In the Bruen decision the Supreme Court rejected New York's "may issue" concealed carry gun licensing standard. The decision...

The Brooklyn Museum recently hired a white woman to be its curator of African Art. Some people didn't like this hiring decision, to pu...

By the time I was a teen my father no longer practiced corporal punishment on me. He thought it was no longer effective on me and disrespect...

It is often instructive to look back at the history of white supremacy in this country and see how non-whites had to deal with openly racist...

The Supreme Court will shortly start its new term. It is going to take up yet another affirmative action case. Hopefully The Janitor will ha...

As we wait for the US Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act ( popularly and derisively known as "Ob...

I'm not religious although I don't think I'm necessarily anti-religious. People can believe what they like and within certain co...

Imagine that you (or a man you love) were wrongly accused of raping someone. You're arrested, fingerprinted and thrown into jail to aw...

Women start fight and lose badly Our recent post on battered women syndrome engendered some discussion about when violence is appropriate....

Many people who are pro-comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) usually get very upset when some states create laws which seek to identify i...