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Americans Slip in Global Happiness Survey. But What is ‘Happiness’?0
- Culture
- March 24, 2017
The 2017 World Happiness Report, a list of 155 countries ranked according to multiple measures of personal and collective welfare, was recently released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a United Nations initiative. According to the report, the countries with the happiest inhabitants are Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand,
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Court Rules That the Truth about Milk Can Finally be Told 0
- Economics
- March 24, 2017
In a unanimous decision yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vindicated Ocheesee Creamery’s free speech rights when it reversed a district court’s decision that prevented the creamery from telling its customers the truth about the products it sells. Ocheesee Creamery is a small, all-natural dairy farm located in rural Florida that
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Dangers of the Witch Hunts in Washington 0
- History
- March 24, 2017
As an anthropologist, I know that all groups of people use informal practices of social control in day-to-day interactions. Controlling disruptive behavior is necessary for maintaining social order, but the forms of control vary. How will President Donald Trump control behavior he finds disruptive? The question came to me when Trump called the investigation of
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Islamists Won’t Thank Liberals for Being Nice or PC 0
- International
- March 24, 2017
On “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Ayaan Hirsi Ali recently blasted what she called the “apologetic attitude” many liberals seem to have toward Islamism and Islamic terrorism. Hirsi Ali, who was raised Muslim in Somalia but has renounced her former religion, said the Islamist playbook is simple: indoctrination, intimidation, and force. She said Western efforts to appease
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Why Most Students No Longer Read the ‘Great Books’0
- Education
- March 23, 2017
For about a hundred years now, various educators have tried to promote a return to the study of the “Great Books” in schools. But they have largely failed to gain much traction. “Great Books” is the name given to the so-called Western canon of literature—those books throughout history that have been influential in shaping
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How the Government Ruined US Healthcare — and What Can Be Done 0
- Economics
- March 23, 2017
Government’s meddling in the healthcare business has been disastrous from the get-go. Since 1910, when Republican William Taft gave in to the American Medical Association’s lobbying efforts, most administrations have passed new healthcare regulations. With each new law or set of new regulations, restrictions on the healthcare market went further, until at some point in
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