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Roughly twenty years ago, a man in Asheville, North Carolina left his home in the wee hours of the morning, walked a couple of blocks to a convenience store, burglarized the store, and returned home with his loot. Unfortunately for our thief, snow had blanketed the city earlier that night. After responding to the burglary
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Should welfare recipients be able to buy unhealthy foods like soda and sweets on the government’s dime? That question was debated last week by lawmakers on Capitol Hill. According to CBS News: “Debate about how food-stamp benefits are spent was sparked by a November report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which found that households
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“Essen!” the old man shouted at me when I refused his wife’s offer of seconds on my supper plate. “Immer essen!” My German was terrible, but I understood him: “Always eat!” It was 1978, and while staying with a friend in Switzerland, my wife Kris and I had met a
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“Go ahead and call the police,” came the taunting voice, “they won’t come!” Such was the response to an individual living in the minority neighborhoods of Minneapolis in the chaotic days following George Floyd’s death. That individual had entreated several hoodlums engaged in destruction and thievery to stop what they were doing, but to no
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The common wisdom today in most of America’s governmental, corporate, and educational institutions is that we should focus on diversity. It’s believed that an emphasis on multiculturalism is the only way to unify Americans of different backgrounds and prevent the evil of racism from spreading. Assimilation is now considered a form of violence. It is
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