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Are ‘Grinch Bots’ Stealing Christmas?0
- Economics
- December 11, 2017
When I was a young boy, if I whined over the trivial, my grandmother would say with patience and firmness, “Let’s not make a federal case over this.” You’re probably not concerned over the price of Fingerlings toys, but Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is; and he is making a federal case over it. Schumer
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Gay Men Now Earn More Than Straight Men, Study Finds 0
- Culture
- December 11, 2017
Attitudes about homosexuality have changed dramatically in recent decades, and the change appears to have had economic consequences for gay men—for the better. A new study conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University found that gay men make considerably more than straight men, on average. The findings are a dramatic shift from results of previous studies,
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Can Rising Depression Rates Be Reduced by This New Education Tactic?0
- Culture
- December 11, 2017
There are two common trends in the world of early-childhood education. The first is to have children spend more time engaging in play. The second is quite the opposite, and attempts to give young children a head start by filling their minds with rigorous academics. But one English school for children ages four and five
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Toxic Masculinity at Intellectual Takeout 0
- Culture
- December 11, 2017
Last week was one of those weeks when work and life are “t-boned” over and over and over again. At a certain point, you simply resign yourself to your fate, only asking, “What’s next?” It was late Thursday night and I had just finished with a pet crisis that resulted in the Foley clan down
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How ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Symbolizes the Triumph of Common Sense 0
- Culture
- December 8, 2017
December 9th marks the anniversary of the Christmas TV special which basically birthed all others: “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Most Americans know the plot well. The despondent Charlie Brown who just can’t work up his Christmas cheer amidst crass commercialism. The confident and obnoxious Lucy, who finds the allegedly perfect solution to Charlie Brown’s gloom.
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News Is Suffering From Groupthink, Say Critics 0
- Culture
- December 8, 2017
Arthur Milikh, associate director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at Heritage, opened the discussion at the Oct. 31 event by asking rhetorically whether the press serves the public—or governs it. He said the news media want “the First Amendment to read, ‘Congress shall not abridge the freedom of the press,
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Are ‘Grinch Bots’ Stealing Christmas?0