Tag: Gender Issues

In the wake of his statement about the memo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai more likely understands the distinction perfectly and is acting as if he doesn't. Why would he do that? Because while Pichai is probably not dumb, the mob he is trying to appease really is dumb. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Progressive identity politics can dumb down anyone

Timothy P. Carney · August 8, 2017 6:29 pm

Perhaps the most common response people offer to stories about political correctness and censorship on college campuses is, "Can you imagine what will happen when these students enter the workforce?" With the Google memo, we no longer have to imagine that scenario. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Beltway Confidential

The reaction to the Google memo should worry us much more than the actual memo

Emily Jashinsky · August 8, 2017 5:29 pm

Women make up 8.4 percent of the Marine Corps, and the service has been examining integration of male and female Marine recruits for more than a year. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

National Security

Marine Corps mulls plan to let female Marines train in California

Melissa Quinn · August 8, 2017 5:03 pm

Google just didn't want the bad publicity of having someone with such ideas on their payroll. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Google is more afraid of liberal outrage than federal law

Philip Wegmann · August 8, 2017 4:31 pm

The functional effect of this firing will be to chill the very intellectual honesty Google's CEO claims to treasure. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Beltway Confidential

Google was wrong to fire the memo author

Tom Rogan · August 8, 2017 4:02 pm

Google employees should recognize that it's okay to work with a person you believe is wrong. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Beltway Confidential

Google fires employee for daring to recognize men and women are different

Nicole Russell · August 8, 2017 3:23 pm

Conservatives criticized Google's decision as an overly sensitive crackdown on free speech and said the move reflected an insular Silicon Valley culture.

Google fires engineer who asserted women not biologically suited for leadership roles

Josh Siegel · August 8, 2017 3:12 am

One beauty industry leader believes male makeup counters at pharmacies and department stores could be a reality by 2022. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Male makeup counters could be coming in ‘five to seven years,’ according to industry insider

Emily Jashinsky · August 7, 2017 5:53 pm

Hillary and Bill Clinton were treated to a special screening of "Wonder Woman" in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Alamo Drafthouse in New York City, via Twitter)

Hillary and Bill Clinton catch special screening of ‘Wonder Woman’

Naomi Lim · August 7, 2017 2:55 am

Caitlyn Jenner was spotted cruising through sunny Malibu in a classic Triumph Spitfire convertible, top down, sunglasses on. Jenner accented the laid back look with a bright red Make America Great Again hat. (Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Caitlyn Jenner takes joy ride in MAGA hat, sticks with Trump despite transgender ban

Emily Jashinsky · August 4, 2017 6:45 pm

The major policy announcement could reverse the decision last summer to allow open transgender service and caught most officials at the Pentagon and Capitol Hill off guard. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

National Security

53 House Democrats warn Jim Mattis: Trump transgender ban is an ‘unconstitutional directive’

Travis J. Tritten · August 4, 2017 5:35 pm

Boy, Oh Boy

The Scrapbook · August 4, 2017 7:00 am