MSNBC, NBC Double Down on DEI and Quotas as Trump Administration Pledges To Stamp Out ‘Discriminatory’ Behavior in the Media Business

When FCC chairman Brendan Carr announced last week that the Trump administration will block the business deals of media conglomerates that engage in discriminatory DEI practices, some employees at the liberal network MSNBC took notice. “MSNBC could be in the administration’s crosshairs as well. The network is in the process of being spun off from

GOP Lawmakers Eye Expansion of ICC Sanctions as Court’s Top Officials Turn to Europe for Relief

‘The U.S. should treat anyone who helps the ICC or its officials evade those sanctions accordingly,’ says Ted Cruz L: Sen. Tom Cotton R: International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan (Getty Images) The Trump administration and its Republican allies in Congress say they will fully enforce sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and are

Weekend Beacon 3/30/25

As peace remains elusive in Ukraine, it’s worth reflecting on a time when the region was similarly witness to carnage—but with the Russians fighting the British, French, Turks, and… Sardinians? Gary Saul Morson returns to the Weekend Beacon with a review of Gregory Carleton’s Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and the Birth of Modern Warfare. “In

Bogged Down

Except for professional historians, I know no one familiar with the Crimean War, which pitted Russia against Britain, France, Turkey, and Sardinia from 1853-1856. To be sure, a few people recall that during this war Florence Nightingale introduced modern nursing, and Tennyson wrote his thrilling poem about the charge of the Light Brigade. Otherwise, this

Armstrong Out at Columbia and Pay for Play at MSNBC

That escalated quickly: Katrina Armstrong is out as president of Columbia University just seven months into the job, the school announced Friday night. Her replacement is Claire Shipman, the Columbia board member and longtime ABC journo who is married to former Obama press secretary Jay Carney. “The news comes just weeks into Columbia’s standoff with