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If Gender is ‘Fluid,’ Why are Gender Reveal Parties So Popular?0
- Culture
- October 6, 2017
It’s definitely a girl. Definitely. That’s what family and friends of Matt Ostergaard and Adrianna Zbik learned last week when Ostergard arranged for the 187-foot-tall SkyWheel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to be lit up in pink for his child’s “gender reveal.” Amazingly, this was not the first Ferris wheel gender reveal. In the spring,
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Study: Free College is Bad for Students 0
- Economics, Education
- October 6, 2017
One of the anomalies of the 2016 presidential election was the fact that an old white guy from Vermont was able to captivate a diverse audience of young millennials. The most obvious reason for Bernie Sanders’s popularity was his advocacy for free, government-funded college. With higher education costs multiplying at a rapid rate and college
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‘The Hobbit’ Turns 80 0
- History
- October 5, 2017
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” When Tolkien wrote these words, which would become one of the most famous and most memorable opening sentences in all of literature, he could not have known what literary power would be unleashed by his creation of the diminutive hole-dwelling creature, Bilbo Baggins. This year,
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Mass Shooters and Broken Families: The Overlooked Link Connecting these 6 Killers 0
- Family
- October 5, 2017
In describing the horror of the 59 people murdered in Las Vegas, President Trump got it right: “It was an act of pure evil.” What leads someone to meticulously plan and execute a massacre? From his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Stephen Paddock could see the packed crowd.
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Catalonia Shows the Danger of Disarming Civilians 0
- Politics
- October 5, 2017
Since the tragic murder of 59 peaceful concertgoers in Las Vegas, I’ve heard well-intentioned Americans from all political corners echoing heartbroken and tempting refrains: Can’t we just ban guns? Surely we can all get together on the rocket launchers. Things like this would happen less often. We have enough military. While victims were still in
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Barzun in 1999: The Internet Will Lead to Isolation and Chaos 1
- Culture
- October 5, 2017
Jacques Barzun (1907-2012) was one of the preeminent historians of his day. His magnum opus, From Dawn to Decadence, traces the history of Western culture from 1500 to 2000. The book is required reading for anyone serious about understanding Western history, thought, and culture. It’s been more than a decade since I read From Dawn
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If Gender is ‘Fluid,’ Why are Gender Reveal Parties So Popular?0