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What Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees Does (And What it Doesn’t)0
- Politics
- January 30, 2017
Before I even had my Saturday morning coffee I received a text from a friend linking to a New York Times op-ed with the headline, “Trump’s Immigration Ban Is Illegal.” As I ground beans, the wife of a prominent conservative friend posted on Facebook that she was “heartbroken” over the ban, and that she promised
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How to Raise Kids to Be Leaders—Not Twitter Trolls 0
- Culture
- January 27, 2017
At the start of 2017, the Atlantic author Ta-Nehisi Coates self-importantly announced he was taking a year-long sabbatical from Twitter to focus on that old-fashioned long-form genre: the book. He’s not the only one taking a Twitter hiatus; lots of celebrities and writers have taken temporary breaks from the social media platform. But the compulsion—or
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The Human-Pig: Is C.S. Lewis’ 1944 Prediction Coming True?0
- Culture
- January 27, 2017
Science always seems to be coming up with experiments which push the limits in the ethical realm. One of these occurred last fall when scientists announced that they had produced the first baby with three biological parents. Most recently, scientists now believe they are able to create a new type of creature by crossing a
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Camus and Sartre: How Communism Drove them Apart 2
- Culture
- January 27, 2017
They were an odd pair. Albert Camus was French Algerian, a pied-noir born into poverty who effortlessly charmed with his Bogart-esque features. Jean-Paul Sartre, from the upper reaches of French society, was never mistaken for a handsome man. They met in Paris during the Occupation and grew closer after the Second World War. In those
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‘This is Library!’: Watch a student trying to study rudely interrupt a mob of protestors 0
- Culture
- January 27, 2017
Millennials have a reputation for loving protests, demanding safe spaces, and seeking social justice during their college years. Often it seems that these items take priority over the reason they are supposed to be attending college, namely, to study and grow in knowledge. The good news, however, is that there are still some in the
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Our Culture is Dead 0
- Culture
- January 27, 2017
A new book is coming out this month bearing the arresting title Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture. It is by Anthony Esolen, a professor of English at Providence College and a prominent cultural commentator. Esolen argues that what we used to think of as American culture has been utterly destroyed (principally by Marxist
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What Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees Does (And What it Doesn’t)0