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  • Secrets of Septuplet Success

    Secrets of Septuplet Success0

    Remember the McCaughey septuplets? Amazingly, those tiny babies are celebrating their 18th birthday today! In honor of the occasion, USA Today served up a feature article about the family, complete with details on the future plans of each of the seven famous children. Judging from the article, the McCaughey septuplets seem to be happy, congenial,

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  • Mesa Verde and the Refugee Question

    Mesa Verde and the Refugee Question0

    A group of archeologists have recently concluded that it wasn’t just climate change that lead to the sudden disappearance of the Pueblo ancestors who used to occupy the Mesa Verde cliff-dwellings roughly 800 years ago. While historical climate change impacts are certainly relevant to our times, archeologists’ beliefs that migrants and culture clashes had a

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  • Does “Little Women” Get the Marriage Concept Wrong?

    Does “Little Women” Get the Marriage Concept Wrong?0

    It may seem surprising, but until a few months ago, I had never seen the famous 1994 film “Little Women” with Christian Bale and Winona Ryder. Perhaps it was because I was viewing the film with fresh eyes that one little line jumped out and startled me. The line came near the end of the

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  • Is Dr. Spock the Reason We Have an Easily Offended Culture?

    Is Dr. Spock the Reason We Have an Easily Offended Culture?0

    • November 18, 2015

    As we have seen with the recent outbursts on various college campuses, it doesn’t take much these days for people to be offended. Wear a Halloween costume which references a certain culture? Offensive. Say something contrary to another person’s opinion? Offensive. But are we too easily offended and outraged these days? That’s a question Sarah

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  • A Sex Strike to End Chicago’s Violence?

    A Sex Strike to End Chicago’s Violence?0

    Aristophanes, the Ancient Greek playwright, created the play Lysistrata around 400 B.C. Set against the backdrop of the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens, it is the story of a woman who sets out to end the violence by starting a sex strike. According to the news this week, a woman is now setting out

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  • What Bureaucrats Secretly Crave

    What Bureaucrats Secretly Crave0

    Good ol’ Tom Wolfe, author of The Bonfire of the Vanities, has a great description of bureaucrats and what they secretly crave in his short piece Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers. If you’ve ever been at the mercy of a bureaucrat demanding the proper forms, this one will probably resonate with you. “There are those who

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