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  • The Implications of NYC’s New Transgender “Guidelines”

    The Implications of NYC’s New Transgender “Guidelines”0

    Just before Christmas, the City of New York issued new “guidance” for enforcing a 2002 law prohibiting “discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression.” Some conservative websites interpreted the new guidelines to mean that merely addressing a “transgendered” person by a pronoun of the “wrong” gender could result in a $250,000 fine for

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  • ‘They Will not be Judged by the Color of Their Skin’

    ‘They Will not be Judged by the Color of Their Skin’1

    Today, the nation celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. who made a tremendous contribution to history. Most young Americans have been familiarized with his work and vision through his “I Have a Dream…” speech from 1963 at the “March on Washington”. Here’s the text of the full speech. Audio is below:     A speech does

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  • Why Many People Are Resorting to Anger in Debates

    Why Many People Are Resorting to Anger in Debates0

    It’s extremely frustrating and happens all too frequently: You’re having a conservation with someone over a point of disagreement, and the other person quickly gets angry. End of conversation; end of dialogue. What causes this to happen so often? Why do differences over politics, morality, and worldviews often devolve into anger and hurt feelings? Why

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  • Maybe the West Isn’t as Secular as We Thought

    Maybe the West Isn’t as Secular as We Thought0

    • January 15, 2016

    The West stands for secular law while Muslims want to impose a religious Sharia law, right? Not so fast, says Remi Brague, professor of philosophy at the University of Munich. In his essay “Are Non-Theocratic Regimes Possible?”, Brague argues, “The two conceptions of law that face each other [Western and Muslim] both rest on a common

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  • Decrease in Teen Moms

    Decrease in Teen Moms0

    According to a new report from the CDC, the average age of women at the time of first childbirth has risen from 24.9 to 26.3 in the last 15 years. Reporting on this increase, NPR writes, “The main force pulling the average age to the older end of the spectrum is a decrease in the number

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  • Shocker: Study Finds Attractive Women Get Better Grades

    Shocker: Study Finds Attractive Women Get Better Grades0

    In case it wasn’t already apparent that life is not fair, yet another study has shown that attractive people have it better. According to NPR Ed, a recent study at Metropolitan State University of Denver found that good looking women received higher grades from professors. Researchers had outside observers rate students’ physical attractiveness based on their

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