Daniel J. Flynn

1 week ago | spectator.org | Daniel J. Flynn

“Do you know that you are a cis-male?” comedian Norm Macdonald asked a flummoxed Stephen Merchant, the co-creator of The Office, nine years ago. Macdonald explained of the peculiar “cis” prefix: “It’s a way of marginalizing a normal person.”At least that amounts to the intent. The result of such terms marginalizes the speaker, at least when in mixed company. Self-marginalization does not work in politics. Some Democrats only recently learned this.

1 week ago | rlo.acton.org | Daniel J. Flynn

The first paragraph of Daniel J. Mahoney’s The Persistence of the Ideological Lie: The Totalitarian Impulse Then and Now redeems the $29.99 price of admission.

2 weeks ago | spectator.org | Daniel J. Flynn

Elias Rodriguez, a 30-year-old man from Chicago, allegedly murdered two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening. Rather than flee the scene, Rodriguez went into the museum, eventually pulled out a keffiyeh, admitted ‚ÄúI did this for Gaza,‚ÄĚ and then began chanting ‚ÄúFree, free Palestine!‚ÄĚ as the cops led him away in handcuffs. In other words, he exhibited pride rather than remorse.

3 weeks ago | spectator.org | Daniel J. Flynn

May’s inflation report is eggscellent news — unless you work in journalism. The Bureau of Labor Statistics April consumer price index released Wednesday notes: “Driven primarily by a 12.7-percent decrease in the index for eggs, the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs fell 1.6 percent in April after rising in recent months.”Donald Trump pointed to this drop throughout April, but his Fourth Estate antagonists called it a lie.

1 month ago | spectator.org | Daniel J. Flynn

How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people? An ugly soul oversaw the collection of pretty people last night at the Met Gala in ManhattanDiana Ross wore a train larger than a train, Sabrina Carpenter attracted stares in a pantless brown bodysuit with tails, surprise guest Kamala Harris looked like a half-moon cookie in her black-and-white outfit, and Emma Chamberlain stunned in a pinstriped suit repurposed as a dress.