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Why the Hell Are Politicians Trying to Run Airlines?0
- Economics
- December 14, 2016
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, the incoming Senate minority leader, is angry that United Airlines is planning to charge an overhead bin fee to passengers buying the cheapest economy seats. Consider your customer service experience. Who provides better service: the Motor Vehicle Administration or L.L. Bean? The Post Office or FedEx? Your cable company or Netflix?
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4 in 10 Completely Clueless on 1st Amendment 0
- Culture
- December 14, 2016
December 15th marks the anniversary of the American Bill of Rights. At the time the Bill of Rights was inaugurated, Thomas Jefferson noted that every government is obligated to provide such rights for its citizens. Unfortunately, many Americans today seem oblivious to this entitlement. Take, for example, the man-on-the-street interview Jay Leno conducted several years
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Feminism Demands Too Much Intellectual Conformity of Women 0
- Culture
- December 13, 2016
I am a woman, proudly so. I believe women are as smart as men, as capable as men, and ought not be satisfied if considered otherwise. I am one of those who would love to see that last and greatest of glass ceilings broken. I think there are a lot of smart women, and I
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Did Beer Give Birth to Civilization?0
- Culture
- December 13, 2016
About 10,000 years ago, humans in the Fertile Crescent began tilling soil and cultivating crops. Why they began doing this we’ll likely never know for certain. But compelling evidence suggests it was related to the discovery of the process of fermentation and, more specifically, beer. Nearly 30 years ago, Solomon Katz, a University of Pennsylvania
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The Best Writing Program? Math and Latin 0
- Education
- December 13, 2016
In her recent article at Intellectual Takeout, Annie Holmquist gives three reasons why college freshman can’t write, a problem that is the topic of constant complaint of college professors. Her reasons are good: They are not receiving good instruction in reasoning and in writing; they don’t receive constructive criticism in school; and they are the
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The Politicization of Everything 0
- Culture
- December 13, 2016
What do Anheuser-Busch InBev, Grubhub, New Balance, Kellogg’s, and the HGTV show Fixer Upper have in common? On the surface, not a whole lot—except that, over the past several weeks, each one has been the subject of a political controversy. On October 28th, Adweek reported that Anheuser-Busch InBev was ending its parodic “Bud Light Party” commercials “a little earlier than
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Why the Hell Are Politicians Trying to Run Airlines?0