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  • Why Ricky Gervais Is Right to Defend Free Speech Following ‘Count Dankula’s’ Hate Speech Conviction

    Why Ricky Gervais Is Right to Defend Free Speech Following ‘Count Dankula’s’ Hate Speech Conviction0

    In 2017, a 28-year-old Scottish man named Mark Meechan was arrested on suspicion of “posting offensive material online.” The arrest stemmed from a video Meechan created and shared, which showed his girlfriend’s pug doing a Nazi salute whenever it heard words “Sieg Heil” or “gas the Jews.” The video, which was viewed by more than

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  • Why Restaurants Increasingly Are Banning Children

    Why Restaurants Increasingly Are Banning Children0

    • November 2, 2017

    Most restaurants want to cater to their customers’ whims and needs as much as possible. And so they serve the food customers like, remember their names, and in general, make the atmosphere welcoming and conducive to bringing in future business. But some restaurants are having to turn away customers – and not because they don’t

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  • Why Rereading Books is So Important

    Why Rereading Books is So Important0

    Reading a book for the first time is seen by many in our society as a badge of honor and a legitimate cause for boasting.   Rereading a book, on the other hand, doesn’t usually come with the same pride or pack the same awe-inspiring punch in others. Nevertheless, according to Christopher Nelson, President of

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  • Why Republicans Struggle to Gain the Black Vote

    Why Republicans Struggle to Gain the Black Vote0

    Acts of contrition can never endear the Republican Party to black Americans. Republicans have assumed the opposite for decades, thinking that blacks will reward them with support for their energetic pandering. What Republicans fail to realize is that black people view voting as an expression of group solidarity. This solidarity is crucial to the identity of

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  • Why Republicans Shouldn’t Get So Excited About Tax Cuts

    Why Republicans Shouldn’t Get So Excited About Tax Cuts0

    There is a lot of hyperbolic rhetoric flying around about the $1.5 trillion tax package Congressional Republicans delivered on this week. Democratic leaders decried the legislation, declaring it “the end of the world… Armageddon.” (I’m not joking, those are the actual words used by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who should probably consider retiring.) Republicans, meanwhile,

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  • Why Republicans Are Virtually Identical to Democrats on Spending

    Why Republicans Are Virtually Identical to Democrats on Spending0

    Republicans during the Reagan and Bush administrations had a pretty straightforward fiscal policy: increase federal spending dramatically and cut marginal income tax rates modestly, predicting the resulting economic growth would eventually balance the budget. Both administrations increased spending roughly 80-100 percent, depending upon where you draw the start and end lines, given the government’s fiscal

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