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Ten Terrifying Facts About East Germany’s Stasi Surveillance12
- History
- November 15, 2019
To maintain power for 40 years while their people starved and plotted to escape, the Communist Party had to get very good at controlling people and undermining anti-state activists. But outright street violence and assassinations weren’t good for the Party image, so the Ministry for State Security got creative. Better known as the Stasi (the
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Religion and Cultural Friction: Are the Two Related?0
- Culture
- November 15, 2019
Republicans and Democrats today rarely agree on anything. So it’s not surprising that a new Pew Research report shows them at odds again. This time, the disagreement is on religion and its influence in society. Roughly two-thirds of Republicans believe that religion brings people together, strengthens morality in society, and does more good than harm.
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Hillary Clinton: Women Have ‘Legitimate Concern’ About Transgender Issue0
- Culture
- November 15, 2019
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview that transgender issues raise a “legitimate concern” for women. Clinton appeared on BBC Radio4 with her daughter Chelsea Clinton on Tuesday to promote their book “The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience.” They differed in their answers when asked about the subject of
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Back Row Kids: Dignity, Work, and the Vision of Williamson College0
- Culture
- November 15, 2019
On July 1, 1997, a massive rockslide closed I-40 between the Tennessee and North Carolina line. Boulders the size of school buses crashed across the highway and fell into the nearby Pigeon River. It took more than two months for work crews and government officials to clear away the debris – rocks, mud, trees –
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The Dark History of Swedish Socialism0
- Culture
- November 14, 2019
Everyone knows that socialism is newly fashionable as an idea and system. With that has come a certain level of whitewashing of the real history. I’m not just speaking of the totalitarian variety with its poverty, inflation, starvation, and mass death. It’s especially true of the kinder, gentler versions, which turn out to be not
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Thankful for the Flying Nuns0
- Culture
- November 14, 2019
My father-in-law recently told a story from one of his frequent work trips. He was in an airport, waiting as we all do, to be processed through the TSA’s security regime. The uniqueness of his wait in line comes from the company he happened upon: a group of nuns. It’s a rather different experience to
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Six Key Moments From the First Day of Public Impeachment Hearings0
- Politics
- November 14, 2019
Who’s in charge of the Trump administration’s policy on Ukraine and the president’s focus on the business dealings there of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son were main topics of two veteran foreign service officers’ testimony Wednesday before the House committee pursuing impeachment. Offering sworn testimony as lead-off witnesses in House Democrats’ first public hearings on
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How Americans Select Their Dictators0
- Culture
- November 14, 2019
When it comes to selecting a candidate for president, how do you choose? The answer seems like a no-brainer to some: simply choose the person whose ideology most closely aligns with your own. But if a recent article from The Wall Street Journal is any indication, that’s not the way many Americans operate. Instead, they
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Europe Has Proven Hate Speech Laws Don’t Work0
- Culture
- November 14, 2019
Periodically, we Americans scratch our chins and ponder the desirability of our exceptionally broad speech protections. In recent months, opinion pieces in both the The New York Times and The Washington Post have suggested that it is time to “rethink” the First Amendment. Both argue that the rise of social media should prompt a reevaluation of our approach to
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