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  • The Weak Science Behind the Self-Esteem Movement

    The Weak Science Behind the Self-Esteem Movement0

    Many want to build their self-esteem and confidence. A Google search reveals over 500 million entries on confidence building. Self-help books and scholarly articles abound.  An influential bestseller by Harvard professor Amy Cuddy, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, was on lists of best business books in 2015 and 2016. If you believe Cuddy’s

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  • The Way We Work Now

    The Way We Work Now0

    • August 11, 2015

    Most Americans now work in white-collar and service industry jobs rather than in manual labor. Technological innovation and the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs overseas continues to reduce the need for blue collar workers. And gone are the days where many individuals earned their living through farming. Only 19% of Americans now live in rural areas,

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  • The Way to Win a Revolution

    The Way to Win a Revolution0

    When talk of revolution comes, probably a fair amount of Americans think of the American Revolution and the need for the modern equivalent of muskets and artillery. But is that the best way to make change? Violent revolutions are at times needed, but it seems that there is work needed well before the first shots

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  • The Way of the Sixgun: An American Martial Art

    The Way of the Sixgun: An American Martial Art0

    With culture around us apparently in decline, it’s worth celebrating uniquely American traditions, especially growing ones. And few activities could be more American than the marksmanship sport of Old West-style shooting. The increasingly popular shooting matches of the National Congress of Old West Shooters and the Single Action Shooting Society are perhaps more than a

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  • The Wasting of Time and Human Happiness

    The Wasting of Time and Human Happiness0

    • November 27, 2018

    As an undergraduate, I went for walks in rural Michigan. Sometimes alone, sometimes with others. Romantic walks, friendly walks, philosophical walks, beautiful walks. On one memorable walk, I delighted in the loveliness of the effect a streetlight can have on green leaves in the dark. I wasted time on those walks, and it shaped my

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  • The Washington Post’s Weird Descent into McCarthyism

    The Washington Post’s Weird Descent into McCarthyism0

    Earlier this week, Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi took the extraordinary step of blasting one of America’s most distinguished media institutions in a story headlined: “The Washington Post ‘Blacklist’ Story Is Shameful and Disgusting.” Taibbi slammed the Post for picking up a narrative spun by an anonymous “anti-propaganda organization” called PropOrNot. The shadow group, which

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