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  • How Emotionalism is Slowly Replacing Rationalism

    How Emotionalism is Slowly Replacing Rationalism1

    My hometown has recently been hit with a barrage of ads for the local high-end theatre’s production of Sense and Sensibility. Like all of Jane Austen’s works, the novel manages to marry everyone off, but only after bringing the characters through the harrowing ups and downs of uncertain romantic relationships. As I was reflecting on

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  • How Early America Overcame Unrest and Cultural Diversity

    How Early America Overcame Unrest and Cultural Diversity0

    America’s last several years have been fraught with dissension. Tempers have flared and arguments have been fought in the months since Donald Trump was elected president, causing many to plead for civility and rationality in interactions. But now the gloves seem to be coming off. Several venues seem to be suggesting that civility is not

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  • How Dumbed Down Education is Creating a National Security Crisis

    How Dumbed Down Education is Creating a National Security Crisis0

    In Wind Sprints: Shorter Essays, Joseph Epstein, one of America’s great essayists, includes a piece “How I Learned to Love the Draft” in which he offered his reasons for the restoration of compulsory military service. After reading Epstein’s reasons for bringing back the draft—the exposure of young people to contemporaries from all backgrounds, a greater

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  • How Dumb Laws Get Innocent People in Trouble

    How Dumb Laws Get Innocent People in Trouble1

    There are a lot of weird laws these days. In fact, many of them are so dumb that it seems unlikely they would ever be enforced. But there are other weird laws that are enforced with a vengeance – even on those who are doing their best to be law-abiding citizens. An example of the

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  • How Drag Queen Story Hour Expanded Across America

    How Drag Queen Story Hour Expanded Across America0

    Drag Queen Story Hours started out as niche events on the West Coast, but these events – aimed at children as young as age 3 – have spread to libraries and schools across the United States, dividing local communities. These story hours are “just what they sound like,” Drag Queen Story Hour’s official website states: drag queens reading to children.

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  • How Dostoevsky predicted Trump’s America

    How Dostoevsky predicted Trump’s America0

    As a professor of Russian literature, I’ve come to realize that it’s never a good sign when real life resembles a Fyodor Dostoevsky novel. Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, with its riotous rhetoric and steady stream of scandals, calls to mind Dostoevsky’s most political novel, “Demons,” written in 1872. In it, the writer wanted to warn

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