The Post-Partisan Emporium

  Our Titanic Juneteenth Pride Another month in the Idiocracy DONALD JEFFRIES For a time in the late 1990s, after the hit movie  Titanic  was released, I became immersed in the subject. Which was a bit uncharacteristic for me, given its general non-conspiratorial nature. Only later would I learn about the critics of the upcoming Federal Reserve Act perishing, and even theories that the entire thing was faked. This week, America 2.0 has been inundated with coverage of a handful of men becoming lost while sinking to the bottom of the ocean, in an effort to get a closeup view of the sunken liner. They were all wealthy enough to pay $250,000 each for the ultimate One Percent adventure. I didn’t pay much attention to the story at first, but once they claimed that the leader had made some ridiculous comments about not hiring any “50 year old White guys,” my spidey-sense was triggered. And then I learned that one of their wives was a descendant of a famous Titanic couple. Oh, the irony! But w

Inequity Judd Garrett Last week, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the Biden administration will be distributing hurricane Ian relief to the citizens of Florida based on skin color when she said,  “We have to address this[hurricane relief] in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality but we also need to fight for equity.”  Equity is the process of giving people social credit based on race, gender and lifestyle. Applying equity to hurricane relief means that those factors will weigh much more heavily than actual need. So, giving relief to those in need will not be based on their need. According to Kamala Harris’ equity agenda, hypothetically, a white male truck driver whose house was just destroyed by hurricane Ian would have to wait in line for government assistance behind a black female lawyer whose house has a little water damage in the front room. It is easy to dismiss Kamala Harris for the racist that she is, but there’