Convention, customs, manners and civility. When my daughter Ella was 16, I met her at a local restaurant for dinner. I was already seated when she arrived and before I could hold the chair out for her, she plopped down in the seat next to me. I was livid. I stood up and told her
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In the classical liberal tradition, individuals have rights, but groups do not. As Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, men, not nations or cultures, are entitled to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Yet today, some liberal thinkers are revisiting this stance to make powerful arguments about the rights of communities. One
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““[E]very saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” This Christian quote that everyone takes out of context is from Oscar Wilde. Watch our video to see what Wilde actually meant by those words. Save this article to favorites
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Artificial intelligence is a buzzword these days, captivating America’s imagination but also stirring fears. At the heart of our AI fascination lies this dilemma: Is AI a force for good, is it neutral, or is it evil? And how will AI impact our democracy? First, it must be acknowledged that there are indeed substantial benefits
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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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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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