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  • You’re Going to Have to Educate Yourself

    You’re Going to Have to Educate Yourself0

    Let’s face it: we all have holes in our education. In part, this is because we can only fit so much into the years of our formal education. But the holes in our education are also due to the fact that we no longer have a standard canon of sources that we are expected to

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  • You’ll never be Equal Enough

    You’ll never be Equal Enough0

    In The Twilight of Authority the famous sociologist Robert Nisbet made a simply, yet profound comment about freedom, justice, and equality. To paraphrase, he reflected that he could imagine people believing that they would have enough freedom and justice. They knew it wasn’t perfect, but life was good enough. Of equality, though, he believed that

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  • You’ve Just Been Called a Bigot. Now What?

    You’ve Just Been Called a Bigot. Now What?0

    So you have just been accused of being a bigot of some kind—you’re a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, a xenophobe, or some other horrible-sounding name. Don’t fool yourself. Everyone is a potential target. Anyone can be called out. Forget intersectionality. African-Americans, women, LGBTQ, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and all manner of foreign nationals have

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  • You won’t believe how little Boomers saved

    You won’t believe how little Boomers saved0

    The season of dying seems to be upon my friends and me. Last year, it was my step-father; last week, it was a good friend’s dad. In past years there have been others I know who have passed on and, of course, plenty of scares along the way. One thing that troubles me is how

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  • You May Think You Like Socialism, but You’re Probably Not a Socialist at Heart

    You May Think You Like Socialism, but You’re Probably Not a Socialist at Heart0

    Did you ever have to do a big project with another classmate in elementary or high school? If so, did you find sometimes you were the one doing all the work while your teammate didn’t do much other than share in the good grade you earned? How did that make you feel? Probably angry and

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  • You Married the ‘Wrong One’ – Now What?

    You Married the ‘Wrong One’ – Now What?0

    Kate Emory married “the wrong man”, and she thinks she’s not alone. A recent survey “revealed that a third of married Britons have regrets about their marriage, 1.4 million admit that they married the wrong person, while more than 1.2 million are only staying in it for the children and would soon tick every single box.”

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