[Bread and Circuses - Politics and other Silliness]

By Ben Shapiro @benshapiro September 18, 2019 Last week, Democrats held their first true presidential debate. With the field winnowed down to 10 candidates — three of them actual contenders for the nomination — only one moment truly stood out. That moment came not from Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders but from a candidate desperate for attention: Beto O'Rourke. O'Rourke ran in 2018 for a Senate seat in Texas and lost in shockingly narrow fashion to incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. But his persona at the time was more Biden than Bernie: He ran as a unifying quasi-moderate, an Obama-esque figure determined to bring Americans together. In the early going of the presidential race, Beto was figured to be a prime contender: An April poll showed him in a solid third place. But he's faded dramatically; now the once-media darling is polling below 3%. So O'Rourke has refashioned himself into a woke warrior. He's declared that he wants to forcibly rem...

WALSH: The Simple Preschool-Level Question That No Leftist Can Answer Photo by Karen Ilagan/GettyImages By Matt Walsh @mattwalshblog May 15, 2019 For the last few weeks I have been trying with increasing desperation to get a leftist — any leftist — to answer one simple question: what is a woman? Daily Wire TV You’ll notice that folks on the Left use the word “woman” quite a bit. They make many claims about women. They say that these creatures known as women have something called “women’s rights.” They say that these rights are under attack. They say that women are persecuted and disadvantaged by something called male privilege. They say that women are the victims of a wage gap. They say things like, “We need a woman President.” They also say that biological males can be women. They say transwomen are women. They say that someone can start out life as a male and transition into a woman. They make many other claims in this vein. But how can I understand any of these claims and declaratio...