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  Pride Month: A Celebration of Narcissism     By James Terminiello   This is the accepted definition of a narcissist:   NOUN   a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves:     As we approach the end of that cavalcade of self-celebrations deemed “Pride Month” it is time to reflect on what it all means.     First of all . A month? Really? A bit much don’t you think? Other events which touch a far wider scope of people --July 4 th , Thanksgiving, George Washington’s Birthday (Oh we contracted that one! Sorry, George old boy!) -- rate a single day. And therein lies the beginning of the problem.     Pride Month and the various components of the endless celebrations is about the individual self. It is a celebration of the wonder that is me. We are all called upon to supplicate ourselves and honor and revere the sexuality (or sexualities) and proclivities of a certain segment of the popula...

  Political Debate Reduced to Schoolyard Taunts … That Work!   By James Terminiello     Donald Trump is a racist … Joe Biden is senile … Chris Christie is a fat whale … Kamala Harris failed English … Ron DeSantis is an SOB … John Fetterman is a cretin. It goes on and on!   I don’t care if any of these statements are true, false, twisted, exaggerated, or even libelous. They add nothing to the political debate and, indeed, they subtract from all this is relevant and important by simply getting in the way .  In this Twitter- pated age, our political discourse has been reduced to rancid little one-liners that should have been left to die in the schoolyard .      Sadly, this policy is being fostered and encouraged by a media system that will do anything for ratings and to cling to an audience that is easily distracted by multiple media outlets.    When you have nothing to say (which is all too often) the media resorts to nonsense like...