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  • Is the U.S. an “Artificial Union”?

    Is the U.S. an “Artificial Union”?0

    Over 1,500 years ago, St. Augustine wrote his De Civitate Dei (“The City of God”) as the Roman Empire was on the verge of eventually falling to Odoacer in 476 A.D. In Book 19 of it, Augustine famously defined a society or “people” as a “multitude of rational creatures associated in a common agreement as

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  • Is the Teen Mental Health Crisis a Spiritual Crisis?

    Is the Teen Mental Health Crisis a Spiritual Crisis?4

    Ask any TikTok user about the app’s “For You” Page, and many will say that it “knows them better than they know themselves.” Between its manipulative technology and connection to the Chinese Communist Party, it’s unclear how much damage TikTok is doing to American society. We do know, however, that teen depression is skyrocketing, and studies show

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  • Is the Supreme Court Today More Powerful Than the Founders Intended?

    Is the Supreme Court Today More Powerful Than the Founders Intended?0

    With the high-profile coverage of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death earlier this month, a number of Americans have turned their attention toward the appointment of his replacement. A recent Pew Research poll found that 55% of Americans believe the Senate should move forward with the confirmation process when President Obama appoints his nominee. Pew also released

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  • Is the Stand-By-Your-Man Attitude Increasingly a Thing of the Past?

    Is the Stand-By-Your-Man Attitude Increasingly a Thing of the Past?0

    With the news of Nancy Reagan’s death, the media has been peppered with tributes to the wife of America’s 40th President. Despite what the writers of these tributes may think of Mrs. Reagan’s politics or even personal quirks (and yes, she had some), they all seem to agree that she had a major redeeming quality.

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  • Is the School Day Inefficient?

    Is the School Day Inefficient?0

    • August 25, 2015

    Is the public school’s institutional approach to education inefficient? The life of Denver high school junior Nick Bain suggests it certainly is. According to NPR, last school year Bain recognized the assembly-line process that he was being subjected to in the classroom and “decided to write down what he was doing every 15 minutes” while

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  • Is the Red Wave Back?

    Is the Red Wave Back?0

    In the dog days of summer, as President Joe Biden’s average approval rating plummeted to historic lows amid an intense flurry of national setbacks, policy blunders and rhetorical “gaffes” (otherwise known as palpable senility), most in the punditry class began to predict an imminent “red wave” of Republican electoral dominance in November’s midterm elections. The

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