it features a chain that could have been used in the slave trade. Patrick Vernon says the Black Country flag, which is coloured red,
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh praised Donald Trump for not “buckling” to the “new totalitarians” (a term coined by a piece in The Federalist) on Wednesday. Rush said, “Ladies and gentlemen, I cannot emphasize enough, and by the way, I’m
Canada in the Rough airs in 27 countries but can’t find a television station or broadcaster willing to air it in Canada.
On July 2, NASCAR officials released a statement asking fans to “refrain” from displaying Confederate flags at NASCAR facilities and events.
With a name like Dixie Flags, you might think the San Antonio-based business would be the last place on earth that would banish Confederate flags — you would be wrong.
HBO host and comedian Bill Maher remarked that “political comedians…stay within whatever the liberal doctrine is” to avoid upsetting their audience in an interview on Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” released on Wednesday. Maher stated, (relevant remarks begin
Comedian and talk show host Larry King wondered “Why would a college campus be a place where you have to be politically correct?” In an interview with “The Rubin Report with Dave Rubin” released on Wednesday. After Rubin said that
HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher criticized the “PC police” for their treatment of people who have the wrong opinions or make jokes “about a protected species,” while giving Muslims a pass on the rules of political correctness on Friday.
Liberals are not only more politically correct than conservatives, but are also destroying comedy, according to HBO’s Bill Maher.
HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher revealed that he’s “had a much better time” now that he doesn’t draw his show’s audience “strictly from liberal sources” in an interview with comedian Jim Ross on Friday. Maher remarked, in reaction to
On his Wednesday show, host of ESPN Radio’s “The Herd” Colin Cowherd reacted to blogs adding vulgarity to their headlines and misquoting comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who discussed the political correctness of college campuses on his show last week. One example included Entertainment Weekly, which added
Less than a week after saying comedians stay away from doing shows at colleges because they are “too PC” and added that the age group at colleges just throw out terms such as “racist” or “sexist” without knowing what those terms
Vox’s Amanda Taub says a piece the site published earlier this week about progressive identity politics on campus is “truthy” and doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. Strangely, Taub’s rebuttal overlooks nearly all of the evidence which might suggest otherwise.
After being selected to receive the American Film Institute’s 43rd Life Achievement Award, actor and comedian Steve Martin sat down with the Hollywood Reporter to discuss his success and look back at a nearly 50-year career.
