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  • Our IQs Are Shrinking (A Lot), Study Finds

    Our IQs Are Shrinking (A Lot), Study Finds1

    There is a tendency for man to think one’s own generation is the smartest to ever strut the Earth. “Each generation,” Orwell quipped, “imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” This tendency likely is even more acute for those who’ve

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  • Our Information Society is Not Yielding More Knowledge

    Our Information Society is Not Yielding More Knowledge0

    In today’s world, modern celebrities and artists seem to be primarily concerned with their image and whether or not it is aligned with the politically correct thought of the day. It is for this reason that it’s easy to sit up and take note when a celebrity actually goes against the grain of today’s conventional

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  • Our Ignorance of the Past Condemns Us to Perpetual Childhood

    Our Ignorance of the Past Condemns Us to Perpetual Childhood0

    Zebulon Vance, governor of North Carolina during the Civil War, attained a pardon from the United States government for siding with the Confederacy and became a Senator. His colleagues in Congress enjoyed the company of this witty, earthy man, and a group of them invited Vance to visit them in New England. At one get-together,

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  • Our Ignorance of Socialism Is Dangerous

    Our Ignorance of Socialism Is Dangerous0

    A recent Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey found that 51 percent of American millennials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist country. Only 42 percent prefer the latter. Twenty-five percent of millennials who know who Vladimir Lenin was view him favorably. Lenin was the first premier of the Union of

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  • Our Identity Crisis

    Our Identity Crisis0

    According to a recent report in The New York Times, Health and Human Services Department officials have been circulating a proposal to define sex. Their memo says, “Sex means a person’s status as male or female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth.” They add, “The sex listed on a person’s birth

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  • Our Grievances Fuel Political Demagogues

    Our Grievances Fuel Political Demagogues0

    “I was grocery shopping and someone banged my foot with their shopping cart,” said a participant in a workshop I was conducting with a large organization. “They made me mad!” Defensive and indignant, the participant went on to tell how he didn’t receive a proper apology. “Everyone in this room knows what I’m talking about,”

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