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  • Why We Need Second Breakfast: Three Things Hobbits Teach About Friendship

    Why We Need Second Breakfast: Three Things Hobbits Teach About Friendship0

    Are you depressed by the fact that your circle of friends is consistently shrinking? Do you even have a circle of friends? Are you tired of being lonelier than Gollum? The Hobbits, a care-free and peace-loving people from J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world of “The Lord of the Rings,” have three tips for becoming a better

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  • Why We Need Local Newspapers to Protect the Common Good

    Why We Need Local Newspapers to Protect the Common Good0

    While many newspapers have shut down or laid off employees in the last ten years, many small-town newspapers across the country are not only surviving, but in some cases are thriving. That they are doing so is the result of several factors – their focus on local news, their feature stories on festivals, the arts,

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  • Why We Need Alpha Males

    Why We Need Alpha Males0

    My colleague, Annie Holmquist, discovered some statistics about the decline in masculinity that have troubled me since the moment I looked over them. Here’s the key part of her piece: “In recent years, a mildly trending topic of discussion has been the question, ‘Where have all the men gone?’ While there are a number of

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  • Why We Need a Voter’s License

    Why We Need a Voter’s License0

    License. My online dictionary defines that word as “a permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade (especially in alcoholic beverages).” Our society abounds in licenses. Getting a driver’s license is a coming of age ritual. Want to get married? You’ll need a license. Want

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  • Why We Must Reclaim Armistice Day

    Why We Must Reclaim Armistice Day0

    Once upon a time a self-styled progressive American president who had only just won re-election on the slogan “he kept us out of war,” led the U.S. into the midst of the bloodiest worldwide conflict in history. Europeans dubbed it the Great War. Americans today remember it as World War One, and recall it as

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  • Why We Must Objectively Study Difficult Questions

    Why We Must Objectively Study Difficult Questions1

    With some regularity, students in my sociological theory course will ask why we should even entertain arguments about the biological reality of race. They note, correctly, that this topic is controversial. They suggest it is too morally and politically risky to pursue, given historical examples of pseudoscience that have provided fodder for egregious moral and

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