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C.S. Lewis on How the Ego Thwarts Prayer 0
- Culture
- December 2, 2016
Do you ever pray? Pew Research recently posed that question to Americans and found that if the U.S. was a village composed of 100 people, just a little more than half would pray daily. Twenty-one percent would pray weekly or monthy, while 23 percent rarely would. I found this scenario interesting, particularly when viewed in
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The Washington Post’s Weird Descent into McCarthyism 0
- International
- December 2, 2016
Earlier this week, Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi took the extraordinary step of blasting one of America’s most distinguished media institutions in a story headlined: “The Washington Post ‘Blacklist’ Story Is Shameful and Disgusting.” Taibbi slammed the Post for picking up a narrative spun by an anonymous “anti-propaganda organization” called PropOrNot. The shadow group, which
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Mike Rowe on the College President Who Ditched the Flag 0
- Culture
- December 2, 2016
The other day, Mike Rowe, famed host of the Dirty Jobs show, made some interesting comments on the issue of flag removal and burning that’s been occurring on various college campuses. Per usual, Rowe’s comments challenged politically correct thinking and pointed out blatant inconsistencies: “At Hampshire College, The President, Jonathan Lash, has actually removed the
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Women Commit a Shockingly High Percentage of Sex Crimes 0
- Culture
- December 1, 2016
The Atlantic has an interesting report that seems to defy the conventional wisdom on sex crime and gender. New academic research suggests that women commit a stunningly high percentage of sex crimes. Via the Atlantic: Two years ago, Lara Stemple, Director of UCLA’s Health and Human Rights Law Project, came upon a statistic that surprised her:
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Why are so Many Millennials Emotionally Fragile?2
- Culture
- December 1, 2016
Those of us who live in the northern hemisphere are well acquainted with snowflakes whose fragile beauty dissolves as soon as they land on solid ground. And now, from cry-ins, to test cancellations, to hotlines for women upset over “mansplaining”, the world seems to be overrun with snowflakes, poor millennials who have spent their lives
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The Other Racists 0
- Culture
- December 1, 2016
It’s easy to battle racists and racism when they’re wearing their ideas on a t-shirt or an armband. When somebody says something like “The Mexicans are taking our jobs” or “The blacks are lazy” or “The Jews are running the world!”, you know exactly what you’re getting with that person. When people run around wearing
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