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The Pentagon is Even More Bloated than You Thought 0
- Economics
- December 7, 2016
An internal study at the Department of Defense identified $125 billion in wasteful spending, the Washington Post reports. But government officials buried the report out of fear lawmakers would make defense cuts in the ensuing budget. Via Bob Woodward and Craig Whitlock at the Post: Pentagon leaders had requested the study to help make their
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New Normal on College Campuses: “I believe in free speech, but…”0
- Culture
- December 7, 2016
The news that students at City, University of London have voted to ban The Sun, Daily Mail and Express newspapers from its campus – a ban which could be extended to other media organisations – is just the latest example of how free speech is under threat at universities across the globe. The university’s student
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The Moral Problem with that ‘Last Tango’ Rape Scene 0
- Culture
- December 7, 2016
In the past week a clip of director Bernardo Bertolucci speaking about a scene in the 1972 film The Last Tango in Paris set off a firestorm of controversy on Twitter. The film tells the story of a recently widowed American man’s sordid sexual affair with a French woman. In the particular scene, the character
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Does God See Humans as His Children or His Servants?0
- Culture
- December 7, 2016
Appearances can be deceptive. One might think, for instance, that this article is going to be religious. It is not. Not in the least. To speak tautologically, a religious article is one which is religious, i.e. one that advocates a particular religious position or perspective. The following will not advocate any religious position or perspective.
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Why Pearl Harbor Could Happen Again 0
- Education
- December 7, 2016
December 7th marks the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Naturally, headlines are full of remembrances of the dead and honors for the living. But in reading through headlines, one concern in particular keeps resurfacing. That concern is that the younger generation does not know, nor does it care about, what went on during
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How to Actually Learn Latin 0
- Education
- December 6, 2016
A growing number of students and adults today are expressing a desire to learn Latin. For over a thousand years, this ancient language was one of the building blocks of Western education. But in recent decades, there has been a concerted effort to remove Latin from curricula in schools across America and Europe. This
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