NYC Audubon will drop Audubon from its name over concerns that the racist legacy of the 19th-century naturalist and illustrator John James Audubon has become a barrier to its efforts to become more in...
03.22.2023 Nytimes.com and 1 sitesThe city chapter of the Audubon Society is changing its name to disassociate itself from the darker aspects of John James Audubon’s legacy. Count it as one more foolish effort to erase history rather ...
03.27.2023 Nypost.com and 4 sitesWith all other issues handled, feathered offenses are now a concern. Currently, leftists and activists are exposing their slipping grip on a narrative by routinely trotting out the deflecting question...
03.21.2023 Redstate.com and 3 sitesNew York City Mayor Eric Adams has been doing some spring cleaning at City Hall. Adams recently penned an executive order, first reported by POLITICO , that codifies major changes to the administratio...
03.23.2023 Politico.comSIR – Boris Johnson knew that the rules we were being asked to follow were politically motivated and often not based on scientific advice. We know this from the WhatsApp messages published in the Lockdown Files. Is it therefore surprising that he and others in Downing Street found it difficult to work out which rules they were meant to follow, and which were there only to “frighten the pants off everyone”, as Matt Hancock, then the health secretary, put it? We now have the ridiculous waste of ti...
03.23.2023 Telegraph.co.ukBirds of a feather flock together, so it’s unsurprising that usual suspects who some would identify as “woke” are urging Audubon Societies across America to change their names. We don’t count ourselve...
03.25.2023 Nydailynews.com and 3 sitesNow that spring is in the air, it is inevitable that spring cleaning kicks into gear. The past several cold and indoor months were supposed to be filled with cleaning/sorting/discarding types of activ...
03.26.2023 Orilliamatters.com and 2 sitesSomewhere, sometime, I picked up the “fact” that all birds lack a sense of smell. Research shows that for some birds a sense of smell is critical to their survival. The idea that birds lack a sense of...
03.25.2023 Dispatchist.comNew York City Audubon will be doing away with the word “Audubon” following a months-long review process and vote by the NYC Audubon Board of Directors on March 20. The organization said that operating...
03.25.2023 Ourtownny.comThe New York City Audubon Society is shedding its name because of the racism associated with the organization’s naturalist and illustrator namesake, John James Audubon — one of several chapters nationally that are wrestling with a possible name chang...
03.22.2023 Newsday.com