A minority of those on the Left have responded to Trump’s election with rational reflection and a critical look at some of their positions that were rejected by voters. However, the majority of the Left seem to be throwing a collective temper tantrum and resorting to all-too-familiar Alinskyite tactics to disparage Trump. Slovenian philosopher
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Not only did early humans have both sets of sexual organs, Aristophanes reports, but they were outfitted with two faces, four hands, and four legs. These monstrosities were very fast—moving by way of cartwheels –– and they were also quite powerful. So powerful, in fact, that the gods were nervous for their dominion. Wanting to
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Perhaps the most committed Italian republican of his era, Niccolo Machiavelli left what many consider to be a horrendous legacy. This perspective most often results from the The Prince, by far his most famous work. This group generally considers The Prince as a handbook of totalitarian impulse, containing the secrets of power consolidation. Indeed, even
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Now that 2016 is gone and President Obama is a thing of the past, we can take a look back at just how much government spending grew during his tenure. It seems that in his eight year tenure, Obama never managed to top the enormous increases in government spending that occurred under presidents Reagan and George
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The headlines in Australian newspapers this week have not been kind to the Catholic Church. Gail Furness, the lawyer for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, delivered a blistering speech outlining its findings to date about Catholic dioceses, religious orders and institutions. Afterwards, the Sydney Morning Herald editorialised: “Now we know too, that
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A few years ago, the British-run Ordnance Survey released a list of 20 basic skills which were nearing extinction among today’s young people. Among the disappearing skills? Reading a map, making bread, and tying a knot. Unfortunately, these 20 items aren’t the only “basic skills” that are disappearing from the consciousness of the next generation.
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