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‘Like the Tin Man’: National Guardsman Paralyzed by COVID Vaccine6
For many of us, whole-body paralysis is a worst nightmare scenario. For a Minnesota National Guardsman, who goes by Drew Outstanding on X, that nightmare became a reality in April 2021. In the space of two weeks, Drew went from a normal, active lifestyle to waking up unable to move and then entering a medically-induced
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Why Is Higher Ed So Expensive?2
Two things seem like they should go without saying: People use their own money more efficiently than they use someone else’s, and the more you subsidize a thing the more of it you tend to get. Both profoundly apply to American higher education, a teetering tower of ivory made simultaneously skyscraping and bloated by federal
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Four Reasons Why People Are Choosing Not to Have Children0
North Carolina State University Professor (Emeritus) Mike Walden is known for explaining complex issues in ways understandable to the general reader. That is unusual among scholars. Three “economic thrillers” written by Professor Walden and his wife M.E. Whitman Walden, Micro Mayhem (2006), Macro Mayhem (2006) and Fiscal Fiasco (2014), show how they do it. Professor Walden just posted a short, down-to-earth
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Under the Influence of Our Stuff: Lessons From an Old Sears Catalog3
We are under the influence of our stuff—home décor and furnishings, fast fashion, modern art, and too much more—and it’s slowly gnawing away at our contentment and human potential. What prompted this realization? Some old Sears catalogs, actually. And a love for antiques, the reason for which I couldn’t quite put into words. But let
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Shareable Snack: Free Speech and the Art of Being Offended2
- Video
- June 25, 2024
Why are some people offended by everything? Is there an art of being offended? Why purpose do offensive jokes serve? Watch our video to find out! Save this article to favorites
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Is Your Vocabulary Worse Than Your Ancestors’?6
“Are Americans more intelligent than a few decades ago, or less intelligent?” Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell, and Ryne A. Sherman asked this question in their 2019 paper, “Declines in Vocabulary Among American Adults Within Levels of Educational Attainment, 1974–2016.” To answer one angle of this inquiry, they examined American’s vocabulary over the last
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Arrested by the CCP: ‘Without Freedom, We Have Nothing’0
- International, Politics
- June 24, 2024
When Jimmy Lai was a child working the streets of Canton (Guangzhou), China, in the 1950s, he received a bar of chocolate as a tip for carrying a man’s bags at a train station. Poor and hungry, he immediately bit into the treat. He had never tasted anything like it, and he asked the traveler
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I Was Homeschooled and Became a School Teacher. Here Are Honest Pros and Cons of Learning at Home.2
It’s true. Sometimes homeschoolers do school in their pajamas. But that wasn’t the norm in my home when I was growing up. Generally, my mother kept us to a set schedule. Piano practice was at 8:15 sharp. Math class started at 9:00. The other subjects fell into place around that. Often, we finished our work
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16 Things Individuals Can Do to Help Bring America Together0
- Culture
- June 21, 2024
Americans are angry and divided—perhaps more than at any time since the Civil War. Holding strong opinions, especially in defense of truth, is no vice. But failing to bridge our differences and resolve them peacefully is no virtue either. Here’s my “to do” list if you want to be part of the solution instead of
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