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  • The Argument Beneath the Surface of Gun Control

    The Argument Beneath the Surface of Gun Control0

    The shock of three mass shootings in a week has prompted even the conservative newspaper The New York Post to call for the banning of what it calls “weapons of war” and President Trump to upset his base by tweeting that “Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks.” Several Republicans have

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  • It’s Time to Ask Politicians Some Questions

    It’s Time to Ask Politicians Some Questions0

    The other day, I was outside the coffee shop that serves as my second home. In the parking lot across the street a 30-something dad was helping his daughter, three or four years old, out of the car. She said something to him I couldn’t hear, and her dad replied, “Meagan, do you realize you

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  • My Time in the University Gulag

    My Time in the University Gulag0

    Each of us is a center of the universe, and that universe is shattered when they hiss at you: “You are under arrest!” “Me? What for?” These were the words that every Gulag prisoner parceled out before detention. Who knew what their crime really was? Mine was being a Christian, cisgender male of European descent

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  • New Study Defending NYC’s Minimum Wage Law Is Fake News

    New Study Defending NYC’s Minimum Wage Law Is Fake News1

    Last week Business Insider published an article with the eye-opening title “NYC’s $15 minimum wage hasn’t brought the restaurant apocalypse — it’s helped them thrive.” Given the political momentum for the “Fight for 15” movement, culminating in the House voting in favor of a $15 national minimum wage last month, the article made for perfect social

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  • Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria – Too General and Too Much Harm?

    Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria – Too General and Too Much Harm?0

    The diagnosis of gender dysphoria – defined as a conflict between a person’s physical sex and the one with which he/she identifies – is so general that it can embrace any of a multitude of other ailments. But once gender specialists decide on the diagnosis of gender dysphoria, they stop looking further. If a concerned patient or parent

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  • Surprising Parenting Advice From ‘Vanity Fair’

    Surprising Parenting Advice From ‘Vanity Fair’0

    Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray, is a classic of English literature. The novel, which was published in serial form starting in 1847, offers a satirical look at society, manners, and human weakness. The plot centers on the scheming social climber Rebecca Sharp, and all the main characters are adults. However, over the course of

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