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  • “Risk Compensation”: A Paradox Whose Time May Have Come

    “Risk Compensation”: A Paradox Whose Time May Have Come0

    “Risk compensation” is the theory that adopting certain safety measures can actually increase risky behavior by unduly increasing people’s sense of security. In a Washington Post article earlier this month, Terence McCoy reported on a man who wants to apply the theory to football. Erik Swartz, a University of New Hampshire professor of kinesiology, believes

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  • “Pagans” May Not Want to Call Themselves That

    “Pagans” May Not Want to Call Themselves That0

    Today is the winter solstice, and though it’s the day with the least amount of daylight, it happens to be one of the most visible days for modern pagans.    The term “pagan” is increasingly self-applied by those today who are seeking to revive ancient nature worship and its rituals.    However, modern pagans may

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  • “O Fortuna” Has Some Racy Origins

    “O Fortuna” Has Some Racy Origins0

    • October 16, 2015

    Chances are you have heard “O Fortuna.” It’s one of the most played classical songs of all-time, and is frequently heard on the radio and in movie trailers.        But do you know where it comes from?   “O Fortuna” is part of a collection of Latin and German poems from the 11th-13th

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  • “Freedom is a Prize to be Continually Won”

    “Freedom is a Prize to be Continually Won”0

    • August 14, 2015

    From Jacques Ellul’s The Technological Society, in which he describes a world in which individual freedom is becoming increasingly subjugated by outside forces. Save this article to favorites

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  • “Anti-Democracy” Just Means “Something the Regime Doesn’t Like.”

    “Anti-Democracy” Just Means “Something the Regime Doesn’t Like.”5

    “Democracy” is the new “revolutionary.” In the old Marxist regimes, anything that displeased the ruling communist regime was said to be contrary to “the revolution.” For example, in the Soviet Union, national leaders spoke regularly of how the nation was in the process of “a revolutionary transformation” toward a future idealized communist society. Many years

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  • “…they take away our fathers…”

    “…they take away our fathers…”0

    • May 1, 2015

    How different would it be for Freddie Gray today if he had had a stable family? Buried in the stories about his death and criminal record, we learn: “Court papers describe Gray’s childhood as problematic. He lived with his heroin-addicted disabled mother in a home in Sandtown-Winchester that contained enough poisonous lead in the peeling painted walls and

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