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  • Are You on Track to Read the Average Number of Books Before You Die? (See Chart)0

    Ever wonder how many books you’ll have read by the time you die? We may never know the answer to that question, but we might be able to guess how many we have remaining. A recent article in Quartz highlights just that in two fascinating graphs. Based on the number of books the average American

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  • Are You in America’s Middle Class?

    Are You in America’s Middle Class?0

    After reading Charles Murray’s writings the last few days, my mind has been fixated on some of the changes in America’s class structure and our (mis)perception of those changes. It made me wonder: Where exactly do I fall in the class stratosphere? Are my current perceptions accurate or are they way off? While Americans like

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  • Are You Guilty of ‘Virtue-Signaling?’

    Are You Guilty of ‘Virtue-Signaling?’0

    British author James Bartholomew has secured his place in history. Recently, he invented the perfect phrase for our times: “virtue signaling.” Virtue signaling is the popular modern habit of indicating that one has virtue merely by expressing disgust or favor for certain political ideas, cultural happenings, or even the weather. When a liberal goes on

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  • Are You as Grateful as You Deserve to Be?

    Are You as Grateful as You Deserve to Be?0

    As a physician, I have helped to care for many patients and families whose lives have been turned upside down by serious illnesses and injuries. In the throes of such catastrophes, it can be difficult to find cause for anything but lament. Yet Thanksgiving presents us with an opportunity to develop one of the healthiest,

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  • Are You an ‘Educable’ Person?

    Are You an ‘Educable’ Person?0

    America has problems. Make that statement to just about any man on the street and one would find widespread support for it, regardless of the political party with which one identifies. The question is, where do these problems stem from? There are any number of answers to that question, but one of the prominent ones

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  • Are You a Servant of Tyranny or Liberty?

    Are You a Servant of Tyranny or Liberty?1

    In 1788, George Washington wrote letters to the Marquis de Lafayette during the process of ratifying the proposed Constitution by the states. Washington made clear to General Lafayette the essentials to prevent the new American republic from devolving into “despotic or oppressive form”: limited delegated powers to the government, checks and balances, and “virtue in the body

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