Articles on culture by Winter Watch writers and aggregated news from around the Web.
US military intelligence agencies have influenced over 1,800 movies and TV shows 19 November 2018 GUARDIAN ONLINE — Tom Secker and Matthew Alford report on their astonishing findings from trawling through thousands of new US military […]
By Sarah Knapton | 26 November 2017 THE TELEGRAPH — The lexicon of sexual orientations has already given us ‘demisexuality’, ‘pansexuality’ and ‘bicurious.’ But according to experts, we will soon see the rise of ‘digisexuals’ – people […]
By Michael W. Chapman | 16 November 2018 CNS NEWS — A report in the Christian Post contends that the number of witches (and Wiccans) has dramatically increased since the 1990s, to the degree that there may be […]
El Al Diverts Flight After Religious Passengers Cause Uproar Over Shabbat Scare Ultra-Orthodox accused of violence on two planes from New York due to fears they would arrive after sundown Friday 17 November 2018 THE […]
The DOG accused of a hate crime after fouling outside a home in just one of 2,500 cases probed over two years Police notes said, dog fouled and ‘victim perceived this to be a racial […]
By Ann Olamiju and Nick Viviani | 7 November 2018 WIBW 13 — The racist note reportedly left on the door of a Kansas State student was actually put there by the student himself, University officials […]
SOUTH Africa is gearing up to carry out a controversial land redistribution after plans to change the country’s constitution were approved. By Rachel O’Donoghue | 17 November 2018 DAILY STAR — After months of talks, the […]
By Stone Washington | 16 November 2018 CAMPUS REFORM — Have you ever considered creating your own gender? Clemson University students explored this phenomenon by embarking on a “Create Your Own Gender Adventure” workshop on Wednesday. […]
9 November 2018 CWB CHICAGO — An Uptown man who is charged with two counts of hate crime for allegedly drawing swastikas on fences and a garage in his neighborhood is Jewish and was arrested five days before […]
By James Gallagher | 9 November 2018 BBC — There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers. Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of […]
Summary: Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram may not be great for personal well-being. The first experimental study examining use of multiple platforms shows a causal link between time spent on these social media and increased depression […]
By Terence P. Jeffrey | 8 November 2018 CCN NEWS — The Census Bureau has released new data that strengthens the case for calling the current generation of American children “The Welfare Generation.” Among American residents […]
‘It’s Okay to be White’ – Explained Flyers posted in Moscow, at UI part of provocation campaign By Scott Jackson | 5 November 2018 MOSCOW-PULLMAN DAILY NEWS — Flyers bearing the slogan “It’s okay to be white,” […]
Royal Mint decided against celebrating the life of author Roald Dahl with a coin It has been revealed there were concerns over his anti-Semitic beliefs He said in interview: ‘a trait in the Jewish character […]
By Phillip Reese | 5 November 2018 SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL — About 130,000 more residents left California for other states last year than came here from them, as high costs left many residents without a college […]
By John Wear | 13 October 2018 WEARS WAR — During the first week of August 1964, warships under the command of U.S. Adm. George Stephen Morrison allegedly came under attack while patrolling Vietnam’s Tonkin Gulf. […]
Americans wouldn’t cut funding to universities critical of Israel By Grant Smith | 29 November 2017 ANTIWAR — The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on November 7 to discuss the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act.” Proponents of ASAA claim it is a […]
By Kit Knightly | 30 October 2018 OFF GUARDIAN — gab.com is an alternative social network, set up and launched in 2016. It’s founder, Andrew Torba, stated he wanted to create a home for free […]
Recent Economist-YouGov surveys indicate that the generally positive views of Israel are being steadily eroded in the hyperpolarized Trump era By Chemi Shalev | 26 October 2018 HAARETZ — A new poll released this week […]
By Ron Unz | 15 October 2018 THE UNZ REVIEW — In our modern era, there are surely few organizations that so terrify powerful Americans as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of B’nai B’rith, a central organ […]
By Katia Dmitrieva | 23 October 2018 BLOOMBERG — While the opioid epidemic keeps claiming the lives of Americans, deaths from another drug are picking up. In the 12 months through March, overdose deaths from […]
19 October 2018 FRANCE 24 (AFP) — The artisan shops in Riace’s historic centre are shuttered and its alleyways quiet as locals wait to see what will happen to Italy’s world-renowned model of migrant integration. The […]
By Krista Mahr | 19 October 2018 AP — As South Africa’s passionate debate over land redistribution grows, one city outside Johannesburg is preparing what the mayor calls a “test case” for the nation — the […]
By Mac Slavo | 10 October 2018 SHTF PLAN — Now, this is what unity looks like. South Africa’s Zulu nation has joined forces with white farmers being subjected to racial land seizures in order to […]
By Zachary Petrizzo | 10 October 2018 An Ohio University student has been charged with a misdemeanor after police say she made “false alarms” against herself. Ohio University student-run newspaper The Post reported that the […]
James Caspian says Bath Spa University approved but then rejected his proposed research into gender reassignment reversal By Sally Weale | 25 September 2017 THE GUARDIAN — Bath Spa University is conducting an internal inquiry into […]
Israel fines New Zealand women $18,000 for urging Lorde concert boycott Judge rules ‘artistic welfare’ of three Israeli teenagers was harmed by actions of Justine Sachs and Nadia Abu-Shanab By Eleanor Ainge Roy | 11 […]
By Caitlin Johnstone | 5 October 2018 MEDIUM — Journalist David Sirota has just published an excellent op-ed titled “America’s new aristocracy lives in an accountability-free zone”, which begins with the observation that “Enron executives were among the […]
At first blush — and undoubtedly to most people — the announcement of the marriage of Lucy Aharish to Tzachi Halevi on Wednesday appeared to be just another cute couple tying the knot, as couples […]
On Tuesday, the FBI arrested Paul Rosenfeld, a New York man who confessed to plotting a suicide bombing on Election Day in Washington, D.C.’s National Mall in order to draw attention to “sortition,” which is […]