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Good Riddance to Brian Williams

Washington Examiner

Where are their viewers supposed to go now for vacuous, rambling commentary, the latest updates on left-wing Twitter, and semi-regular reminders of the pundit class’s generally below-average intellect?  In Williams’s nearly 30 years with NBC, he perfected a signature move: responding to breaking news events with an affected somberness, soliloquizing gravely on the historical implications of said events while waxing poetic about justice, society, and What It All Means™. If only he had something meaningful to say.

Aaron Rodgers Let His Team Down

Washington Examiner

Being a public health risk and not being able to play are both bad. As an elite athlete, he should want to help his team win games. That includes getting the vaccine. Rodgers didn’t. Instead, his team had to start its backup quarterback, and the Packers only scored one touchdown in the loss. The only thing Rodgers has gotten right is that the Right shouldn’t champion him because a vaccine is neither left-wing nor right-wing — it’s a vaccine.

Why Didn’t the Abraham Accords Win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Washington Examiner

The prize should have been shared between former President Donald Trump, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Emirati President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Sudanese Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and Moroccan King Mohammed VI. The accords were the first nation-to-nation Middle East peace deals in 25 years.

We Can Celebrate Both Columbus Day and Indigenous People’s Day

Washington Examiner

Judging Columbus through the eyes of 21st-century social justice advocates is unfair. Judging his actions in the context of the 15th century is more honest.  The notion that Native Americans were all living in peace before 1492 is a fanciful myth. Indigenous people were conquering and killing and enslaving and sacrificing each other long before any European settler set foot in North America. 

What’s Happening in Australia Will Happen in the U.S. If We, Too, Lose the Plot

Washington Examiner

To watch what is happening in Australia right now is to watch a once-liberally democratic nation devolve into outright tyranny. Citizens in some areas are being locked inside their homes and monitored by police, and anyone who dares protest the states’ strict coronavirus lockdown measures faces imprisonment, hefty fines, and even brutal physical attacks by law enforcement.