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  • Sorting Through the Confused Theology of Star Wars

    Sorting Through the Confused Theology of Star Wars0

    “Well, I think there is a God. No question. What that God is, or what we know about that God I’m not sure.” –George Lucas The Star Wars film saga is an American classic, long beloved by young and old. One of the series’ most recent spin-off hits is The Mandalorian, a story in which Din Djarin (“Mando”) tries

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  • An Unleashed Feminine Mystique Is Destroying Higher Education

    An Unleashed Feminine Mystique Is Destroying Higher Education2

    The general feminization of Western society has had many negative effects, not least of which is the poisoning of intellectual discourse. Research shows that men tend to act as warriors, who emphasize winning and proving points; women tend to be empathetic, and place far greater value on people’s feelings. But feelings have no business in

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  • Meghan Believed the Disney Princess Myth

    Meghan Believed the Disney Princess Myth0

    Oprah Winfrey’s much anticipated interview with Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, has now hit the airwaves, causing a stir on both sides of the pond. On the surface, the big takeaways from the interview revolve around politically correct buzzwords. “Racism” appears with sirens and flashing red lights upon the revelation that

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  • The Stimulus Reckoning Ahead

    The Stimulus Reckoning Ahead0

    I am an ignorant man and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Ask me about history, literature, or current events, and you’ll find me more knowledgeable than some. Ask me about astronomy, auto repair, or computer maintenance, and I’ll just shrug. Ask me to name one or more gender-friendly pronouns or explain the definition of

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  • The Creative Expert Invention of ‘Far Right Terror’

    The Creative Expert Invention of ‘Far Right Terror’0

    In case you have been lost in the woods and have managed not to hear the news, the United States is facing a blood-chillingly scary white supremacist terrorist threat. The “stunning violence” of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol is perhaps only a prelude of what’s to come, for all experts agree that the biggest

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  • Who Really Imperils the Republic?

    Who Really Imperils the Republic?0

    “That attack, that siege” of the Capitol, FBI Director Chris Wray told Congress, “was criminal behavior, plain and simple, and it was behavior we at the FBI view as domestic terrorism.” “Domestic terrorism,” said Wray, echoing his boss.           For what had been President-elect Joe Biden’s reaction to the Capitol riot? “Don’t dare

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  • When Censorship’s the Game, Despotism Is the Goal

    When Censorship’s the Game, Despotism Is the Goal0

    We’re only a few months beyond the turn of the calendar and already I have a candidate for the word of the year: Censorship. Examples are proliferating at such a fast rate that it seems like a game of whac-a-mole just to keep up with all of them. A few of the most recent include:

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  • The False Philanthropy Charade

    The False Philanthropy Charade0

    Someone’s head must have rolled at the Aspen Institute when Anand Giridharadas’ book came out. Giridharadas didn’t miss a rung as he climbed the American establishment’s social ladder: born in Shaker Heights, schooled at Sidwell Friends, the University of Michigan, and Harvard, employed at McKinsey, the International Herald Tribune, and The New York Times, and mic’d up

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  • The Case Against Reparations: Part 2

    The Case Against Reparations: Part 20

    With reparations, there is the issue of who pays. Do African countries owe reparations to Black Americans? After all, Harvard’s director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Henry Louis Gates, wrote that 90 percent of those enslaved and shipped to the New World were sold by Africans to European slavers. All

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