Ken Berwitz What follows is the beginning of a “think” piece (quotation marks not grammatically necessary, but intentional) written by one Bennett Carpenter, a graduate student in Duke University\’s literature department: As I write my first column, I am thinking a lot aboutspeech. I am thinking about how an urgent and overdue conversation aboutracism-on our campus and across...
Ken Berwitz We recognize and honorthe courageous efforts of those who bear the many burdens of parenting alone,even as we believe that marriage, the union of one man and one woman must be upheldas the national standard, a goal to stand for, encourage, and promote throughlaws governing marriage. We embrace theprinciple that all Americans should be treated with respect and dignity. You...
Ken Berwitz This one is a classic for the “You Can\’t Make This Stuff Up” file. Hillary Clinton, who has spent decades deflecting blame for everything she does that is wrong and/or shady by claiming someone or some thing – usually the Republican Party – is out to get her…. …is now claiming that Democrats are out to get her. Yes, you read that...
Ken Berwitz Mika Brzezinski is the co-host of MSNBC\’s “Morning Joe” show. She is also a lifelong Democrat…the daughter of Jimmy Carter\’s National Security Advisor (and staunch Israel-hater) Zbigniew Brzezinksi Ms. Brzezinski has come to the conclusion – a very unhappy one for her, you can bet – that Hillary Clinton is in a world of trouble...
Ken Berwitz Yesterday I made light – very light – of Sarah Palin endorsing Donald Trump for President. There are a number of reasons I feel this way…but let me show you just one, which I doubt anyone, regardless of his or her feelings about Ms. Palin, will dispute. George Pataki was a three term Governor of New York. By most accounts, a pretty successful one. If...
Ken Berwitz Here is the front page of today\’s New York Daily News: Yeah, it will probably sell more copies…because the shock value addresses people\’s sense of humor and/or anger level. But they will not be buying the Daily News because it is a newspaper. Newspapers do not put up headlines like that. And, ironically, in doing so, the Daily News is behaving...
Ken Berwitz Get ready to hear that the email scandal is old news/no big deal/they\’ve got nothing/there have been X number of investigations and it turns up nothing/it\’s a witchhunt/it\’s just another attempt to bring the Clintons down. You\’ll be right if you do, because every one of those strategies has been used in the past…..and they\’re going to...
Ken Berwitz Today, Sarah Palin has endorsed Donald Trump for President. And?
Ken Berwitz The water in Flint, Michigan is making residents sick. And, politically speaking, Michigan Democrats could not be happier. They are blaming Republican Governor Rick Snyder for the water problems and demanding that he apologize…and resign. But there is a problem with these demands: namely that what happened in Flint was the work of Democrats. Not Rick Snyder...
Ken Berwitz Here is the latest FROM Chris Matthews -a media personality who used to be much, much better than the disgusting creature he has become. First, we have Matthews\’ insulting aimed at constitutional lawyer/successful radio host Mark Levin: “Oh my God, Mark Levinis one of the most distasteful human beings out there.” And here is Mr. Levin\’s...
Ken Berwitz Let me start this blog by citing a fact I consider self-evident, a fact I am also going to end with: it is absurd to blame all Muslims for the actions of some. But it is also absurd to figure out rationales for ignoring behaviors which are coming from a Muslim population. Excerpted from Ivar Arpi\’s article for Britain\’s spectator.co.uk: It took days for police...
Ken Berwitz Hollywood and pandering. Perfect together. Stung by the fact that academy members, for two years now, have not nominated any Black actors and actresses for major awards, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs released this statement: “I\’d like to acknowledge the wonderful work of this year\’s nominees,” she said. “While we celebrate their...
Ken Berwitz Today\’s quote comes to us from a source that is extraordinarily rich in material….but extraordinarily poor in content. The inimitable (and who would want to?) Debbie Wasserman Schultz. As any observer of the political scene is aware, Ms. Schultz, who is chairperson of the Democratic National Committee, scheduled a grand total of four presidential debates prior to...
Ken Berwitz Excerpted from Gromer Jeffers Jr.\’s article in the Dallas Morning News: Sen. Ted Cruz\’s campaign for president has featured strongreferences to faith and Christianity, which he says will help restore thecountry to greatness. The Texas senator and son of a Carrollton pastor is stickingto religion, even in New Hampshire. The voting population there is heavy...
Ken Berwitz Apropos of nothing but the way grandparents – like my wife and like me – feel about grandchildren: To My Grandchildren: I love you. I love you with all my heart. Sometimes you do things that I don\’t understand. Sometimes you do things that make me sad. Sometimes you do things that make me unhappy, even angry. But none of those things can ever...
