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  • Righting the Chaos in an Increasingly Strange World

    Righting the Chaos in an Increasingly Strange World1

    I’ve noticed a common theme in many conversations this last year. They’re peppered with variations of the refrain, “It’s strange out there.” That line is often tacked on to the end of conversations about politics, culture, or some news item that would have been unthinkable 10 years ago, but is now commonplace. There seems to

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  • Nine of the Ten Richest People in the World Are Self-Made Entrepreneurs

    Nine of the Ten Richest People in the World Are Self-Made Entrepreneurs0

    • December 3, 2019

    Every year Forbes publishes its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Topping the list in 2019 for the second year in a row was, to no one’s surprise, Jeff Bezos. The Amazon founder kept the top spot despite a divorce that sent his net worth tumbling from $160 billion to $114 billion. Worldwide, Americans represent

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  • How Socialism Would Abolish Holidays

    How Socialism Would Abolish Holidays0

    If you enjoyed a hearty Thanksgiving meal last week with your family, you have a personal incentive to oppose socialism. Extreme egalitarians would like to ban these kinds of family celebrations – by abolishing the family. The purveyors of woke ideology have long asserted that only collectivizing the family can bring true social equality. However,

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  • How Praising Children Teaches Them Not to Learn

    How Praising Children Teaches Them Not to Learn0

    Talk to a youth sport’s coach and he might say today’s kids are un-coachable. Ask an exasperated teacher and she might say today’s kids don’t know how to learn. Listen to parents and they might say they have tried building their child’s confidence but to no avail. Famed Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck wants us

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  • Forever Free: The Importance of Literacy

    Forever Free: The Importance of Literacy0

    “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury One way to get people to stop reading books is to fail to teach them to read proficiently. Permit me to digress from that idea for a moment. Recently a correspondent sent me a link to

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  • Eliminating Food Deserts Doesn’t Help Poor Americans

    Eliminating Food Deserts Doesn’t Help Poor Americans0

    In the U.S., rich people tend to eat a lot healthier than poor people. Because poor diets cause obesity, Type II diabetes and other diseases, this nutritional inequality contributes to unequal health outcomes. The richest Americans can expect to live 10-15 years longer than the poorest. Many think that a key cause of nutritional inequality

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