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  • Fake Hate is Now Happening on the Right, Too

    Fake Hate is Now Happening on the Right, Too0

    The rise of “fake hate”—false reports of crime reported by individuals claiming to be victims of crimes committed by a certain group—is a deeply troubling phenomenon.   There was a spike of these stories following the election of Donald Trump, most of which were stories spun by college students who claimed they were victims of

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  • What Plato Teaches about Taylor Swift’s Music

    What Plato Teaches about Taylor Swift’s Music0

    • August 28, 2017

    In case you’ve been under a rock recently and didn’t hear, Taylor Swift is set to release a new album. According to social media and other venues, the song she released as a sneak preview for the album entitled “Reputation” was met with mixed reviews. Fortunately for Swift, these mixed reviews don’t appear to have

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  • Houston: What Jack London Had to Say About Looters

    Houston: What Jack London Had to Say About Looters0

    The video footage of looting in Houston following Hurricane Harvey is much like the looting we’ve seen in other parts of the country: shattered shop windows, people walking away with flat screen TVs or shoes or whatever, and the police often nowhere to be found. Oh, and infuriating. Here’s an example:   What’s different about

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  • What Did That Confederate Statue in Durham Stand For?

    What Did That Confederate Statue in Durham Stand For?0

    As I watched a crowd of militant Leftists in Durham, North Carolina this week pull down a statue of a Confederate soldier, I was left not only angry but befuddled by the ignorance of it all: the vitriol of the mob focused on this seemingly inoffensive monument depicting a common soldier, seemingly war-weary and tired,

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  • The Nursery School Where the Children are in Charge

    The Nursery School Where the Children are in Charge0

    America’s education system as we know it was founded in the mid-1800s by Horace Mann. Among other things, Mann’s education program included top-down control of a factory-like, state-run school system, a method adopted from the province we now refer to as Germany. But it appears that 19th century Germany wasn’t the only era to lead

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  • Star Trek Taught Us How to Deal With Microaggressions

    Star Trek Taught Us How to Deal With Microaggressions1

    Growing up, my father was a big Star Trek fan. As a child, I didn’t really care for the show. It was a bit too philosophical for a 9-year-old and there were no light sabers to be found. Eventually I became a fan of the show, however. I learned to appreciate its writing, which was

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