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  • Pew Research Fuels Gender Wage Gap Myth

    Pew Research Fuels Gender Wage Gap Myth3

    Do women make as much money as men? According to a new report from Pew Research, the answer is no. Titled “The Enduring Grip of the Gender Pay Gap,” the report states: “The gender pay gap – the difference between the earnings of men and women – has barely closed in the United States in

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  • Pew Report: Half of Americans Believe Immigrants are Bad for the Economy

    Pew Report: Half of Americans Believe Immigrants are Bad for the Economy0

    • September 29, 2015

    Yesterday, Pew Research released a report which showed that 59 million immigrants have arrived in the U.S. in the last 50 years. This far exceeds the 32 million immigrants which arrived between 1840 and 1919.      The immigration debate can be quite sensitive for a number of reasons. For one thing, denying entry to a

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  • Pew Releases List of “Most Striking Findings” in 2015

    Pew Releases List of “Most Striking Findings” in 20150

    The Pew Research Center studies the trends that shape our world. They took a look back at 2015 and compiled their most striking findings. Here’s a list of 10 of their findings we think you may find interesting:   1. “Just 19% of Americans say they can trust the federal government always or most of

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  • Petulant Students Do Not a Utopia Make

    Petulant Students Do Not a Utopia Make0

    For several years, tantrums over allegedly unacceptable speakers were par for the course on college campuses. While the pandemic quelled the noise of these protests for a while, the recent revival of classes and extracurricular activities on campuses promises to kick the canceling back into high gear. In fact, it has already begun. Exhibit A

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  • Peter Hitchens on the War in Syria: An Interview

    Peter Hitchens on the War in Syria: An Interview0

    I was reading George Will on Syria. The piece consists of this: Obligatory reference to the Germans dropping chemical weapons. Wikipedia level knowledge of the types of weapons and a strained causal link to Israel’s motivations in destroying Syrian airfield, completely oblivious of the greater strategic considerations. Mild Wikipedia level history to show that the

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  • Pet-Sitting Kids May Now Get Slapped with Fine

    Pet-Sitting Kids May Now Get Slapped with Fine0

    I got my first job offer around age nine. It was for the illustrious position of “cat-sitter” and lasted for a handful of days while my neighbors were on vacation. The venture was successful, and for the next several years I poked my head through their hydrangea bushes and slipped in the back door countless

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