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Amy Schumer’s Crudity is Boring, Not Clever 0
- Culture
- March 15, 2017
In the last several years, comedienne Amy Schumer has burst on the national scene and enjoyed a decent amount of success. Like many of today’s comedians, Schumer’s humor capitalizes upon crass and crude subjects, which the Los Angeles Times recently described in the following way: “Schumer’s renown for obliterating narrow ideas about female sexuality, double
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Advice on Manhood Andrew Jackson Received from His Dying Mother 0
- History
- March 14, 2017
In 1815, as Andrew Jackson stood before his men a war hero following the Battle of New Orleans, he spoke of his mother, who had been dead three and a half decades. “Gentlemen, I wish she could have lived to see this day. There never was a woman like her,” Jackson intoned, according to historian
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BBC Dad Isn’t a Tool of the Patriarchy. He’s All of Us Who Balance Work and Family 509
- Culture
- March 14, 2017
Is Robert Kelly just another tool of the patriarchy? That’s the question circulating on the Internet after the video of Kelly, forever to be known as “BBC dad,” went viral. Thirty million views later, people may be running out of things to say about the hilarious scene when Kelly is trying to speak seriously on
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‘Recess Coaches’ are Being Hired by Schools to Manage How Kids Play 0
- Culture
- March 14, 2017
A few years ago, recess was on the verge of extinction, crowded out by high-stakes testing and concerns over potential injuries or schoolyard bullying. Recess, however, has come roaring back in popularity as parents and teachers have realized how essential it is to the growth and development of children. Yet in spite of this resurgence,
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Which States Are the Biggest Moochers?0
- Economics
- March 14, 2017
Since Donald Trump’s election, some leftists have been trotting out analyses showing that many states that voted for Trump are also states where federal spending plays a disproportionately large role in the statewide economy. In other words, many of those states that talk a lot about states rights and less federal government — it is
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New Republic Writer: Blue and Red States Should Go Their Own Ways 0
- History
- March 14, 2017
Nearly a week ago in The New Republic, writer Kevin Baker penned an open letter stating that blue and red states should breakup. In the letter, addressed to “Red State Trump voters,” Baker spends about 4,700 words making an intellectual case for progressivism, insulting people who live in West Virginia and rural Arkansas, and explaining why
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