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  • Are Civil Forfeiture Laws Basically Legalized Robbery?

    Are Civil Forfeiture Laws Basically Legalized Robbery?0

    A few years ago, The New Yorker published an article (“Taken”) detailing civil asset forfeiture abuses in America. Sarah Stillman, a staff writer at the magazine and a visiting scholar at NYU, chronicled several examples of citizens stripped of cash, cars, and even homes even though they had not been charged with a crime. The

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  • Are Churches to Blame for Today’s Political Candidates?

    Are Churches to Blame for Today’s Political Candidates?0

    Last week Pew Research came out with a new survey on the relationship between religion and politics. Ahead of the election, it’s particularly interesting to note the level of influence Americans believe churches should have in politics. Nearly two out of three Americans are solidly against churches endorsing a certain candidate. However, fewer Americans than

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  • Are Christians Today Lazy Thinkers?

    Are Christians Today Lazy Thinkers?0

    Pew Research recently ran an interesting experiment on state constitutions. As they report, “The U.S. Constitution never explicitly mentions God or the divine, but the same cannot be said of the nation’s state constitutions.” The following chart is proof of this, showing the number of mentions the Almighty receives in the legal underpinnings of every

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  • Are China’s Threats to Taiwan a Bluff?

    Are China’s Threats to Taiwan a Bluff?0

    Monday, four dozen Chinese military aircraft flew into Taiwan’s air defense zone, climaxing a weekend of provocations that saw nearly 150 sorties of China-based fighters and bombers. The U.S. State Department countered by issuing a stern statement warning Beijing about the adverse effect on regional “stability” of such “provocative military activity.” Yet even as the

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  • Are Children’s Lives Becoming Too Structured?

    Are Children’s Lives Becoming Too Structured?0

    In her new book Balanced and Barefoot, occupational therapist Angela Hanscom makes some interesting observations about the state children are in today. She writes: “When I asked a few teachers about the play skills of children today compared to children thirty years ago, here is what one said: ‘There is less imaginary play. We used

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  • Are Children Their Parents’ Property?

    Are Children Their Parents’ Property?0

    John Stossel says, “Yes,” at least according to a recent video at Reason. In the video, “Don’t Be Scared of Designer Babies,” Stossel interviews Georgetown University Professor Jason Brennan, who offers the following unhelpful and patronizing strawman of anyone who objects to the idea of using gene-editing technology to engineer one’s offspring however one wants: When you

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