Git it right...! Gittites, Philistines, Pelishtites, Pelethites, and Cherethites

“17And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.  18And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.  19Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, ‘Wherefore goest thou also with us?

Elementary My Dear Watson—Race Toward Politically Correct Totalitarianism

This story is several years old, but fits in well today.  Nobel prize winner, co-discoverer of DNA James Watson was blackballed and contracts not renewed for employment and new offers dried up and his finances had cramped him and put his nobel prize gold medal up for auction--the first living recipient ever to do so... it was bought by a Russian billionaire for $4.8 million and then given back to him.  Why was Watson academically ruined...?

Military Mad-Dog Complex

 

Interesting story, but these few first words about the author call into question credibility:

"Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. His 27-year career as a CIA analyst..."