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Six Inspiring Portrayals in Movies and TV of US Presidents1
- Entertainment, History
- October 5, 2023
As the 2024 presidential election looms in the distance, with the debate season already in high gear, it is once again that time for the American people to reflect on what truly matters to them in a president of the United States. Is it good policies? Leadership? Character? Intelligence? Every four years, we determine that
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What Caused the Collapse of Parental Authority?3
You’ve been there. You’re in the store, minding your own business when suddenly you hear the angry screams of a child, interspersed with: “Johnny, get up off the floor this instant! I mean it, Johnny! By the time I count to three… Johnny, mommy will give you a cookie when we get to the car
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Is ‘Antiracism’ a Grift?3
- Culture
- October 4, 2023
Henry Rogers was born in Queens in 1982, to middle-class parents deeply involved in civil rights activism. After completing journalism and African American Studies programs at several universities, including Temple University where he completed his Ph.D., Rogers began a career as a university lecturer, taking up various posts along the East Coast in history and
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The Intellectual Purpose of Education: Why ‘Impractical’ Subjects Are Still Worth Learning1
- Education
- October 4, 2023
It’s a complaint I’ve heard often, and (I’ll confess) occasionally spoken myself: “What use is learning math? It’s not like it’s going to help me in life!” In eighth grade geometry, the complaints seemed legitimate. Why was I calculating the angles of triangle XYZ? I didn’t know what career I was going to pursue, but—at
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Discrimination Is Entrenched in US Corporates, Just Not the Kind You Might Think1
- Culture
- October 4, 2023
Title VII of the US Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against job applicants based on their race, colour, religion, sex, or national origin. However, that didn’t stop the majority of S&P 100 companies reducing Caucasian Americans to just 6 percent of new hires in the year following the Black Lives Matter
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Why Our Bookstores Never Participated in Banned Books Week5
- Culture, Literature
- October 3, 2023
Banned Books Week, October 1–7, is here again. Bookstores and libraries across the country will feature displays of what they call banned books. Some mainstream news outlets will offer editorials and articles denouncing censorship in places like school and public libraries. We’ll doubtless hear this year’s theme and slogan, “Let Freedom Read,” repeated from these
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Americans Are Worried About the Future of Families, According to New Pew Report1
- Family
- October 3, 2023
More Americans are pessimistic than optimistic about the future of the family. People are looking beyond their marriages and families for fulfilment. “Open relationships” are fashionable. And men have stronger family values than women, all according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. The report, released on September 14, presents a perplexing mix
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Global Daycare Is Not the Answer0
- Culture, Family, International
- October 3, 2023
It could be argued that society is in pretty sad shape. Children, in particular, are suffering from a host of problems, including anxiety, obesity, aggression, ADHD, and depression, at the highest rates in history. The new US Strategy on Global Women’s Economic Security is not going to help matters much. In fact, it could make things a
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Canadian School Book Ban: High School Removes All Pre-2008 Books3
- Culture, Education, Literature
- October 2, 2023
Book banning has become a serious topic of debate throughout the United States and Canada over the past few years, with many left-leaning individuals and organizations calling foul against conservatives who do not believe children should be reading sexually explicit material in the classroom. And while this debate will probably not be resolved anytime soon,
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