| 单词 | self-righteous |
| 例句 | Others are bulgy, dumpy, with clamped self-righteous mouths, their arms festooned with shopping bags; these we associate with sales, with bargain basements. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z "Yes, dammit, they gotta! Me, I don't let 'em get away with nothing. If they going to be brothers let 'em be brothers! Oh, but I'm fair," he said, his face suddenly self-righteous. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Flannery would take me away from here and deposit me into her fictitious world crawling with self-righteous saints and larger-than-life misfits. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She sipped her chocolatl, which was thin and weak; how like these wretched priests, she thought, to take their self-righteous abstinence out on their visitors, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Already he felt almost self-righteous about his new life because it was going to be Down to Earth, Humble, Unpretentious, Real. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those arrogant, self-righteous—” He stops and clears his throat. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I’m at the part where Mary Grace throws a textbook at an insufferable self-righteous woman at the doctor’s office. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the lot of widows and homeless children is very hard, and it is to their defence, not God’s, that the self-righteous should rush. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And over time he worked himself into a choler of self-righteous indignation that was impossible to keep bottled up. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Such a self-righteous young man,” she cooed, and he poked her leg. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I’m working on everything he asked me to do,” my mother said with a self-righteous attitude. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I can see the smug, self-righteous expressions on their faces change to shock and bewilderment. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I just want to thump my old self in the face when I think about her, so earnest and self-righteous and flamboyantly heroic. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The story he told was drunken and garbled, out of sequence and full of vituperative, self-righteous digressions; but I had no problem understanding it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When he spoke about Robbie, which wasn’t often, it was with a touch of self-righteous vindication. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I can get a bit self-righteous now: 'There you are, you owe me an apology.' Pete Townshend: 'I can get a bit self-righteous now' 2012-10-09T16:58:10Z Yes, arguably the people condemning Gawker gleefully outing a rival media company executive are being self-righteous and “smarmy,” defending the values of a traditional power structure in the face of challenge. When the absolute right to snark turns sour: A Gawker believer reconsiders the manifesto he once held dear 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z He passes an adult judgment on his navel-gazing politics, labeling it self-righteous and earnest and humorless. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z He claims I am self-righteous, judgmental and sarcastic, and he said he’s felt this way for a long time. My Brother Wants Me Out of His Life. Can I Change His Mind? 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z “Why does he have to be so self-righteous?” Books of The Times: Back-to-the-Land Life Recalled in Dark and Light 2011-04-06T21:15:45Z He’d tease me if I was getting too self-righteous; would be first to raise an eyebrow from across the room which would just make me laugh. 'This is the best moment of my life,' he said, lying in the bath: Ian Holm remembered 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z It’s become customary to read “Walden” as an inspirational guide to nature or, less charitably, as a series of self-righteous pronouncements. Perspective | ‘Walden’ may be the most famous act of social distancing. It’s also a lesson on the importance of community. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Before long, others had joined Whitehouse's crusade or taken up a similar, self-righteous path. The Evil Dead, The Living Dead and the dead wrong 2010-10-15T23:22:00Z But not as quickly as self-righteous twonks kill a good night's atmosphere. The new rules of the dancefloor 2012-11-09T14:00:00Z As the later travails of Diana showed, nothing can be more self-righteous, unfeeling and immovable than an establishment that has closed ranks. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Then I heard the word "Action!" and the camera began to roll, filming a crowd of self-righteous female western extras dressed in fake Afghan burqas. Arabic dress and Iranian accents ? Hollywood's take on Afghan women 2011-02-12T10:59:00Z Why must they pay the price for Bea’s self-righteous rejection of her father’s dirty money? Review | In Sadie Jones’s “The Snakes,” parents are more venomous than reptiles 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Mangan and Ms. Horgan have the great advantage of playing real characters who say funny things or have believably funny wrinkles, like the woman’s bubbling, self-righteous anger and grief. ArtsBeat Blog: Channel Surfing: 'Free Agents,' the British Version 2011-09-30T22:51:47Z Crotchety, self-righteous and quick to anger, but also loyal, compassionate and soulful, he’s the whole hard-boiled package. ‘Bosch: Legacy’ Review: More of the Same (Good) Thing 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Arifa Akbar, in The Guardian, said that even when Putin “grows more megalomaniacal, Keen avoids caricature and keeps his character’s self-righteous desire for Russian imperialism convincingly real, and chilling.” What It’s Like to Play Putin in ‘Patriots’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z But even as he appears to mostly play by the rules, he is no less self-righteous than the other lawmen Olyphant has played. Why has Timothy Olyphant become TV's go-to lawman? 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z When Ted Cruz lambasted Trump for embodying “New York values,” people lined up to stomp the self-righteous feces out of the Texas senator. Donald Trump, human dog-whistle: The 2016 election, the left and the place where language ends 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z And now I know what everyone else in America knows: that the show is fueled both by nostalgia and by its seeming opposite, a self-righteous superiority toward the benighted people of the past. Ad absurdum and the conquest of cool: Canned flattery for corporate America 2013-12-22T12:00:00Z “Jazz has been so tainted by a pretty self-righteous attitude,” he explained in an interview late last month, talking at a run. Sample Sale: Growing a Jazz Audience 2010-12-03T19:22:00Z Like most young people finding their footing in the world, the students are forming and articulating their identities in a way that is often unnecessarily performative and/or self-righteous. Why do conservatives hate Oberlin so much? 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Prebble said that she tried to avoid a preachy or self-righteous tone and that the play is intended to be a view “from inside the bubble.” Drama! Music! Financial Shenanigans! 2010-02-20T05:21:00Z As a political commentator, Mr. Olbermann was clever and sardonic, but also intensely self-righteous, and his combativeness spilled over into public spats with network executives and producers. The TV Watch: Keith Olbermann’s Show Has Its Debut on ESPN2 2013-08-27T21:44:31Z It seems almost churlish to then feel like she gets to have her indignation and self-righteous applause for it. With "Douglas," Hannah Gadsby is a comedy pioneer with her whimsical, meticulous show about autism 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z But finding sympathy for the leads isn’t as easy as it was for the forceful if self-righteous Woodward. Movie Review: ?The Wicker Tree,? Companion to a 1973 Cult Classic 2012-01-27T23:26:53Z Charles Mingus was stubborn, self-righteous — and open to just about anything. How Pop and Jazz Wrapped Up the Past in 16 Boxed Sets 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z In the standard, self-righteous fashion of a bookworm, I thought the movie was terrible. I Know What I Read That Summer 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z At a "sceptics" conference he questions some self-righteous individuals with a passionate hatred of homoeopathy, only to discover that none of them has read the research that they refer to. The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr – review 2013-02-13T07:00:02Z It’s tough for people to laugh at themselves, particularly if it gets in the way of self-righteous zealotry. Obama, the funniest president: Laughter isn’t just the best defense—it’s a powerful image strategy, too 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z It’s a perspective we don’t see elsewhere at the time — not in Thomas Hart Benton’s men in the fields, Grant Wood’s self-righteous small-town folk, or Reginald Marsh’s silver-screen wannabes. Doris Lee, Unjustly Forgotten, Gets a Belated but Full Blown Tribute 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z He writes about how he was easily provoked to self-righteous anger. Ready to try an old approach to a New Year’s resolution? Saint Ignatius may provide some guidance 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z He is just as happy to send up the self-righteous anti-capitalists of the left as the clueless twits of the right. Blackmail, Murder and Other Bad Behavior Abounds in Robert Galbraith’s ‘Lethal White’ 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z As self-righteous and irritating as this attitude can sometimes feel, it’s still speaking to a very real and scary truth. Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig? 2013-04-28T01:00:00Z A shade self-righteous, a little quick to see hypocrisy everywhere and to deliver harangues about the evils of society. "Mr. Robot" and the Angry Young Man 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Each of the main mutants deals with it in a different way: Erik with icy, self-righteous fury; Charles with melancholy humanism; Mystique with an anarchist’s drive to mess things up; Wolverine with world-weary stoicism. Old and New Cast Join in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Even the most devoted viewers often find themselves watching the self-righteous, blundering high jinks of creator-co-writer-star Larry David through the spaces between their fingers. "Curb Your Enthusiasm's" 10 best episodes 2011-07-08T23:30:00Z How can I do this without being self-righteous and strident? Bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z But who among them had packs of Googling, self-righteous cultists on their trails? Books of The Times: ‘The Dylanologists,’ David Kinney’s Look at an Obsession 2014-05-04T21:57:27Z There’s also no detective more pesky and self-righteous. Review: ‘The Missing,’ With Children Gone and Parents in Extremis 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z She’s worried she might sound self-righteous when she talks about authenticity as a movement, but unapologetically embracing the things you love seems to her a worthy cause. It’s Actually Good to Be Basic, Writes Stassi Schroeder of ‘Vanderpump Rules’ 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z It was a victory for self-righteous condescension, and nobody, not one person, managed to nail the appeal of the music on trial. Hip-hop on trial, but is the accusation false? 2012-06-27T15:02:00Z So, in my self-righteous, addicted, delusional way, I decided I didn’t want to be a part of that process. Why can’t Hollywood get bipolar disorder right? 2013-02-05T19:20:00Z We have every reason to believe that Lucia is a dedicated and reasonable soldier to the cause, if a little self-righteous. ArtsBeat: ‘The Americans’ Recap: Spy Games Are Exciting, Until They’re Deadly 2014-04-10T03:01:50Z The movie, which ends with Bram delivering a self-righteous, mostly unmotivated defense of his generation’s work ethic, takes a weirdly sympathetic attitude toward his stumbles. ‘Run This Town’ Review: What Happens When the Mayor Smokes Crack? 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z It’s more than likely that Ford directed them there so that he wouldn’t have yet another self-righteous truth-seeking duo on his hands. 7 Major Westworld Revelations 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z There are over-posters, and drunk posters; there are angry, cursing posters — whose words are promptly removed, Ms. Collins said — and posters who are a tad self-righteous. A Chat Room of Their Own 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z But she turns on you sometimes, because she’s so self-righteous and full of herself, and it embarrasses us. ArtsBeat: ?Mad Men? Creator Talks as Season Comes to an End 2010-10-18T03:02:00Z Sabu’s films don’t take any stance on the salaryman-yakuza moral divide — each receives an equal measure of ridicule and sympathy, with the only obvious disdain falling on the bumbling and self-righteous cops. Critic?s Notebook: Fanfare and Ridicule for Japan?s Common Man 2011-01-26T00:21:19Z Animal people can be judgmental, self-righteous and cranky, all of which I was becoming. Opening the Heart’s Floodgates, With a Paw 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Munnery first came to prominence in the early 1990s as Alan Parker, Urban Warrior, a self-righteous leftist with – unmistakably – the voice of Billy Bragg. Comedy gold: Simon Munnery's Hello 2013-06-27T12:05:55Z And she challenges Natasha’s self-righteous idea of heroism: “I’m not the killer that little girls call their hero,” Yelena tells her. ‘Black Widow’ Review: Spies, Lies and Family Ties 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z We were caught up in being good at what we did, and self-righteous. The Long Road to Angela Davis’s Library 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z I’m going to try to conduct my life with honesty and integrity, but I know what it is to fall short in that regard, and I’m not going to be some self-righteous a-hole about it. Vance McAllister’s Christian failure 2014-04-09T18:48:00Z While self-righteous or fearful Christians have been busy making themselves and their faith look ugly, Satanists have maintained their equanimity, followed the Golden Rule, and even, in the words of Jesus, “turned the other cheek.” The greatest trick the satanists ever pulled: They may be truer to the words of Jesus than most Christians 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Can we ever truly come to terms with the self-righteous wrongdoing that litters our collective American past? Review: Old Fears Run Deep in The Witch 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z It was a dazzling display of misguided entitlement and self-righteous vanity, the hipster journalist equivalent of Douglas MacArthur’s Farewell Address. Et tu, Gawker: Can Nick Denton’s rebel tabloid empire be saved from slime and self-righteousness? 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Among other deft performances, Dexter Hamlett is droll as a guest with secrets to keep, and Mark Hairston is hilarious as a self-righteous vegetarian. Strap in for ‘The Shipment’ as it delivers weird, entertaining ride 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z But there’s nothing quite like gleeful shoe-on-the-other-foot bullying disguised as satire to give the most tiresome elements of the men’s right’s lobby – and they are legion — fuel for their own self-righteous sense of victimhood. Twitter’s latest unfunny trend: #killallmen 2013-05-07T16:32:00Z On the one hand, you may be forgiven a frisson of self-righteous superiority, since whatever your own shortcomings, you are surely above such blatant acts of deceit and neglect. Movie Review: ‘What Maisie Knew’ Stars Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan 2013-05-02T21:53:30Z Morality matters, if defined less as self-righteous ardor and more as self-awareness of a leader’s effect on those around him and an appreciation of paradox. When to Wage War, and How to Win: A Guide 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z If you’re 14, this self-righteous little insight may strike you as incredibly profound, but most everyone K. interacts with finds him deeply annoying. In ‘The One-Eyed Man,’ Ron Currie has created a character for our times 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Now I will say this: Whatever stereotypes you and many of us might have of the dogmatic, self-righteous, judgmental, finger-wagging, on a soapbox all the time vegan — that's what I became after that. Bryant Terry says he just wrote his last cookbook—but this top chef hasn't finished leaving his mark 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z As politically correct and self-righteous as any character Barbara Kingsolver ever dreamed up, she returns home to save her father after his second wife walks out. 'Father of the Rain': the primal desire for a parent's love 2010-07-22T21:42:00Z "Getting self-righteous about this over here. I still didn't really quite understand the impact that could have." Katherine Heigl is in a good 'State' as she returns to TV 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z A control freak by any other self-important, self-righteous name still smells as . . . controlly. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to approach a friend who uses racial slurs 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z I decided not to post an “I’m quitting” update on my wall because I worried that it might sound self-righteous, kind of like yelling out “This bash sucks!” before slamming the door behind you. My breakup with Facebook 2013-01-12T00:30:00Z In the end, they were all too cramped with self-righteous anger to relish the president’s childish behavior and inane rhetoric. Review | Finally, a novel that captures the inanity of the Trump era. It isn’t pretty. 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The comedian positions self-righteous mass outrage as one pole in a political climate built on extremes. Aziz Ansari’s New Standup Tour Is a Cry Against Extreme Wokeness 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z What he doesn't hate is the fact that he would rather drown in self-righteous self-pity than acknowledge the absurdity of the situation. Showtime's 'Happyish' mostly just selfish and smuggish for now 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z She lectures him on humanity, he teaches her how to fire a rifle, and their disagreements — Cat’s especially — sometimes slide into unhearing self-righteous harangue. Scalia and the intern, punching from right and left in ‘The Originalist’ 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Australian novelist Carey acknowledged that the attack was a "hideous crime," but cast doubt on the idea that it was "a freedom-of-speech issue for PEN America to be self-righteous about." Six authors withdraw from PEN gala in protest of Charlie Hebdo award 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Usually it’s self-righteous angst that twists the spigot. Meeting his family, disowned by my own 2014-01-08T23:59:00Z The palm-oil brouhaha illustrates the savage, self-righteous tone of political warfare in a movie without an iota of humor. Review: A Chilly ‘Miss Sloane’ Makes a Lecture out of Lobbying 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z It may make readers feel good and self-righteous, but it does not help the planet. 10 Ways to Be a Greener Traveler, Even if You Love to Fly 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The media coverage surrounding this 10th anniversary will likely constitute its own deluge, dominated by maudlin memories of catastrophe and self-righteous hype about recovery. “It’s not just a party, it’s our life”: Jazz musicians led the way back to the city after Katrina — but what is this “new” New Orleans? 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z But he ended by saying, "The people who want to ban books are prudish, small-minded, and self-righteous, and they need to get over it." Building bridges with the book-banners 2010-09-29T11:00:00Z At moments, though, it’s self-righteous, and if Mr. Cole has gotten himself in trouble in the past, it’s been because he’s been prone to overreach, and to hypocrisy. Review: The Only Big Name Here Is Still J. Cole’s 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Bee can be self-righteous at times, and her sarcasm doesn’t always land right. Samantha Bee’s righteous rage: “Full Frontal” stands out in late-night responses to Orlando shooting 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z From busy roads to quiet estate pathways, canal towpaths to back streets, they move with astonishingly little regard for anyone else, leaving old and young, pedestrians and fellow two-wheelers spinning in their self-righteous wake. What's the worst thing about cycling? Other cyclists 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Forty years later it is the kids who need liberating by the same baby boomers who are as cheerfully self-righteous as ever about their hedonism. Movie Review: ‘Peace, Love & Misunderstanding,’ Starring Jane Fonda 2012-06-07T22:47:39Z They don’t do so as self-righteous scolds or as stuffed shirts; they’re slyer than that, more entertaining. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z It’s a little more self-righteous, purist and unglamorous than the hurly-burly of hip-hop in general, but by no means entirely separate from it. Critic’s Notebook: At the Electric Zoo and Rock the Bells Festivals 2012-09-03T22:49:01Z This self-righteous thriller, in which she plays a clueless art-world type entranced by the hunky aid worker Clive Owen, was no doubt an attempt to channel her own conversion. Every Angelina Jolie film performance – ranked! 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z But I did feel guilty — for not recognizing the signs of his desperation, for my self-righteous expectation he would take care of me, for my blind trust. My husband, the criminal 2012-07-20T23:30:00Z But for him to play a heartless, self-righteous professor who’s lost his connection to his wife… It just doesn’t work. The end of the McConaissance: “Sea of Trees” star looks like a poor fit for the role 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z He is too whiny, racked and self-righteous; only fate didn't make him his screen namesake, the grotesque Henry Potter of It's a Wonderful Life. Harry Potter and the end of a pop-culture phenomenon 2011-07-12T18:59:01Z Later, alongside the play's author, David Javerbaum, the actor described the heavenly character he incarnates as "very self-righteous, egotistical, sarcastic, sardonic." As God in 'An Act of God,' Sean Hayes has his OMG moment 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Defensive and self-righteous, she shoves her superior knowledge — of parenting, autism, the Torah, Fauvism, you name it — down everyone’s throat. | 'A Strange and Separate People': A Gay Man Seeks a Place in an Orthodox World 2011-07-20T02:01:30Z I assumed she was some sort of a journalist; they’re usually portrayed on screen as just her type of self-righteous, uncaring, moralist. 'Homeland' Season 5 Premiere Recap: Carrie Has a New Boss and a New Life 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z While not exactly a cartoon, the satirical Hustler graphic was in the same ballpark as the often tasteless comics published by Charlie Hebdo and Jyllands-Posten — a crude but thorough demolition of self-righteous thought police. At satire's forefront, cartoons press against hard lines 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z The feisty “Booksmart” succeeds because it gently punctures holes in its self-righteous characters while also having tremendous affection for them. The wildest, most poignant, or unforgettable movie scenes of 2019 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z In a sneak peek of Thursday’s episode, Fred Armisen hilariously turns his attention to a different group of people fighting the patriarchal power: self-righteous male feminists. Watch “Portlandia” poke fun at back-patting male feminists in hilarious new sketch 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z It’s a reminder to Christians to not be arrogant or self-righteous. Pope Francis woos atheists again 2013-09-12T18:34:00Z It was essentially a pretty self-righteous open letter to my fellow classmates, which read, in part: You jerks? How to write about murder for teens, as an adult: Consider Piggy in "Lord of the Flies" 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Though occasionally witty in its put-downs, it was black-and-white and self-righteous — acceptable within the tradition of political writing, but not artful. Arundhati Roy’s Return to the Form That Made Her Famous 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z This paints Sydney, and “Kings,” into a self-righteous corner. Review: In ‘Kings,’ Washington Is Where Idealism Goes to Die 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z There’s something really special and sometimes even wonderful about the way social media is such a perfect platform for the self-righteous to vent — and expose their cluelessness. “Never date a girl who posts half naked slutty selfies”: Revel in the mind-bending, hilarious hypocrisy of #ShirtlessShamers2016 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z To put it in the language of 21st-century capitalism, the founders of Communism are disrupters and innovators, in possession of the entrepreneurial doggedness and the self-righteous zeal required to bend the world to their will. Review: In ‘The Young Karl Marx,’ a Scruffy Specter Haunts Europe 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Don't mess with her: Lydia Loveless led her band through a fierce set of country-punk, taking aim at ex-boyfriends, stalkers and the self-righteous with stiletto-tipped lyrics and no-nonsense vocals. SXSW 2012: It's a wrap 2012-03-18T19:19:00Z Facts are all self-righteous and bullying and lazy and objectively accurate and junk. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z Nathan is obsessively devoted to his local museum and to preserving the history of the town named for his family, although this can make him self-righteous or oblivious. Sierra Teller Ornelas on the Roots of ‘Rutherford Falls’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Looking back, I fear that I wasted my youth being self-righteous; I might be one of the few Americans who thinks she should have spent more of high school cutting class and drinking beer. Confessions of a Prep-School Feminist 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z The 17th-century play’s lacerating indictment of religious hypocrisy still resonates, given that self-righteous posturing still beckons to the credulous. If you’re in the mood for comedy, try these productions 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z With a couple of exceptions, the men in the women’s lives are pigheaded, arrogant, self-righteous and so smug in their power as to be repellent. Review: In ‘Parched,’ Women in an Indian Village Chafe Against Oppression 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Here we have a song as a single the week that 9/11 comes up, and the chorus is, “Trust in my self-righteous suicide/I cry when angels deserve to die.” The fallout over Clear Channel’s (possibly apocryphal) do-not-play list lasted well past 9/11 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z But it is a reminder of what can happen when the self-righteous control the levers of power in a society and seek to mold a world in their image. Why the Puritans cracked down on celebrating Christmas 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z I believe we need inspired education and leadership on these subjects, rather than the self-righteous rhetoric we often hear and imagine to be helpful. We need a new way to talk about guns: Blame, rage and UCLA 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z And thus anyone who argues that Stewart might represent more troubling aspects of our age is written off as a self-righteous hater who doesn’t get that he’s just a comedian. We all got addicted to Jon Stewart: How the “Daily Show’s” brilliance made us codependent with the crazies 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Moreover, I am loath to join the self-righteous Tsk Brigade, those self-appointed custodians of social propriety who demand blood every time someone in the public eye says or writes something others might find offensive. Gene Weingarten: An error of comedies 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Cassie is anxious and awkward but also dogged and more than a little self-righteous. Review: ‘Unforgotten’ Makes the Case for Decency 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Recognition and Reunion: Sometimes Virginia’s character seems so self-righteous and self-assured in her portrayal of a liberated woman well ahead of her time when it comes to sex. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Seeking Safe Harbor 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Filtered through the sensibilities of Bioh’s characters, though, “School Girls” is an affectionate portrait, rather than a harsh or self-righteous one. Review | Mean girls are at home in Ghana, too 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z A new cultural revolution is at hand, and many of its leaders are even more smug and self-righteous than the counterculture activists who, back in the 1960s, also thought they could change the world. The TV Watch: Nerds Get Their Due on ‘Silicon Valley’ and ‘Veep’ 2014-04-04T00:00:25Z Ms. Marie seems the archetypal jazz vocalist in a few ways — her amped-up sensuality, her confiding wit, her self-righteous charm — but she never seems to compromise herself for the sake of entertainment. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z With Horner’s strings, Mel Gibson’s questionably self-righteous hero epic becomes a long, gorgeous love letter to a past that never quite existed; a dream of heroism that isn’t really within our grasp. James Horner’s sweeping film scores defined a cinematic era 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Idealistic, self-righteous, willfully blind: It’s a worldview calculated to appeal to the young. Blue States, Red Diapers, White Hair 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Terrible, self-righteous municipal clangings and bangings at 3 o’clock in the morning. Literary Brooklyn Gets Its Leading Man 2012-06-22T20:21:18Z He’s smart, hard-working and self-righteous enough to impress his elders and irritate his friends. Review | In Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys,’ an idealistic black teen learns a harsh reality 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z It is, most affectingly, a series of portraits depicting men and women who, while they are undeniably selfless, brave and hard-working, can also be vain, jealous, self-righteous and, from time to time, drunk. | 'Living in Emergency': Machete Wounds and Malaria in Global Trouble Spots 2010-06-03T22:08:00Z In Ms. Apple’s new songs she is no longer a self-righteous victim. Pop: Fiona Apple’s New Album, ‘The Idler Wheel’ 2012-05-30T12:00:00Z Now imagine being a teenager and living with a 29-year-old woman who’s disrespectful, sarcastic, ungrateful, self-righteous and superior. When Even a Toddler Can Tell You Don’t Belong 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z I fear it sounds smug or self-righteous, and I don’t intend it to. Laurie Frankel: We adopted by choice not necessity 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z I can scarcely leave my house without bumping into some sweating, self-righteous fool cantering past me. Suzanne Moore: 'I've joined the gym!' 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Both are wordy, aggressive and at times self-righteous. 8Ball’s Album ‘Life’s Quest’ Returns to Classic Southern Rap 2012-08-10T14:00:57Z It’s a self-righteous and self-serving sort of fatalism that sounds remarkably similar to the explanation he gave years ago for preemptively signing up for the National Guard in 1970 and thereby avoiding service in Vietnam. In ‘The Room Where It Happened,’ John Bolton Dumps His Notes and Smites His Enemies 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z One concluded: “I’m amazed by the puritanical tone of this piece. What a boring, self-righteous place Britain is becoming.” Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z But what this self-righteous rebellion fails to comprehend is the beauty to be found in incongruity. Comic Sans not your type? Lighten up 2010-10-22T13:15:00Z “Eureka Day,” which premiered last year at Aurora Theater in Berkeley, Calif., and ran off-Broadway this past summer, probes those queries while poking fun at self-righteous liberalism. Review | Mosaic Theater’s ‘Eureka Day’ slyly takes aim at self-righteous liberalism 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Though some dismissed it as “self-righteous soapbox agitprop,” the critic Simon Reynolds wrote in “U.K. Post-Punk,” a 2012 collection of his essays, the album, like “Y,” came to be a considered a classic by many. Mark Stewart, Fiery British Rocker, Is Dead at 61 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Morrissey called it "the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music". The Concert for Bangladesh and its charity pop legacy 2011-07-28T21:00:01Z For the first two seasons, the show stayed loyal to its self-righteous formula, which many viewers found inspirational. “The Newsroom” ’s Crazy-Making Campus-Rape Episode 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Character has become the self-righteous rallying cry of far greater hypocrisy than any cheating husband. David Simon: Media’s sex obsession is dangerous, destructive 2012-11-15T02:43:00Z Though she shares the screen with Weaver and with the Australian star Asher Keddie, who plays a sympathetic but self-righteous local librarian, Browne draws you right to her. ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ Review: The Right Kind of Melodrama 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z "Mathematicians won the war," says a self-righteous professor. A Beautiful Mind hides ugly truths 2012-12-19T17:27:18Z During a riff about rescue dogs and self-righteous pet owners who say things like “Did I rescue the dog or did the dog rescue me?” In a Stand-Up Act, Leslie Jones Finds the Humor in Being Hacked 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Every mobster/drug lord/Hand of the King worth his salt inevitably justifies his murderous tendencies with self-righteous devotion to family. The body count and stereotypes pile up on 'Gang Related' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Critics of the plan did frown and tut-tut, firm in the conviction that moral condemnation and self-righteous hauteur were more effective responses to the ravages of addiction than providing clean needles. Brian Weil's work focuses on a 'World' few ever see 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The teens, slouching from one end of the stage to the next, are unbearably self-righteous. ‘Birthday Candles’ Review: Another Year, Another Cake, Another Profundity 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Didactic, self-righteous and smug, full of easy slogans, this sort of art leaves people just as boxed in as the systems it supposedly critiques. ArtsBeat: Rabih Mrou? at COIL Festival: Making Sense of a Mysterious Disappearance in Lebanon 2012-01-09T19:00:24Z All three of them are to some extent demon guests, harpies who descend and wreck the homes of the fat bourgeoisie with self-righteous malice. Books of The Times: Isherwood?s Singular Second Wind 2010-12-01T16:58:00Z This is a comically dark coming-of-age story about growing up on the South Side of Chicago, but it’s also social commentary at its finest, woven seamlessly into the work, never self-righteous or preachy. A Comic Coming-of-Age Novel Laced With Social Commentary 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Raised in a slimy embrace of self-righteous affirmations, Laura is every professor’s nightmare, a monster of entitlement. With ‘The Nix,’ Nathan Hill announces himself as a major new comic novelist 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z He’s smart, hardworking and self-righteous enough to impress his elders and irritate his friends. In Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys,’ an idealistic black teen learns a harsh reality 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Even the envious, self-righteous furies on the Web couldn’t turn his trifling infractions into crimes. Cultural Studies: On Celebrities Good and Bad, or Alec Baldwin 2012-06-29T20:57:20Z O’Neill, the verbose old devil, gets too gabby in the last two acts, over-explaining through the dialogue, with the self-righteous Sara his particular mouthpiece. Review: ‘Touch of the Poet’ is a Powerful Study in Toxic Pride 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The Viceroy combines the amenities of a luxury hotel with the coziness of a condo, and its ecological ethos is not too self-righteous. Check In, Check Out: Viceroy Snowmass, Snowmass Village, Colo. - Hotel Review 2011-12-09T15:40:41Z But what was once impassioned and earnest became patronising and self-righteous, and what had seemed effortless began to overreach. When good TV goes bad: how The West Wing went south 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z “People who get vaccinated can also be self-righteous, and some people who haven’t been vaccinated can be belligerent,” Dr. Brewer said, adding, “That could really be a combustible mix.” The Big Question This Thanksgiving: Are You Vaccinated? 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z “Preservation,” Davies’ rock-theater extravaganza about real estate development and rascally political corruption, has a denouement that veers from comedy to Orwellian menace as a self-righteous totalitarian supplants the rascal, who at least was recognizably human. Kinks' Ray Davies is turning 70. Why it matters. 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Plus, any film which really drives the Daily Mail brigade into self-righteous indignation has my vote. Week in geek's best films of 2010 2010-12-31T14:26:37Z I used to think Brutus was the idealist in a world of realpolitik: Joseph excellently shows him to be a self-righteous blunderer. Julius Caesar – review 2012-06-07T00:13:00Z And as Mike pulls Jimmy down, Chuck — Jimmy’s self-righteous, odious brother — will be trying to push Jimmy out. ‘Better Call Saul’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 3: Lone Star State of Mind 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Your comment could use something a little funnier than self-righteous indignation. Jon Stewart and Robert Smigel Craft a Comedy Benefit at a Polarized Moment 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Both righteous and self-righteous, Hedges is addicted to fire and brimstone. A Modern Jeremiah Sees National Decline Everywhere He Looks 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z It also shows her getting pushback from self-righteous observers who suggest that she renounce all worldly goods before speaking her mind. Review: ‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’ Melds a Rapper’s Music and Activism 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Claire, a Satre-quoting cheerleader no less, is held prisoner and attempts to get free by boring her captor with some of the stupidest, most self-righteous, bland and obvious time wasting dialogue the show can muster. The Great Offices of State | Wallander | Paul Merton Looks At Alfred Hitchcock | Enid | Wonders of the Solar System and more | Watch this 2010-03-27T06:45:00Z What’s all the more remarkable is that the film that might be called his comeback, “Chi-Raq,” has nothing of the retrospective, nostalgic, or self-righteous about it—it displays an uninhibited freedom of invention. The Best Movies of 2015 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z But on the other hand, it felt like it was going down in a blaze of glory—a conflagration of Sorkinese, so white-hot in its self-righteous fervor that it consumed itself alive. Last night’s disastrous “Newsroom” rape plot: How Aaron Sorkin is losing the fight with himself 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z When viewers tune in to the Oscars telecast on Feb. 26, they’ll be within their rights to poke fun at the over-the-top gowns and self-righteous speeches. It’s time to kill the myth of the battle between ‘popular’ movies and ‘Oscar’ movies 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z You can tell he's a maverick as he drinks tea in a mug on the bus, he calls a patient's husband a "self-righteous whingebag" and he diagnoses himself with a "borderline personality disorder". Six to watch: TV mavericks 2011-03-10T14:09:00Z His self-righteous nature comes off as smug and self-serving. Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton heat up Amazon's sleepy thriller "All the Old Knives" 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Voting for our government to use guns to give money to help poor and suffering people is immoral self-righteous bullying laziness. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z The entry ends up feeling too self-righteous and too self-conscious: deadly in humor and in writing about humor. ‘American Cornball: A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny,’ by Christopher Miller 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones criticized the publication for outing Copeland, posting on social media “we live in a mean and bitter world where the self-righteous tend to throw the largest stones.” Another casualty in America's war on LGBTQ+ people | LZ Granderson 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z It allowed them to feel self-righteous and titillated at the same time, an intoxicating combination that no fact can compete with. Mike Johnson's Satanic panic: How evangelical delusions trained Republicans to love Trump's lies 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z If Harbaugh is implicated as knowing, then the punishment will worsen dramatically and he will be sent to the social media gallows as a self-righteous fraud. Commentary: In Michigan sign-stealing saga, NCAA calling a play USC should recognize 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Protesting students, professors and left-wing activists – an array of self-righteous social justice warriors – found it impossible to utter any criticism of Hamas. Campus Hamas apologists fail Palestinians | Horsey cartoon 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Reinforced in the name of a "war on terror," this self-righteous posturing has made perpetual war seem normal. Trump fans are ready for political violence. Why are the backers of endless war so shocked? 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Similarly on abortion, many of her opponents took the issue as a chance to perform self-righteous bluster — to make the issue about themselves. Nikki Haley is the best Trump alternative | David Brooks 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Probably about 20 to 25 percent of the adult American population is so right-wing authoritarian, so scared, so self-righteous, so ill-informed and so dogmatic that nothing you can say or do will change their minds. Why America is going backward: Being the richest nation in history isn't enough 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z "The way he went about it was just purely culturally insensitive. Like it's very self-righteous, entitled, ignorant and doesn't gel with what he's trying to promote." Matty Healy: Malaysia LGBT community angry at 1975 'white saviour stunt' 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z The president's narrative "lends itself more to a self-righteous foreign policy than an honest or productive one," Semler argued. Why is the Biden White House still selling weapons to authoritarian nations? 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z They also weren’t “self-righteous” and tried “not to talk down to the audience,” he said. How MTV Broke News for a Generation 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z In the series finale, Luz and her fellow weirdos overcome the odds to triumph over a powerful, manipulative man whose fear and self-righteous ambition have fueled his mission to annihilate everything he refuses to understand. Queer TV shows are disappearing — just when we need them more than ever 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Such a faith is strong, self-righteous, muscular, unquestioning, crass,— and simplistic. A return to a faith of humility over flash | Op-Ed 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z “Out of touch, paranoid and self-righteous,” said another. Chinese Officials Flock to Twitter to Defend TikTok 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z John Podhoretz of Commentary magazine sympathizes with the Israeli right’s critique of the judiciary and calls the protests “self-righteous.” A Win for Israel’s Protesters 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z “The Oscars have felt tonally very serious and at times self-righteous for the last several years, and they need to get back to throwing an actual party,” says an academy member. Can the Oscars be saved? Academy members can't even agree on what it would take 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Putin’s speech twisted the reality of his unwarranted imperial aggression against a smaller neighbor into a self-righteous litany of lies claiming Russia was the aggrieved victim of a predatory West. Opinion | Biden’s address projected resolve. Putin’s speech twisted reality. 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z He called Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, “pedantic, self-righteous and pompous,” and urged her to “learn from the Palestinian people” and resign because of “repeated moral failings,” the article said. Biden withdraws nomination of human-rights candidate over Israel remarks 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z In The Washington Post, Louis Bayard found “Spare” to be “good-natured, rancorous, humorous, self-righteous, self-deprecating, long-winded. And every so often, bewildering.” Prince Harry’s memoir opens at a record-setting sales pace 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Like Harry, the book is good-natured, rancorous, humorous, self-righteous, self-deprecating, long-winded. Review | The verdict on Prince Harry’s book: Juicy, humorous, resentful and sad 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z But the anti-woke faithful fold these stories into a self-righteous narrative in which they are the sole defenders of free speech, in the face of Stalinist terror. A resolution for 2023: Time to say no to the "woke wars" 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z “The Boys” has long reveled in glorious, self-righteous violence, and Season 3 is no exception. Seattle Times staffers pick their favorite TV shows of 2022 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z These last few years, the country has seen a good deal of self-righteous cruelty cloaked in politicized religion. Perspective | Finding the light in religion 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Ellison was sometimes blunt, one of the people said, and struck other staff as self-righteous. She Was a Little-Known Crypto Trader. Then FTX Collapsed. 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z But she added: “It’s a little disingenuous and self-righteous for people to say, ‘The queen has died. Your Friday Briefing: Xi and Biden to Meet 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “It made me feel very self-righteous — I could fight like that, without any punishment,” he said, with a smirk familiar to viewers of his videos. China’s Chest-Thumping Nationalism Now Goes Too Far, Movement’s Godfather Says 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z How does one politely, but with absolute firmness, tell the outraged and self-righteous to mind their own business? Advice | Miss Manners: My mother-in-law complains about me to her friends 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z And as we saw on Jan. 6, 2021, this particular strain of self-righteous Republican politics, which Christie's 2016 speech helped spawn, is capable of seizing the U.S. How Chris Christie's 2016 "lock her up" speech fueled Trump's rise — and brought us here 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z There will always be the ghost of her bursting with self-righteous vehemence, convinced she’s been reading better information, that my husband and I have been duped by larger forces. COVID-19 conspiracies have taken a toll on some of my friendships 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Somewhat surprisingly, however, these self-righteous social media users were outflanked by dozens of other mainstream Democrats, who largely echoed the critiques from the left. The fall of Roe has energized the left: Now will it wake up the Democrats? 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Alito and his self-righteous cohorts might as well have been deciding the fate of inert lumps of the sort to which Kienholz gave blistering form. Commentary: As Roe vs. Wade is overturned, a grim 1962 sculpture gains tragic new relevance 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Nothing except the self-righteous impatience of the ultraconservative majority to flex its muscles. Opinion | The planet is baking. But what’s reality to this Supreme Court? 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Who knew self-righteous tweets about “price-gouging” corporations could be so effective? Opinion | Greed is dead. Long live greed! 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z “I used to be a self-righteous little jerk,” she said. Pediatricians Hold the Front Lines of a Mental Health Crisis 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Adams’s supporters, for instance, find Ms. Ocasio-Cortez to be self-righteous; the congresswoman’s backers find Mr. Adams to be arrogant. The Rift Between A.O.C. and Eric Adams: When Democratic Stars Collide 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Twitter favors stories that allow users to engage self-righteous preening, or at least cheap dunks on easy targets. Twitter should have died long ago — let Elon Musk take it out back and shoot it 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z “The 2020 attack on Grant’s statue in San Francisco showed that self-righteous radical revisionism cannot tolerate anybody from the past,” said Mr. Tooley, president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy conservative think tank. Historians see Grant eclipsing Lee in 200th birthday celebrations 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z To be certain, the left has its own haphazard "boycotts" that never amount to anything but self-righteous and often joyless posturing on social media. Boycotting Disney and Oreos: The red flags that MAGA is a cult 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Reformers were sometimes deluded and self-righteous but they were usually sincere, and they often struggled as hard against evils within themselves or their families as they did in the world at large. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Instead, his administration keeps ratcheting up the self-righteous rhetoric while moving the world closer to ultimate catastrophe. Nine words that shook the world: What was Joe Biden thinking? 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z I find it difficult to root for a team led by a pompous, self-righteous, egotist! Letters to Sports: March Madness continues, now without UCLA 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z "I thank Islam for bin Laden. America's greed, aggressiveness and self-righteous arrogance must be stopped. War and weaponry must be abolished." White House celebrates Maoist Yuri Kochiyama who cheered bin Laden, communist massacre in Peru 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z And true to his blustery, self-righteous style, he has mocked critics who say otherwise. Pakistan’s Cricket-Star-Turned-Prime Minister Fights for Survival 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z “It presents scientific arguments that the scientific community should be allowed to judge on their merits, rather than be prevented from doing so by your arbitrary self-righteous decorum standards.” Preprint server removes ‘inflammatory’ papers in superconductor controversy 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z The better fictional analogy isn’t Othello or Macbeth but Harvey “Two-Face” Dent, a self-righteous villain in the Batman universe who saw the world only in absolutes. Column: George Gascón and Todd Spitzer are more alike than you think. Hubris unites them 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z To many others, Mr. Aiub was the victim of a self-righteous cancel culture that has now infected Brazil. Brazil’s Joe Rogan Faces His Own Firestorm Over Free Speech 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z I found this highly amusing — self-righteous Washington hypocrisy can be funny — due to my personal experience on the receiving end of Gorsuch’s own journalism. Opinion | Some personal testimony in the matter of NPR v. the Supreme Court 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Nothing could be easier than to fool a self-righteous, ignorant and arrogant reporter — and there are plenty of those around. Will we really let ourselves be governed by irredeemable morons? That's the choice, America 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Inflamed by their fetid stench of self-righteous, self-serving, self-inflicted pain, the insurrection burst like an infected national boil. I was there for the day that poisoned America — and I think we can still recover 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z But being annoyed by social media junkies who are addicted to self-righteous posturing is no justification for trolling folks with wrongheaded takes about how Republicans aren't so bad. Salon's 2021 spicy take awards 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z He dismissed attacks against him as “self-righteous vigilantism.” E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z It's the self-righteous fury at the very idea that anyone would be curious about such a thing. Nothing sends the willfully ignorant into a whiny tailspin like being reminded that others learn 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z There are the months of well-meaning advice, tears and sorrow of family and friends; months when your bulging body cannot be hidden from the prying eyes and the satisfied whispers of the self-righteous. Opinion | Amy Coney Barrett’s View: Adoption, Not Abortion 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Despite the self-righteous protests from the ghost gun industry that gunsmithing is a foundational American hobby, these kits are designed for ease, not for true craftsmen. Opinion | The rise of ghost guns in Maryland 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The biggest pitfall would have been turning what is a melodramatic, operatic minestrone into something too austere, too self-righteous. 'Gucci' characters needed to take themselves seriously, letting in humor, satire 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Not content with simply stoking rage and self-righteous superiority, McKay dares to infuse “Don’t Look Up” with an authentic, unironic sense of grief. Review | ‘Don’t Look Up’ is a satire in the mold of ‘Dr. Strangelove’ and ‘Idiocracy’ 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Former US President Barack Obama is one of the highest-profile figures to call out self-righteous attitudes among "woke" young people. Don't call young people 'woke', says leading head teacher 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z She gave “scathing,” self-righteous speeches against bills, only to watch those bills pass with supermajorities. Opinion | Is It Time for Kyrsten Sinema to Leave the Democratic Party? 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z “And sometimes so self-righteous that nobody can catch up or nobody feels willing to help.” Japan’s Most Popular Candidate for Prime Minister Is Far From a Shoo-In 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Bush, division became an end in itself, a self-righteous vision that culminated in the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Opinion | 9/11 broke us. And we are far from healed. 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z It evolved with the internet, moving from a kind of gleeful nihilism to a brand of self-righteous left-wing politics, breaking some news and shaping online discourse along the way. If Gawker Is Nice, Is It Still Gawker? 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z In spite of having been jailed, poisoned, rendered comatose and then jailed again, he’s not dour, solemn or even self-righteous. Column: Why Vladimir Putin can't keep Alexei Navalny down 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Some of the inoculated are not just self-righteous but downright venomous, arguing on social media that hospitals should refuse to admit unvaccinated Covid-19 patients, calling them trash and wishing them a painful death. Opinion | What to Do With Our Covid Rage 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z I admitted to my parents they were silly and liked to mark up the typos with a self-righteous zeal, but I was also captivated by the arc they described. Climate crisis is here; so is climate fiction. Don't you dare call it a genre 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z His unmistakably self-righteous smirk was enough to deny my place in my community. From the Heart to Higher Education: The 2021 College Essays on Money 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z “It’s a sad state of affairs that Apple’s senior executives would hand Epic’s sincere request off to Apple’s legal team to respond with such a self-righteous and self-serving screed,” he wrote to Mr. Cook. Apple and Epic Head to Court Over Their Slices of the App Pie 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z It was important to Obama to be seen as cool, and he was unhappy when the press began comparing him to Carter three years into the Obama presidency, echoing the words ineffectual and self-righteous. Opinion | The Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden Show 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z The most cynical among us view this behavior as a sort of pandemic performance: an elaborate display of virtuousness, accompanied at times by a self-righteous scent of martyrdom. Opinion | Shedding masks — and a bit of our pandemic selves 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z In his homily, Francis asked priests to be humble, reminding them that Jesus went about caring for sinners and outcasts disregarding the “scorn in the self-righteous” of the critics of his times. Be humble, pope tells priests as he begins services leading to Easter 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z What a mess we have made with our punitive, self-righteous and grasping foreign and domestic policies! Military might, market ideology and moral posturing: A toxic combination that has poisoned America 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z “Real gender equality does not mean a self-righteous respect of the quotas for women required by the law,” Mr. Draghi said, calling for a real equality in working conditions. Italy’s New Prime Minister Appeals for Unity and Sacrifice 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z “All self-righteous Republicans, beware: If this can happen to Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, it can happen to any one of us.” Under Pressure to Rebuke Their Own, G.O.P. Leaders Face a Critical Test 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z "The Arizona Republican Party is still Trump country in all districts. Weak self-righteous sanctimonious Rs are on notice." QAnon and evangelicals: Republicans baptized in crazy 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z “They are complicit with those who carried the flag of self-righteous insurrection into the Capitol.” Schwarzenegger was right. Many of his fellow Republicans are 'spineless' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z People convinced that they possess ultimate knowledge can become self-righteous fanatics, capable of enslaving and exterminating others in the name of truth. Quantum Mechanics, the Mind-Body Problem and Negative Theology 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z On wristbands and bumper stickers, the self-righteous crowd piously pondered, “What would Jesus do?” — all while pretty much flouting everything the biblical Jesus did and didn’t espouse. What would Baldessari do? A good question for the end of a terrible year 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z “I think it’s very self-righteous or sanctimonious to just dismiss people we disagree with without trying to understand why they believe what they believe,” added the funnywoman. Chris Evans, Zach Braff will 'never forget' Trump 'enablers' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Comedian Whitney Cummings railed against cancel culture and leftist intolerance in a new interview Wednesday, saying it’s “self-righteous or sanctimonious to just dismiss” Trump supporters as stupid because they hold a different viewpoint. Whitney Cummings: ‘It’s very self-righteous,’ ‘sanctimonious’ to dismiss Trump supporters as dumb 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z That fascinating inner turmoil speaks of those willing to conveniently accommodate “sin” to justify their deeds as a pathway to a self-righteous end, all while judging others. Review: Swinging is Christian therapy in futuristic Brazilian satire 'Divine Love' 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z The world saw flailing Democrats and self-righteous Republicans. Perspective | Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has seven kids. And don’t you dare forget it. 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z “Stop being self-righteous and smug, that’s what she needs to do,” said Rotten. Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten says Trump ‘is the only sensible choice’ in 2020 election 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z The Global Times, a popular tabloid controlled by the ruling Chinese Communist Party, attributed the film’s lackluster reception to what it called the movie’s “self-righteous depiction.” Imagined as a Blockbuster in China, ‘Mulan’ Fizzles 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z In a response to the August lawsuit filed by Epic Games, Apple called those arguments "self-righteous" and "self-interested". Apple fires back in Fortnite App Store battle 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Amazon vice president of worldwide communications Drew Herdener accused Shaw of “posturing” in what it called a “self-righteous and pontificating blog posts.” Pentagon reaffirms Microsoft’s JEDI cloud contract win despite procurement mistake 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z As for the thugs causing violence, “these despicable fanatics, like it or not, are now in part the face of the Democrats: a snarling bunch of self-righteous, entitled bigots, chanting slogans rooted in pseudo-Marxist claptrap.” Biden denounces violence, but fumbled a chance to defuse riot issue 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z They scoff at notions such as “personal legacy,” dismissing them as the province of self-righteous pushovers. In Trump’s Gilded Beltway, Rudy Giuliani Finds a Potent Reward: Relevance 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z “And they put me on leave because of pressure from self-righteous people.” Jerry Falwell Jr. says he's resigned from Liberty Univ. after sex scandal revelations, confusion over future 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Tyler Skaggs’ wife and mother don’t deserve the clueless, insensitive and self-righteous attacks of your writers. Letters: To play or not to play, this is the MLB question 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z There are, of course, no reports of "self-righteous lunatics" going into the homes of quiet, productive people to harangue them. It's going to be a long four months: Trump and Fox News just keep ramping up the racism 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z I’ve gone from dreading the little weekly alert that pops up on my phone telling me my screen usage is up to feeling mildly self-righteous about it. Perspective | I study the Internet’s flaws. The pandemic reminded me of its joys. 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z This is why nationalist politicians who raise the threat of war win supporters for stopping foreigners: thinking about our possible death can turn us into self-righteous, aggressive, inward-looking xenophobes. Coping with ‘Death Awareness’ in the COVID-19 Era 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z What follows is ambiguous, meaningless standup that is nevertheless delivered with the self-righteous bafflement of a man convinced he is setting the world to rights. 'I crack up every time': comedians' all-time favourite standup routines 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Imagine if pundits and fans spoke out with the same vehement, self-righteous regularity against structural racism that they do against dotted lines being drawn from footballers’ armpits. Rather than ranting about VAR, why not focus on tackling game's real problems | Jonathan Liew 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Pouting would be in character for true believers who are self-righteous and ideologically inebriated. Opinion | It’s looking like Democrats might have a chance to beat Trump after all 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Lizzie’s tone is often earnest, sometimes self-righteous, but usually a blend of deadpan and terrified. Jenny Offill: ‘I no longer felt like it wasn’t my fight’ 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z “This is not a self-righteous condemnation, because I’m ashamed to say that I’m part of the problem,” Phoenix added in his speech. And the Oscar for best acceptance speeches would go to Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z “This is not a self-righteous condemnation, because I’m ashamed that I’m part of the problem. I’ve not done everything in my power to ensure that the sets I work on are inclusive,” he said. Joaquin Phoenix calls out film industry for lack of diversity in award acceptance speech 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z If the claims about Giuliani were not preposterous enough, senators were also forced to endure Kenneth Starr’s self-righteous and hypocritical warnings regarding “the culture of impeachment.” Opinion | Trump’s confederacy of dunces 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z I concocted a self-righteous scenario wherein I would tell that first driver, the next time I saw her, what I thought of her behavior. The spirit intervenes in a story as familiar as the first Christmas 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z This is because criticism persists as to China’s self-righteous response to human rights and security issues. Editorial Roundup: US 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z It’s not a time to be precious or self-righteous. Perspective | There is a real war on Christmas. But here’s how Advent saves us from mindless consumption. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z We exist in a harrowing time when votes based on self-righteous contrarianism often lead to horrendous consequences. What civil liberties? Kentucky's medieval abortion law amounts to state-sanctioned rape 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Yet history is not a self-righteous morality play, and it cannot boil down to heroes and villains. Review | A history of America’s fight against monopolies 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z "To educate we the people, the masses of peoples, they hauled in three hyper-partisan, far left, holier than thou, sanctimonious, self-righteous ivory tower law school professors to teach us about the constitution." Sean Hannity: Democrats 'look really, really stupid' after latest impeachment hearing 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z It reacted just as he might have guessed it would, with a formal response, and the kind of self-righteous indignation — the president is a racist! — that alienated so many of her voters. Hope and High Drama: A Year With Two New Democratic Congresswomen 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z The good-versus-evil absolutism of World War II stamped the American imagination so profoundly that a self-righteous moral dualism survived not only into the Cold War but into Washington’s twenty-first-century war on terror. What the dismantling of the Berlin Wall means 30 years later 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z In my younger years, I was the self-righteous, butt-in friend and relative who tried to steer people to better decisions. Perspective | Even with the best advice, people can still mess up 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z If only we could channel all that self-righteous anger back into the power lines. The power’s out in California. Is this what our future looks like? 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z He said he didn’t deserve “any of those self-righteous comments.” Mississippi city tries to limit noise near abortion clinic 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z He added that cable news airwaves were "clogged by a bevy of self-righteous and sanctimonious commentators attempting to drag America into yet another witch hunt." Media ignoring Trump's economic wins, instead trying to 'drag America into yet another witch hunt,' Peter Navarro says 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z His work made headlines — and occasionally drew the attention of self-righteous outsiders. His work in gender confirmation surgery brought renown to Trinidad, Colo. Where are the tributes? 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Proud, obstinate and self-righteous to the end, Mr. Mugabe never accepted responsibility for the damage he caused his country. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean leader who helped liberate and destroy his country, dies at 95 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z "Trump freed the Justice Department of a man -- a self-righteous crusader -- who rejected the results of our constitutional system and democracy that was, President Trump won the 2016 election." John Yoo: Comey IG report shows Trump didn't obstruct justice, he 'freed justice' 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z In different hands, this tone can seem smug, self-righteous or self-serving; she has been accused of all three. Megan Rapinoe: 'We're everything Trump loves – except that we're powerful women' 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s a culture that presents cynicism as wisdom, and apathy as a virtue, and the self-righteous mob as the best way to get justice. Perspective | Video games don’t cause mass shootings. But gamer culture encourages hate. 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z This isn’t to be self-righteous – as a gay adult I can, to my own shame, recall engaging in homophobic abuse as a child. How can a man be too straight to recycle? | Owen Jones 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z "Let me tell you what self-righteous hypocrisy is -- tweeting Bible verses every day and remaining silent while this president puts children in cages," she said, noting Rubio's habit of posting verses. Ana Navarro unloads on 'self-righteous' hypocrite Marco Rubio for Trump 'chant' tweet 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z It’s not just the outright haters who populate the comments section, but worse, the self-righteous who see their stance as caring. Fat is Not the Problem—Fat Stigma Is 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Instead, Early channels his rage into a silly smile and a dance, championing causes that are important to him but avoiding the self-righteous or just purely outraged tone he sees everywhere. John Early, that comedian you see everywhere but still don't really know 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Asked why an approach by a hostile power did not immediately lead him to call the FBI, Kushner became defensive and suggested the question was “self-righteous”. Jared Kushner interview triggers new security fears over Russia approach 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Among older critics, a pose of self-righteous indignation is understandable. Extra-mural studies: why students should not look away from uncomfortable art 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z "Hardships motivate the self-righteous leaders to face the consequences of their political greed. A boycott’s success depends on the commitment of those seeking change to endure suffering," Abdul-Jabbar explained. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls for boycotts of states with anti-abortion laws 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z I think this is one of those cases where both points of view are reasonable and everyone gets to be simultaneously self-righteous and misguided, but I don’t propose to litigate that mess here and now. Bad week for truth in the media: Bannon's delusions, Venezuela's coup and Biden's "electability" 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Instead they were routed, conceding four goals without reply, including three in the second half, as Liverpool orchestrated one of the greatest comebacks in their long, storied, and, at times, insufferably self-righteous history. Arturo Vidal pledges to donate testicles if Barcelona lose to Liverpool, Barcelona lose to Liverpool - Golf Digest 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z In the age of Trump, national politics is showbiz — self-righteous performance art to make the base feel good about itself. Our disgrace at the border 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Does Biden understand that it's not self-righteous to demand women be treated with dignity in the workplace? Former Vice President Joe Biden refuses to apologize for alleged unwanted touching: "I'm not sorry" 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z He added: ‘So it’s official. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a moron and nasty and more self-righteous than any televangelist who ever preached a sermon on cable access. She’s not impressive, she’s awful.’ The Daily 202: Bernie Sanders is more pragmatic than you may think 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z I felt self-righteous about the work before I’d even begun it. The Reckoning of Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Tech both as an industry and as a nebulous utopian idea is too often portrayed either as the savior of the human race, or as a misanthropic, self-righteous machine of capitalism. New documentary Autonomy makes the convincing case that self-driving cars will change everything 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z But the show still mirrors a lot of their earlier collaboration, on “Louie,” another gritty, quasi-surreal, occasionally self-righteous story about an angry divorced artist who is also a devoted single parent. On “Shrill” and “Better Things,” Women Stop Being Good Sports 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z When Mary enters the room, May becomes a self-righteous unhappy customer, complaining about her mother’s care, saying that nursing isn’t “rocket science.” Jackie Sibblies Drury on the Work of Caregiving and Taking 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The enfant terrible has grown up: Is the new version righteous or self-righteous? At Deadspin, can the cool kids of the sports Internet become its moral authority? 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z News that an Obama was enjoying herself predictably propelled a number of Trump supporters into fits of self-righteous outrage. Malia Obama’s rosé-shaming is the latest in drinking double standards 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Anti-Semitism on the right is nasty and violent and its variant on the left is nasty and self-righteous. Podcast: Rep. Ilhan Omar can criticize Israel, but her tweets still hurt Jews 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z One of Sandy and Lonnie’s main tasks when they talk to survivors is to prepare them for the self-righteous fury of gun rights advocates. Guns v grief: inside America’s deadliest cultural chasm 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Damaged and thin, he seeks peace but instead encounters self-righteous anger and rigid demands. Review: In 'Hir,' Taylor Mac uses a family drama to depict a changing America 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z If I talk to another self-righteous rich kid about racism or the trans community, I mean, I'm just going to die of boredom. Salon Interview: Tucker Carlson bashes capitalism, says he might vote for Elizabeth Warren 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z More important, the number of immigrants is actually plunging, and alternative sources of self-righteous anger aren’t universally shared. Opinion | The anti-Europeans have a plan for crippling the European Union 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z The self-righteous preening by some journalists and commentators was something to behold. Many pundits rip Trump's border speech — both before and after 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z This kind of self-righteous indignation might be no more than a bit of political theater on the part of someone used to getting his hands dirty. Steve Mnuchin’s reign of destruction: From Wall Street to Trump’s treasury 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The magnifying and isolating power of social media turned a longstanding sense of regional and class injustice into a self-righteous, impractical, leaderless revolution that is unlikely to bring real relief to rural or outer-suburban France. The gilets jaunes have cowed Macron. But for them, that’s just the start | John Lichfield 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z “I can’t stand the self-righteous, entitled behavior of people in this neighborhood,” said Sprowls, who brought along a homemade sign that read, “No NIMBYS” and “Build it!” A room without a view: Proposed D.C. apartments offer life underground 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Bravery is not a self-righteous action — and definitely not meant for those selling out their community to a developer, or for a developer taking tax dollars to develop a community. 7 economic terms that are often used to trick people out of their money 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z In the era of Trump, when entertainment, politics and alternative facts whipsaw through the culture wars, the Progressive Liberal appears as a self-righteous pundit who ridicules Republicans and conservatives on the back roads of America. Cultural Divide: The Progressive Liberal wrestler draws boos and anger as he body slams his way through Trump country - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z "Maybe, though, if you dress like that, you should be slightly less self-righteous in the face of other people's transgressions," Carlson added. Guest on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show: “The blackface tradition in America is dead as a doo... 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The online name-calling — mixed with self-righteous attitudes — got ugly and personal. What parents should do, and not do, when taking kids to a brewery 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Most will continue to see him as the privileged, arrogant, self-righteous person he revealed himself to be. “The most bullied” person is not Trump: Beating the real bullies in America starts with midterms 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z In a self-deprecating 2008 autobiography, Hudson agreed that in his early years as a prosecutor he “was narrow-minded and at times offensively self-righteous.” Senators recommend prosecutor, magistrate for Richmond federal judgeship 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z It’s because we are not fueled by a self-righteous male privilege that sees every challenge as a threat to that gender prerogative. Opinion | Mob misogyny is nothing new. I have the death threats to prove it. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z During that famously forgotten conflict in the early 1950s, the United States became a self-righteous bully. Review | How the Korean War set the stage for permanent crisis in northeastern Asia 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z On the other hand, if we feel entitled to apathy, or even self-righteous about our apathy, it can become an easy excuse for moral laziness. Is compassion fatigue inevitable in an age of 24-hour news? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z I started pulling back from this community because some members struck me as self-righteous zealots. Yes, Make Psychedelics Legally Available, but Don't Forget the Risks 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z In place of a self-righteous refusal, the orderly, ordinary-looking men in dark suits were given a round of free drinks. Dick Leitsch, whose ‘Sip-In’ was a milestone for the gay rights movement, dies at 83 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z In the nineteen-eighties and nineties, Prince’s critics often characterized him as despotic, self-righteous, vain, and arrogant, but, later on, the narrative shifted. Paisley Park, Prince’s Lonely Palace 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Ultimately the Chandlers sold the company to out-of-state owners — including one as blustery and self-righteous as the colonel himself who promptly led the company into bankruptcy. Visionaries and scoundrels made the Los Angeles Times, which returns to local ownership after 18 years 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z The unavoidable conclusion is that Mr. Comey’s FBI became a law unto itself, accountable to no one but the former director’s self-righteous conscience. The Disgrace of Comey’s FBI 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The hair is wrong but the air is right — self-righteous, self-pitying and suffused with anger that anyone would peddle a version of events less heroic than the one that he prefers. Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, the sultans of self-pity 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z According to Mr. Alexander, liberals are self-righteous egotists who use their positions of power to “lecture, judge and disdain” those who don’t agree with them. Opinion | Are Liberals Too Smug and Self-Righteous? 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z Because we do not want to be stingy, arrogant or self-righteous, we assume that we are not any of those things. 10 Things You Don't Know About Yourself 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The fury some viewers felt toward Anthony Hopkins’ Dr. Ford, Delos the corporation, and the entire Westworld infrastructure felt justified and self-righteous, because it was rooted in real issues and current headlines. Westworld season 2: our spoiler-free review 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Macho Trump can exercise his trigger finger without getting his hands dirty, and beat his chest in self-righteous indignation. Trump Promises Strike on Syria and Warns Russia Against Backing Assad 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z “He’s very self-righteous. He won’t listen to us. The test that you’re talking about, it will never stop. It has been going on for years and it will go on for years.” One community’s battle over virginity tests in western India 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z The self-righteous kids screaming at you on TV over the weekend don't help at all. Analysis | The Daily 202: How a conservative think tank is trying to tackle climate change 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z “It’s the self-righteous and apparently spoiled current generations that are mostly crafting the Kennedy legacy,” Mr. Hart said. ‘Chappaquiddick’ movie recalls Ted Kennedy-Mary Jo Kopechne 1969 crash 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Whilst still sanctimonious and self-righteous, it seems more to be a... A Quiet Exodus: Why Black Worshipers Are Leaving White Evangelical Churches 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Need, rather than greed, drove him, and he wasn’t a self-righteous crook. The story of Mr Sudhir: how to survive in Delhi's 'grey market' 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z I understand the hesitation to say them publicly, because it’s unpleasant to be jeered at on the internet by self-righteous young people. Criticism of #MeToo is not oppression 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Odd, then, that another mutation of TDS causes some self-righteous Canadians to refuse to set foot in the U.S. for as long as Mr. Trump is president. Trump Manages to Unify My Country 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The Democrats’ feuding factions could start by laying off the self-righteous preening about how they are, respectively, so principled and so practical. Opinion | Democrats lost the shutdown before it started 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z I read, Dan, that you were described, maybe it was by Nixon, as self-righteous. ‘Is whistleblowing worth prison or a life in exile?’: Edward Snowden talks to Daniel Ellsberg 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z All the motivation for working is already there, you don't need to add red tape to get poor people to work you ignorant, self-righteous jerks. Trump Administration Says States May Impose Work Requirements for Medicaid 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z You can bet Swofford and his self-righteous president pals who laughed Maryland out of the Greensboro Coliseum four winters ago after the Terrapins’ final ACC tournament loss aren’t laughing quite so hard now. Perspective | The ACC is worse off without Maryland basketball than the other way around 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The abject kneeling to authoritarian, self-righteous, self-aggrandizing men, and in this case a woman. A Sheriff, a Mystery Check and a Blogger Who Cried Foul 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Because in 1985, a college student could get a little self-righteous, make a bad decision, face consequences and then go home, having learned a “valuable lesson.” Opinion | The Importance of Dumb Mistakes in College 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z The Irish and Scots are not so sure, but the will of a group of charismatic and self-righteous metropolitan politicians prevails, and people are warily readying themselves for a collective leap into the dark. Royal pleasure, parties and politics 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Lincoln fought any sense of self-righteous superiority the Northerners might harbor. Let’s be Lincoln’s America, a nation of redemption 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Characters are also deftly rendered in a realistic way that shows their personalities and emotions, whether Parvana’s older sister’s frequent pout or a young Taliban fighter’s self-righteous anger. Review | ‘The Breadwinner,’ about a Kabul girl, features gorgeous animation but a so-so story 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z “Blazing with self-righteous indignation toward others is often what people use to hide their own sins in the shadows,” Elnes said. Opinion | God Should Sue Roy Moore 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z This self-righteous popinjay, running as a Republican for the U.S. Opinion | Christians: Our silence on Roy Moore isn’t enough 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z How did Seagal reconcile these two antithetical values while sporting such a self-righteous disposition? I had dinner with Steven Seagal, and I'm not surprised by the latest accusations | Cassie Lane 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z In a letter of his own, Bard President Leon Botstein pushed back against the “self-righteous stance of the signatories and the moral condemnation of the letter.” My students heard a far-right politician on campus. Here's what they learned | Francine Prose 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z These thousands of tweets, and the online “outrage culture” they could be uncharitably lumped with, are easy to tear down as redundant and self-righteous, and maybe a lot of them are. On social media, Harvey Weinstein’s downfall engenders fragile hope in a sea of hypocrisy 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z “This is probably why Jesus’ biggest problem — by far — was with the self-righteous. Opinion | God Should Sue Roy Moore 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Dreadful as it must be to be exploited by one’s own parents, Lawther is not well served by his character’s tendency toward self-righteous bitterness. A bracing sourness rescues 'Goodbye Christopher Robin' from sickly sweet banality 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z He was at constant war with the self-righteous and took the side of the social outcasts they condemned. Opinion | Roy Moore’s deep devotion to the Gospel of Bannon 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z But to have lost Hitchens as a friend over this would have been “self-righteous”. Martin Amis: ‘I miss the English’ 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z A sister-in-law had told Emily that she had become difficult to talk to lately, self-righteous and angry. The homecoming 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z When it came to those whom society cast away as ‘sinners,’ Jesus was repeatedly gentle, gracious, encouraging, and forgiving, but he continually castigated the self-righteous.” Opinion | God Should Sue Roy Moore 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z “The other thing is, Starr was kind of self-righteous, inexperienced, clearly partisan,” Mr. Carville said. Trump’s Attack on Russia Inquiry Is From Familiar Playbook: The Clintons’ 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z There should be no question now that Russia interfered in last year’s election on behalf of Donald Trump, and that, despite vehement and self-righteous denials, the Trump campaign was fully aware. Editorials from around New England 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Chinese and Indian media compete over which country is more ‘self-righteous’ China pushes hard in border dispute with India 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z It also facilitates a form of self-righteous digital bullying and moblike behavior that can wreck people’s lives. Twitter is political pornography 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z You will hear a lot of self-righteous huffing and puffing about the need for entitlement reform, but the GOP’s intention is not to use the savings to pay down the national debt. Opinion | Senate Republicans ready themselves for a massive theft from the poor 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z No sport follows more silly rules, and is more self-righteous about them, than golf. Perspective | Can Phil Mickelson attend daughter’s graduation and still make U.S. Open tee time 2,000 miles away? 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z TO MANY, the UN’s Human Rights Council is a den of hypocrites, where brutal regimes wax self-righteous about Israel in particular and the West in general. The UN Human Rights Council will be weaker if America leaves 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z In that prophetic work he imagined nativists leading his country into a “garrison-state mentality”, even as other, more doveish Americans are tempted by “self-righteous cultural hedonism”. Zbigniew Brzezinski feared Donald Trump would wreck valuable alliances 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z A self-righteous free spirit, she has no idea how abusive her behavior is. SIFF 2017: Highlights of the film festival’s third week 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z We don’t have to engage in self-righteous “presentism” — viewing the past through present values, thus making it difficult to really understand history — to condemn Jackson. Andrew Jackson economics 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z “By moral standards, he was a self-righteous landfill of angry garbage,” Colbert said. Late-night TV hosts on Bill O'Reilly: 'The Sith Lord of cable news' 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z For years the French press plunged into it with what, in hindsight, appears a heedless and self-righteous sense of mission. How Marine Le Pen played the media 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z “It was hard to tell what was worse — getting hollered at by Bill or getting scolded by the stern and self-righteous Hillary,” Ms. Parnes and Mr. Allen write. Inside the Beltway: Judgment: Hillary’s 2016 campaign was ‘doomed’ 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z As news anchors aped comics, and comics fact-checked anchors, the categories of who was the serious one, the moral one, the self-righteous one—and who should be tweaked for self-righteousness—blurred for good. Wanting More from Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z It’s a parable that tests the proposition that one can find a liberal political conscience even in those illiberal, uncharitable, self-righteous politicians who masquerade as champions of the people. Listen to John Adams and reclaim liberty from conservatives: The GOP is not at all in the business of expanding liberty as the founders envisioned 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z It seems fair to say that a readiness to amend and reconsider the case being made is exactly what separates a genuine reforming instinct from a merely self-righteous one. How We Misunderstand Mass Incarceration 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Then the man, who was Asian-American, delivered an angry rant that included a comment about “self-righteous slaves.” When Your Commute Includes Hearing ‘You Don’t Belong in This Country’ 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z It follows an aging, self-righteous Anthony as he paces slowly through his life. New ‘Game of Thrones’ cast member Jim Broadbent has a way of sinking himself into any role 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z “I will have to give up my self-righteous holier-than-thou attitude. The calmer and more rational I can be is better for me and society.” Why more non-Catholics are observing Lent 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z To outsiders, this may sound alarmist, and perhaps more than a little self-righteous. Why Silicon Valley Wouldn’t Work Without Immigrants 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z At their best, they are pious, respectful, and conservative; at their worst they are smug and self-righteous, small-minded and yet capable of broad prejudice. The intolerance of the left: Trump's win as seen from Walt Disney's hometown 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z “People on the left are so puffed up with self-righteous outrage.” From Marilynne Robinson to Richard Ford, six writers in search of Trump's America 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Because I don’t want to come off as self-righteous, or as pointing fingers, here goes: Neanderthals Were People, Too 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z “I still have to Google ‘self-righteous’ because I’ve got to figure out what it means, to see if it’s a good thing,” he said. Neil Young has a fire in his belly in new 'Peace Trail' album 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Yet the liberal anti-Israel crowd ignores these realities, driven by a self-righteous indignation that bafflingly supports theocratic rulers with no respect for basic human rights, especially women’s rights. George Mitchell rejects “apartheid” label for Israeli-Palestinian conflict: “It is a misapplication of the word” 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z “Politically correct” became a kind of in-joke among American leftists – something you called a fellow leftist when you thought he or she was being self-righteous. Political correctness: how the right invented a phantom enemy | Moira Weigel 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Just as the State of the Union outburst by Republican Rep. Joe Wilson against President Obama was inappropriate and lacking nuance, so to “Hamilton” was classless in its self-righteous outburst. Mike Pence wanted to go to see “Hamilton,” not a morality play on the importance of minorities and the LGBT communities in the United States 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z “It’s like an English class competition with these guys, who can find the most soaring rhetoric, the most self-righteous ways to justify their cause of the moment,” one dissenter wrote. How covering the Redskins name debate prepared me for Donald Trump’s win 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z But before you become self-righteous you must accept that the dominant faction on the western left uses language just as suggestive of collective punishment when they talk about their own white working class. World in crisis or back to normal soon? I think I know... | Nick Cohen 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Clay and Jackson despised one another, and Clay told a friend that as between “the two evils,” he preferred the priggish and self-righteous Adams to the militaristic and perhaps demagogic Jackson. America’s First ‘Rigged’ Presidential Election 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z I hope that the exhilaration of so much self-righteous moralistic finger pointing is worth the easily foreseen "unforeseen" consequences. After Unsteady Steps to Punish Domestic Violence, N.F.L. Faces Scrutiny Again 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Sloppy, self-righteous, self-indulgent, Bill Clinton frequently failed, too. Hillary Clinton Should Embrace Her Centrism 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z This is about self-righteous, self-absorbed athletes injecting their political agenda onto the field. Long Before Kaepernick, There Was Navratilova 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Take that, all you unhappy miserable self-righteous broccoli munching meat eschewing nail biting psychotics! Ultra Runner Karl Meltzer Sets Appalachian Trail Record, Fueled by Beer and Candy 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z “So many self-righteous hypocrites,” he wrote of the defectors. In Second Debate, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Spar in Bitter, Personal Terms 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z “So many self-righteous hypocrites. Watch their poll numbers — and elections — go down,” he said in a Twitter post Sunday morning. Republican lawmakers desert Donald Trump over lewd comments, but voters stay course 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z On Twitter, Mr. Trump attacked the Republicans fleeing his campaign as “self-righteous hypocrites” and predicted their defeat at the ballot box. Donald Trump Vows Retaliation as Republicans Abandon Him 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z "This is about self-righteous, self-absorbed athletes injecting their political agenda onto the field." Long Before Kaepernick, There Was Navratilova 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z “So many self-righteous hypocrites,” he wrote, referring to the Republican leaders and elected officials who withdrew their support. Tonight’s debate is now an even bigger test for Trump amid GOP division over leaked recording 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z “So many self-righteous hypocrites,” he wrote about his Republican critics in another Twitter post. Donald Trump Highlights Breitbart Interview With Clinton Accuser 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z On Sunday morning, Trump also tweeted: “So many self-righteous hypocrites. Watch their poll numbers – and elections – go down!” Donald Trump groping remarks reveal 'pattern of sexual assault', says Kaine 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z What Mr. Kreutzberg describes is the case where the driver is cruising in the left lane, self-righteous to the max because said driver is doing the speed limit. Driver suggested obeying the speed limit. Here are the responses. 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z The self-righteous wailing and gnashing of teeth coming from Republican congressmen and other officials is down right pathetic. Spineless establishment Republicans care more about their jobs than the future of America 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z It just makes them sound even more self-righteous. How the education gap is tearing politics apart | David Runciman 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Pumped up with self-righteous indignation at "big government," Homer decides to run for sanitation commissioner, building his campaign around wild promises and outrageous smears. Trump v Clinton: Debate lessons from TV and film - BBC News 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z “You can never be self-righteous, but it’s okay to be a little righteous,” he says. Bon Iver: 'There are people who are into being famous. And I don’t like that' 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z What a small-minded, self-righteous, self-serving and hypocritical woman. Phyllis Schlafly, ‘First Lady’ of a Political March to the Right, Dies at 92 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z “Make America great again” as a slogan clearly recalls the nostalgic loss of some kind of self-proclaimed and self-righteous prestige, highly tied to privilege, and the perceived loss thereof. 'I didn’t choose to be straight, white and male': are modern men the suffering sex? 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z And he spouts twisted gender generalizations, with all the self-righteous surety of childhood. The 9th Life of Louis Drax is a cluttered, confused riff on a Guillermo del Toro fantasy 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z With access to previously unreleased material, Jeffrey Toobin recounts Hearst’s journey down the rabbit hole from kidnapping victim to self-righteous revolutionary and back again. ‘American Heiress’: the long, strange trip of Patty Hearst 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z The fight over Viacom is digging in for years of litigation as each side holds on to its own self-righteous claim to the poorly performing media company. Questions of Redstone’s Competency Promise Years of Litigation 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z So many self-righteous readers here I'm choking with their indignation. The Olympics Issue 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Like every story about weight, the comments will be filled with self-righteous people boasting about what worked for them and how fat people just need to "eat less, move more." Why You Can’t Lose Weight on a Diet 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z What is called for on our highways is more competent driving rather than more license to the incompetent using self-righteous indignation as a driving strategy. Better driver education could ease road rage 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Carter came across as altogether too self-righteous and inflexible, and his influence waned to a disastrously low level. A Cautionary Tale 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Yet that does not exempt him from the excoriation of the self-righteous. Boycotting Israeli Authors Is an Affront to Free Speech 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z He regrets that when first elected to the nine-member council, he was obnoxious and self-righteous, losing many votes by 8-1 margins. Cory Booker 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z M.L.B., with its vendetta against Rose and its self-righteous complicity in the use of steroids, loves to preach about the sanctity of stats. Letters to the Editor 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z It turns out, however, that the data supports my story, and undermines the delirium of the self-righteous and self-appointed defenders of free speech against invisible censors. Our United States of Fear: Meet the right’s ridiculous new bogeyman 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Judging other women and sneering at them for supposedly being slutty makes these women feel good and self-righteous, and they don’t really care if it’s sexist. People love tweeting “slut”: Study shows online misogyny runs rampant, and women often are just as bad as men 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Conservatives regularly criticize self-righteous moralism on the part of progressives. Obama didn’t birth Trump’s movement 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z These self-righteous folk couldn’t care less, Procaccino proclaimed, about the “small shopkeeper, the homeowner. . . . They preach the politics of confrontation and condone violent upheaval.” This Is Where the Term 'Limousine Liberal' Comes From 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z If it were, it wouldn’t be the first time the eco-left stymied mass behaviour change with unpalatable prescriptions delivered in self-righteous tones. Is vegetarianism about not harming animals, or feeling morally superior? | Leslie Cannold for the Ethics Centre 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z He mirrors the views and self-righteous sanctimony of the far Left. At Columbia University, Daring to Back Clinton 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Her great good fortune is that she won’t, ultimately, be compared to a self-righteous socialist. Clinton triumphs; Sanders crashes out. Now the real contest can begin | Richard Wolffe 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Winding up the self-righteous is a British tradition, there should be room for it. They called it 'the worst job in the world' – my life as a Guardian moderator 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z But his piece in the Times about Bernie Sanders’ lack of policy credentials and Sanders’ “petulant self-righteous” followers misses the boat completely. What has happened to Paul Krugman? The New York Times columnist isn’t making much sense right now 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z It’s one thing to call or not call a foul, it’s another to act self-righteous and show a card, as referees do, because they have decided the player is dirty. The fall: how diving became football’s worst crime | Alejandro Chacoff 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Police and prosecutors are in this marching together with a self-righteous purpose. Undercover Officers Ask Addicts to Buy Drugs, Snaring Them but Not Dealers 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z She and her husband wrote a play called “The Miss Education of Jenna Bush” about the former first daughter, an effort Miss Rauch evaluates brutally in hindsight as “self-righteous and boring.” ‘Big Bang Theory’ star Melissa Rauch calls ‘The Bronze’ character far from Bernadette Rostenkow 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z There is nothing self-righteous about the mood at clothes swap. Getting semi-naked with strangers. and other joys of the clothes swap meet | Sian Prior 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Hayden is unsparing in his contempt for European officials he regards as “a self-righteous nuisance” on issues such as rendition, torture and drones. America’s former CIA chief: ‘If we don’t handle China well, it will be catastrophic’ 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The self-righteous salutation at the end was the richest part of this otherwise self-serving note. My secret debate with Sam Harris: A revealing 4-hour dialogue on Islam, racism & free-speech hypocrisy 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z So the Republican Party has finally turned against Donald Trump, the monster it created, in an excess of self-righteous hypocrisy. Stop laughing, Democrats! As the GOP goes down in flames, your post-Bernie civil war is almost here 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z It’s easy to condemn Trump and Duke, and to be self-righteous in doing so. Trump's Views Are More Dangerous Than the KKK 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Ted Cruz usually exudes the self-righteous certitude of a man who knows he is heading towards both victory and heaven. Ted Cruz's campaign is flailing – and the Alamo could be his last stand 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z I have met many self-righteous, supposed justice-oriented parents who do not want their children aspiring to become presidential candidates or president of the United States. I'll be so proud when my daughter is president and runs a corrupt oligarchy | Kiese Laymon 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The end of the day means the end of hostilities, the recognition that the underlying shared values and commitment to the relationship trump the need for one last dig or self-righteous justification. The 7-Step Evening Ritual That Will Make You Happy 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Democrats and Republicans joust for time to make self-righteous pronouncements, showing off their staffs’ research skills. Editorials from around New England 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z The problem—and isn’t there always some problem where pleasure is concerned?—is that a bunch of self-righteous ninnies are going to try to make us feel guilty for watching the Super Bowl. Go ahead, watch them die: F**k those joyless moralists who hate football and the Super Bowl 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z One of the consistent criticisms of Bernie Sanders throughout his career is that he’s self-righteous and unwilling to entertain any position or belief that doesn’t exactly match his. I have had it with naive Bernie Sanders idealists 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z But Bell is more earnest than self-righteous; he's perplexed by the prescription drug culture and hunts for legitimate answers. For 'Prescription Thugs' filmmaker, drug abuse hit close to home 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Presenting yourself as a self-righteous soul who refuses to participate in gossip will ultimately end up being nothing more than a ticket to social isolation. How Gossip Can Help You 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z He says often these self-righteous Christians are hypocrites themselves, using the law to hide their own "deep wounds." Francis lays out case for mercy in 1st book as pope, says God never tires of forgiving 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Every Pakistani knows these preaching, self-righteous conservatives who think everyone else is following the wrong type of Islam, but you never expect them to indulge in violence,” he said. San Bernardino shooter's 'hardline' Islam not an outlier in native Pakistan 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z And if we think of them in these other, less self-righteous, self-congratulatory ways, what else might we be able to begin to see? Let’s get the old gang back together: The big lie America never grapples with, as we consider more war post-Paris 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Enough is enough with the self-righteous and self-serving demagoguery.” NRA: Obama’s failed foreign policy has made us less safe 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Youth, self-righteous and searching for “the real,” is no stereotype. In ‘Passing Strange,’ Discovering a Sonic Youth 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z But also, the irrational and bitter among us are often the loudest and most self-righteous, which is beyond amusing. Craig Kilborn is interviewed by the only person he trusts: himself 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, it was an irritable self-righteous Kasich who showed up, doing himself no good. The most revealing debate yet 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Of the many concerns unearthed by the protests at two major universities this week, the velocity at which we now move from racial recrimination to self-righteous backlash is possibly the most revealing. Race and the Free-Speech Diversion 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z No self-righteous citizens attack the journalists in public, leave threatening notes on their doorsteps, or sabotage their homes. In Spotlight, old-school journalism is its own kind of thrill ride 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z It's the "Wednesday" idea, without the copyright headaches, and with more warmth, but still possessing an edge of danger and still asking questions about right behavior in a self-righteous world. TV Picks: Animal cams, Melissa Hunter, 'Inside Assad's Syria' 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Now that United are two goals ahead, my sense of despair has been replaced by self-righteous indignance. Southampton v Manchester United: Premier League –as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z But his description of Falwell captures as well as any the way liberals saw the man—as the personification of a smug, self-righteous, close-minded, reactionary religious fanatic. Jerry Falwell’s Liberal Example 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The only thing these self-righteous letters do is to make the parents and kids feel terrible. Letters to the Editor 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z As Goldthwait repeatedly returns to footage of a recent performance by Crimmins, in which he’s introduced as a great entertainer, all we see are the aimless rants of a self-righteous blowhard. Review: ‘Call Me Lucky’ tells the story of comedian Barry Crimmins 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Critics, even on the left, said he could come off as pompous and self-righteous. Jon Stewart, a Sarcastic Critic of Politics and Media, Signs Off 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Now that United are two goals ahead, my sense of despair has been replaced by self-righteous indignance. Southampton v Manchester United: Premier League –as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z When criticized, an extreme-narcissist colleague may also respond with self-righteous indignation, attempting to deflect the criticism by blaming his detractors for some other fault. How to Deal With the Donald Trump in Your Office 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Why do Germans, I wondered, often feel so self-righteous, so virtuous? Germany is the hypocritical worst: Arrogance, austerity — and zero sense of history 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z But this doesn’t work as well as it should because the adult Scout—now called Jean Louise—is preachy and self-righteous. Atticus Finch Confronted What the South Couldn't 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Several impressionable self-righteous right-wing county clerks have taken that as an invitation to refuse to issue marriage licenses in open discrimination against gay couples. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The latest from Oregon is one of the most grotesque examples of self-righteous fascist abuse you’ll hear: TAMMY BRUCE: Oregon’s financial incompetence is just one sign of liberalism run amok 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z “It’s the self-righteous tone that scares more than the views themselves.” As cultural ground shifts, Republicans face a choice 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z After four beers, that chip turned into a glacier and I felt beyond grand and self-righteous. I drink because I like the way it feels. That doesn't mean I have a problem | Rebecca Carroll 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z And very quickly after that, Ted loses his job, his marriage is invalidated, and audiences are forced to endure a horrifying thing: a whiny, self-righteous Ted. Review: Overstuffed plot spoils irreverent, silly ‘Ted 2’ 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z While cunning, egotistical and self-righteous, no one doubted his intellect. Let’s boot Andrew Jackson too! We could have Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt on our currency 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z To open with that might be a bit self-righteous. Charli XCX: ‘I woke up in a ball pit and two people were having sex next to me’ 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Not of motherhood, but of the power of self-righteous academics to convince ordinary people of intellectualized nonsense backed by dubious, politicized social science. Editorials from around New York 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z It’s was a fine coincidence to see this news just a week after listening to the self-appointed, self-righteous preacher-in-chief of my home state wax poetic about America’s religiosity. Wingnuts have weaponized Jesus: How the religious right hijacked Christianity 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Judging by hundreds of comments on the site, Geller’s rhetoric appeals to a fearful, self-righteous, bigoted, uber-Christian segment of the population which relies on Fox News and anti-Obama preachers for information about the outside world. America’s shocking religious ignorance: Pam Geller, Charlie Hebdo, and a country in over its head 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z "A hideous crime was committed, but was it a freedom of speech issue for PEN America to be self-righteous about?" asked Mr Carey. Charlie Hebdo to receive disputed PEN award in New York - BBC News 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z In an email to The New York Times, Mr. Carey wrote, “A hideous crime was committed, but was it a freedom-of-speech issue for PEN America to be self-righteous about?” Criticism of PEN Award Comes With the Territory for a Charlie Hebdo Writer 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z There is the reality of platinum–level membership in the society of the rich and self-righteous, whose predatory business practices can be forgiven because they “give back” gazillions—call them the egregiously charitable. The Clinton Blind Spot 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Trying to talk with people who are self-righteous, certain and profoundly wrong is a toxic conversational mix. How To Talk To Anti-Vaccine Advocates Without Your Head Exploding 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z "A hideous crime was committed, but was it a freedom of speech issue for PEN America to be self-righteous about?" said Carey. Authors boycott PEN gala over Charlie Hebdo award - BBC News 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z “A hideous crime was committed, but was it a freedom-of-speech issue for PEN America to be self-righteous about?” he wrote. Six PEN Members Decline Gala After Award for Charlie Hebdo 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Some critics found the increasingly apocalyptic books Mr. Grass published after the 1970s repetitive and self-righteous. Günter Grass, German Novelist and Social Critic, Dies at 87 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z In his zeal to change course, he suddenly started spending hours each day at Lisleby’s only mosque, annoying worshipers, mostly immigrants from Somalia, with self-righteous lectures on how to pray properly. A Norway Town and Its Pipeline to Jihad in Syria 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z I do, if only because her Heidi is less corny than the characters around her, Heidi’s female friends, all of whom are played like someone’s idea of “political” women—loud, self-righteous, and ultimately hypocritical. Four Plays About Women 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Wolf is right to challenge those parochial, self-righteous attitudes by bringing outside leadership to the Pennsylvania state troopers. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Why get overly distracted and self-righteous about the fallen leaders we read about in the news feed? Character-Driven Leadership 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z “I said the other night, when I was at the Republican meeting, that they all right self-righteous and delusional. And they just don’t realize what’s happening,” Mr. King said. Peter King: There’s an element of House GOP that ‘has no concept of reality’ 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z “I’ve had it with this self-righteous delusional wing of the party that leads us over the cliff,” King said. Dems call GOP Homeland Security strategy a political blunder 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z But this motivation is the opposite of self-righteous judgment. Scott Walker and judging the faith of another 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z In a subsequent, regrettably self-righteous, denunciation of his entrappers, he sought to retain these positions; and thereby ensured he lost both. The great, the good and the ugly 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z A tack Rodriguez has employed in the past, but did not try this time, was to be defiant and self-righteous. Memorable Sports Apologies Through the Years 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z And the judgments about whether Williams should be fired, from pundits who never saw the inside of a chinook helicopter, self-righteous and gagging. Accept Brian Williams's Apology 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z My efforts were a way of interacting with his mind, and I found a horrible sadness, a deep loneliness and self-righteous anger. My Dad, the Pornographer 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z However, the wrench-your-head-off-your-shoulders gladiatorial nature of the league, which makes billions off the violence, makes it hard for me to work myself into a proper self-righteous lather. In Super Bowl XLIX, Keeping Alert for Trick Plays 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z The self-righteous left goes around calling republicans "wing nuts" and "whackadoodles" and then wonders why republicans aren't interested in coming to the negotiating table. The Surprising Power of Blue-State Republicans 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Cue all the self-righteous complaints from Cowboys fans, lifelong or temporary, who swear they are through with the NFL and mean it. Aaron Rodgers, Playing Hurt, Helps Packers Top Cowboys 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z When the host noted that American liberals tend to agree with European liberals on the issue, Scalia added, “And American liberals too. Yes. But the Europeans are more self-righteous, I think.” Antonin Scalia's spirited defense of torture 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Scalia tells a Swiss radio network that American and European liberals who say such tactics may never be used are being self-righteous. Justice Scalia's unfortunate entry into the torture debate 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z What good then are the impotent Geneva Convention and the self-righteous ideas of McCain and the left to our military or to our national defense? The War Hero and the Chicken Hawk 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z With The Newsroom, Sorkin created a slew of such characters, even if a few of them may occasionally come across as self-righteous or obsolescent. Why Do Viewers—And Critics—Love to Hate ‘The Newsroom’? She has the weary, guarded look of someone who has been cornered and harried at every turn by self-righteous preservationists and self-important city bureaucrats. The View from a Bridge 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Across much of Europe, Merkel—that Protestant minister’s daughter—is resented as a rigid, self-righteous puritan, while support for the E.U. has fallen to historic lows. The Astonishing Rise of Angela Merkel 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Hardin said Goodell was “hypocritically self-righteous about Adrian not showing sufficient remorse. Who in the hell does he think he is?” Peterson lawyer, NFL official duel over Goodell decision 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z |
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