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  • Should We Stop Calling Liberals ‘Liberal’?

    Should We Stop Calling Liberals ‘Liberal’?0

    When Americans use the term “liberal” today, they are usually describing a person or group that holds political or moral views associated with the Democratic Party or the “Left.” But it was not always so. In fact, this contemporary usage is the result of an etymological evolution—or devolution, depending on whom you ask. As a

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  • Should We Raise the Voting Age?

    Should We Raise the Voting Age?0

    Through the different news and election cycles, various states and politicians have proposed lowering the voting age (typically to 16). In turn, others have proposed raising the voting age. The most recent example in this conversation that has once again brought the topic to the forefront is remarks from Vivek Ramaswamy. As The Hill explains,

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  • Should we model ourselves on Sir Mick Jagger?

    Should we model ourselves on Sir Mick Jagger?2

    For most of the time I live in a bubble of sanity, comfortably cushioned from the malaise that seems all consuming in the wider culture. Occasionally, however, I leave my comfortable bubble to travel to speaking engagements and conferences. When I do so, I’m struck by how bad things really are. This was brought home

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  • Should We Legalize Drugs?

    Should We Legalize Drugs?0

    That very question is being considered by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) – whose position is described as “key to changing government drug policies.” Yesterday, Virgin Group founder and billionaire Richard Branson leaked UNODC’s briefing paper on the matter entitled, “Deciminalisation of Drug Use and Possession for Personal Consumption.” The paper

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  • Should We Ditch Bike Helmet Laws?

    Should We Ditch Bike Helmet Laws?0

    In recent decades, Americans have witnessed a number of laws and regulations passed in the name of “safety.”    Thus, among other things, we now have bike helmet laws. Currently in the U.S., there are 22 states and 201 localities that mandate the wearing of helmets for bike riders (mostly for riders under the age

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  • Should We Clone a T-Rex?

    Should We Clone a T-Rex?0

    The unearthing of a pregnant, 68 million year-old Tyrannosaurus rex in Montana reportedly has the potential to yield the holy grail of paleontological discoveries: T-Rex DNA. The specimen, says North Carolina State University paleontologist Lindsay Zanno, contains medullary bone, a tissue that develops only in pregnant females near the creature’s egg-laying phase. The presence of

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