Private equity in healthcare is here to stay
Paul Keckley, author of the highly respected healthcare-focused The Keckley Report, recently asked in his weekly column whether private equity is the solution or the problem in healthcare. It may well be a combination of both. But one thing for sure is that private equity is very likely to remain a significant presence in U.S. […]
In ‘punishment drills,’ China stages dress rehearsal of military assault on Taiwan
As China surrounded Taiwan with a massive naval and air armada for a large-scale rehearsal for an attack, Adm. Jon Leonard was being briefed at the Hawaii headquarters of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. “Over the past two months, we have seen a significant buildup of ground, air, and operational logistics units in the Chinese Eastern […]
North Dakota looks to clamp down on professor tenure after legislative failure
The North Dakota Board of Higher Education is looking to rein in professor tenure, particularly at its community colleges, according to a draft report. The board’s Tenure/Post-Tenure Ad Hoc Committee has a draft report that could bring a massive decrease in tenured and tenure-track faculty at the state’s five community colleges, as well as pared-back […]
The Big Cigar and the bullshistory of the Black Panthers
In late 1977, in the days before he suborned mass suicide in a Guyanese jungle, the Rev. Jim Jones tried to buoy the sagging spirits of his 900-plus homesick parishioners with a series of celebrity guest appearances, patched into the Jonestown encampment through a dodgy phone connection and an even dodgier PA system. Before migrating […]
Live like no one’s watching
There is a character in the Charles Portis novel The Dog of the South who follows a meticulous method anytime he orders a beer. He moistens each corner of the cocktail napkin it’s served with to anchor it to the bar. That way, the napkin doesn’t come up with the mug when he takes a […]
Even New Jersey lawmakers are smarter than Californians
California Democrats do a good job of never learning from their own mistakes when mismanaging their state. Why would they bother learning from the mistakes of other states when running face-first into the same walls? California Democrats are pushing ahead with their plan to ban multiuse plastic bags at grocery stores after previously banning single-use […]
Morgan Spurlock made Hollywood meaner and documentaries more dishonest
Unlike the countless men whose careers were killed in the fury of the #MeToo movement, Morgan Spurlock didn’t just deny he had committed serial sex abuse and misconduct, he embraced the reality that he was “a part of the problem,” canceling himself in a shocking 2017 blog post in which he confessed to harassing subordinates […]
Flirting is now canceled – Washington Examiner
Some nerds in Silicon Valley decided years ago that dating needed to be reshaped so as to remove the risk of rejection. Now, in 2024, a norm is taking root that flirting is a microaggression if not sexual harassment. As a result, young men, afraid that approaching someone of the opposite sex in real life […]
National Association of Broadcasting cites bipartisanship over withholding award for De Niro
The National Association of Broadcasting has announced it will no longer give an award to actor Robert De Niro, who appeared with the Biden campaign earlier this week outside former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. The organization is scheduled to host an event on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., that would have given De Niro […]
Trump guilty: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says he ‘did his job’
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Thursday he “did his job” in securing guilty verdicts against former President Donald Trump. “Our job is to follow the facts without fear or favor, and that’s what we did here,” he said at a press conference. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks to the media after a jury […]