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  • Is America Ripe for a Dictator?

    Is America Ripe for a Dictator?0

    The creeping accelerating expansion of U.S. executive power and the state of the 2016 presidential primary has respected academics and pundits—on both the left and the right—a little nervous. Charges of an inevitable slide of republicanism to authoritarianism to dictatorship have been all the rage in 2016. Donald Trump has been the most prominent target

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  • Is America Led Today By Anti-Americans?

    Is America Led Today By Anti-Americans?0

    How can America unite again to do great things if we are led by people who believe America suffers from a great sickness of the soul, an original sin that dates back to her birth as a nation?  Consider. After his long night of prayer for “the right verdict” to be pronounced—Derek Chauvin was convicted

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  • Is America Becoming a Failed State?

    Is America Becoming a Failed State?0

    Suddenly, Sunday, a riveting report came over cable news: The U.S. embassy was urging all Americans to “leave Afghanistan as soon as possible.” Message: Get out while you can. Adding urgency was news that three northern provincial capitals, including Kunduz city, had fallen to the Taliban, making it five provincial capitals overrun since Friday. The

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  • Is Amazon’s Minimum Wage Move a Political Ploy?

    Is Amazon’s Minimum Wage Move a Political Ploy?0

    Amazon made headlines yesterday after it announced it would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour, a move that will impact more than 350,000 of its U.S. employees beginning November 1st. This decision came in the wake of harsh criticisms claiming that the online retailer both underpays and mistreats its workers. And while these

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  • Is All Lives Matter a Hateful Message?

    Is All Lives Matter a Hateful Message?0

    Last week, student leaders at the University of Houston drafted a bill giving the student body president emergency powers to punish one of its members, Vice President Rohini Sethi. Following the slaying of five police officers in Dallas, Sethi posted these two phrases on social media: “Forget #BlackLivesMatter; more like #AllLivesMatter” Her fellow student activists

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  • Is All Change Progress? Progressives Think So.

    Is All Change Progress? Progressives Think So.9

    There seems to be a pervasive sentiment in society today that paints progress as an intellectual process which perpetually increases human fulfillment, success, and joy. All change is progress, and all progress is good, so goes the idea. This idea provides the basis for progressivism and encourages development, new ideas, and a rejection of tradition

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