Cathy Young is a contributing editor at Reason magazine and is the author of “Ceasefire: Why Women and Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality.” Follow her on Twitter, @CathyYoung63
Cathy Young
By Cathy Young
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Community Sarah Jeong’s Woke White Bashing Is A Slippery Slope
The firestorm over the New York Times’ hiring of tech writer Sarah Jeong as an editorial board member, and the revelation of Jeong’s past tweets mocking white people, has become another chapter in the ongoing drama of old social media posts being used to torpedo people’s careers. But this story has also brought the spotlight…
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Opinion Roseanne’s Firing Shows The Power Of PC Policing – And Its Limits
The stormy life of the “Roseanne” revival, plagued by controversies over star Roseanne Barr’s politics, outrageous statements, and penchant for out-there conspiracy theories, has come to an abrupt end. ABC has cancelled the top-rated show’s second season after Barr posted a shockingly racist tweet comparing former Barack Obama aide Valerie Jarrett to an offspring of…
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Opinion No, Jordan Peterson Is Not An Anti-Semite
Jordan Peterson and unlikely cult figure in the anti-“political correctness” counterculture on the Internet, has been the subject of much discussion lately—including harsh critiques accusing him of authoritarian tendencies. But probably none have generated as much controversy and backlash as the Forward piece by Ari Feldman with the incendiary title, “Is Jordan Peterson Fueling Jew…
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Opinion A Muslim Student At Yale Was Accused Of Rape. The People Who Stood By Him Were Jews.
Saifullah Khan grew up in a refugee camp in Afghanistan. In something of an American dream, he won a full scholarship to Yale University, where he studied neuroscience. Then, in November 2015, just one semester short of getting his degree, he was accused of raping a classmate. Khan was arrested and charged; he was also…
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Opinion Meet The Russian Reality TV Star With Jewish Roots Who’s Taking On Putin
Russia’s presidential election, coming up on Sunday, offers no suspense: there is no doubt that Vladimir Putin will sweep a fake contest with no real challengers. (The only opposition leader with fairly high popularity, anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny, has been disqualified from running by a trumped-up fraud conviction.) But the predictable line-up of Potemkin candidates…
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Opinion Woody Allen’s Innocence Should Be A Feminist Cause
The push to declare that #TimesUp for Woody Allen has been gaining traction. Jeff Daniels, who starred in Allen’s 1985 film “Purple Rose of Cairo,” and Peter Sarsgaard, who appeared in “Blue Jasmine,” have just joined the list of actors publicly siding with his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow, who has called for Allen’s shunning based…
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Opinion Leave Bari Weiss Alone
The latest Twitter mobbing by progressive outrage brigades has been sparked by a tweet that celebrated immigrants the wrong way. On Monday, New York Times opinion writer and staff editor Bari Weiss tweeted a video of U.S. skater Mirai Nagasu landing a triple axel in the Olympic figure skating competition—the first American woman to accomplish…
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Opinion I Don’t Believe Dylan Farrow
It seems the #MeToo wrecking ball is finally catching up with Woody Allen. The 82-year-old actor and filmmaker has long been haunted by allegations that he molested his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, more than a quarter-century ago, when she was just seven years old. In 2014, Farrow wrote an open letter with the accusation, and…
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