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  • The Impulses Driving Transgender ‘Vandals’

    The Impulses Driving Transgender ‘Vandals’1

    Want to know some surprising facts about transgenderism? Physician Michael Laidlaw has some to offer in a recent article for Public Discourse: More than 60 gender clinics have opened in the U.S. since 2007. The transgender student population is growing. Surveys show “as many as 3 percent of school kids now identify as transgender.” One

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  • Moral Grandstanding Might Make You a Worse Person

    Moral Grandstanding Might Make You a Worse Person0

    In an era of bitter partisanship, political infighting and ostracization of those with unpopular views, Americans actually agree on one thing: 85 percent say political discourse has gotten worse over the last several years, according to Pew Research. The polarization plays out everywhere in society, from private holiday gatherings to very public conversations on social media,

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  • Why Hipsters Just Might Save Romance

    Why Hipsters Just Might Save Romance0

    I recently interviewed a lovely lady for my local newspaper who was organizing our hometown’s upcoming Christmas celebration. She noted regretfully how children no longer experience the thrill of looking forward to the surprises Santa will bring. “Kids don’t have to wait for anything anymore,” she observed. “They’re used to getting everything now.” That remark got

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  • How Cuba’s Dictatorship Hides its Dead Children

    How Cuba’s Dictatorship Hides its Dead Children0

    Fidel Castro, the dictator who ruled Cuba with an iron fist for almost six decades, has been dead for more than three years now. Unfortunately, his regime didn’t die alongside him. The Caribbean’s largest island is still under the burdensome yoke of communism. Since Castro took over in 1959, Castroism has been characterized by the

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  • When Sport Conquers Iranian Politics

    When Sport Conquers Iranian Politics0

    In 2016, Kimia Alizadeh won an Olympic medal, the first in history for an Iranian woman. On Saturday she announced she is defecting to the West. Alizadeh publicized her decision in an Instagram post, reports NPR. While the post makes no mention of where she has gone, the Iranian Students News Agency reports the Netherlands is

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  • Why Does New York’s Bureaucracy Cost So Much More Than Florida’s?

    Why Does New York’s Bureaucracy Cost So Much More Than Florida’s?0

    New York and Florida have similar populations of 20 million and 21 million, respectively. But state and local governments in New York spent twice as much ($348 billion) as governments in Florida ($177 billion), as discussed here. New York’s excess includes spending more on handouts such as welfare. Another cause of New York’s high spending is

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