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Think the U.S. Is More Polarized Than Ever? You Don’t Know History0
- Culture
- February 17, 2020
It has become common to say that the United States in 2020 is more divided politically and culturally than at any other point in our national past. As a historian who has written and taught about the Civil War era for several decades, I know that current divisions pale in comparison to those of the
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The Transgender Suicide Myth Exposed0
- Culture
- February 17, 2020
Jazz Jennings, star of the TLC reality show “I Am Jazz,” has been sharing her transition story from male to female since she was six years old. Now she is 19, bound for Harvard, and convalescing from last year’s “bottom surgery” – removal of the male bits. The sixth season of “I Am Jazz”, which
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How to Turn a Lemonade Stand Into a Multi-Million Dollar Operation0
- February 17, 2020
When Mikaila Ulmer was four years old, she received an old cookbook from her grandmother. It was tattered and the covering was falling off, but the recipes were still intact. Thumbing through the pages, she stumbled on a mixture for flaxseed lemonade. “We tried making it, and it tasted really good,” Mikaila recalled in an
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Actor: Slighting Christianity Is the Sign of an Ill-Read Mind0
- Culture
- February 17, 2020
John Rhys-Davies is a veteran actor perhaps best known for his role as Gimli in The Lord of the Rings. He’s also a staunch defender of Western Civilization, shunning politically correct fears and declaring that those offended by suggestions that not all value systems are equal “are fools, and ultimately, scoundrels.” Rhys-Davies’ recent statements demonstrate
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Why the Movie Industry Is Fleeing California0
- Culture
- February 14, 2020
Ah, Hollywood. The Mecca of filmmaking. Thousands of would-be actors, screenwriters, and directors flock to Los Angeles, California to fulfill their dreams of becoming a star because, after all, that’s where movie-making happens. Everyone knows this. And for close to a century, it was true. But today, Hollywood – the way we generally think of it – is fading
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Trump’s Big Bet on Career and Technical Education0
- Education
- February 14, 2020
President Donald Trump has proposed one of the largest increases in funding for career and technical education in recent history. As a education policy researcher who studies the economic and employment impact of career and technical education in high school, I believe this proposal has a lot of potential to open up new job opportunities,
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Lucy Doesn’t Love Sensitivity Readers0
- Culture
- February 14, 2020
In 1953, Lucille Ball’s character in I Love Lucy, Lucy Ricardo, gave birth to Ricky Ricardo Jr., bringing an end to perhaps the most famous television pregnancy ever. The episode, Lucy Goes to the Hospital, saw 44 million viewers tune in, covering nearly 72 percent of all American homes which owned a television. The saga of Lucy’s television
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Conventional Wisdom About the Democrats’ Primary Is Wrong0
- Politics
- February 14, 2020
There are three widely proclaimed verities now bandied about in the aftermath of the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday. They are that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is a clear front-runner with a chance for a break-through to a commanding lead in the quest for the nomination. The second is that former South
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C.S. Lewis’ Insight Into Coronoviruses0
- International
- February 14, 2020
The other day signs seemed to show that the coronavirus outbreak was dying down. Death rates seemed to be dropping and Chinese citizens were heading back to work. Maybe things wouldn’t be as bad as feared. This optimism, it appears, was unfounded. More recent headlines feature news that the virus is alive and well. From CNBC comes
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