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  • Is Islam Imperialist?

    Is Islam Imperialist?2

    English philosopher Antony Flew once commented that Islam was “best described in a Marxian way as the uniting and justifying ideology of Arab imperialism.” This is a rather provocative notion, but it’s not as implausible as it seems. Arab imperialism is a very real phenomenon. As James Sinkinson writes, “Arabs are the most successful colonizers

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  • What Happened to American Civics?

    What Happened to American Civics?1

    My son’s school assigned a civics project for summer vacation. The project’s scope is expansive and spans from explaining the history and functions of the three branches of government to creating a flip book of landmark Supreme Court cases like Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education. One of the tasks is a minor level of

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  • Cicero and Democracy: What an Ancient Thinker Can Teach Us About Government

    Cicero and Democracy: What an Ancient Thinker Can Teach Us About Government2

    Ancient philosophers didn’t like democracy. Cicero, the great Roman defender of natural rights, is a case-in-point. So as Americans gear up for another presidential election, it’s worth taking a look at his reasons for rejecting popular government. Politics played an outsized role in Cicero’s life, so it’s not surprising that he wrote and spoke a

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  • Back to School, and Time to Foster Creativity

    Back to School, and Time to Foster Creativity0

    Back-to-school season is here, and with the recent examples of race-based classroom activities and sexually charged curriculum in schools nationwide, parents are right to wonder what their students will be taught this fall. A recent commentary by an education reporter about his own children revealed that last year his sixth grader had no homework, spelling tests, handwriting

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  • Friday Comic: Wants and Needs1

    Credit: OwenComics (store) X: @owenbroadcast Instagram: @owenbroadcast Save this article to favorites

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  • Could the Olympics Die With the Baby Boomers?

    Could the Olympics Die With the Baby Boomers?4

    The pageantry of the Olympic Games are diverting attention from a question which must keep members of the International Olympic Committee awake at night: will the modern Games survive? “If we don’t get young people playing sport, we won’t be here for very much longer,” IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said at a press conference last week. “We have

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