Blog 3 Columns

Why Are So Many Women Failing the Combat Fitness Test?0
- Culture
- October 9, 2019
The Army’s Combat Fitness Test (CFT), the successor to the previous Physical Fitness Test (PFT), has proven an astonishing failure, particularly when it comes to female recruits, as reported by ClearanceJobs.com. The overall performance of all recruits is shockingly poor, as 36 percent of all recruits failed the CFT, according to leaked analytics slides containing all
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Ignoring Adult Porn Is a Disaster for Our Children 1
- Culture
- October 9, 2019
In today’s sex-soaked media, it was gratifying to see a leading champion of unrestricted sexual freedom, the New York Times, going bonkers about the wickedness of pornography. The headline summarises its graphic, scrupulously researched and highly disturbing article: “The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?” The figures it cites are
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How to Stop Google and YouTube From Becoming Orwellian Nightmares 0
- Culture
- October 9, 2019
Recently, YouTube comic Stephen Crowder told his viewership that his organization was being throttled. He’s not alone. Crowder’s fellow conservative, Dennis Prager, recently testified to Congress about Google’s restrictions or demonetizations of over 50 Prager U videos. The issue of biased public forums was also explored at the hearing. One of the
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How One Teacher Completely Avoids Using Textbooks 0
- Education
- October 9, 2019
A teacher dramatically strumming his guitar, singing a song to giggling high school students, recently graced a Washington Post article by Jay Mathews. While the guitar serenade is a unique feature of Mark Ingerson’s AP history course, the more intriguing thing about his classroom is that it doesn’t rely on traditional textbooks. Ingerson, Mathews reports,
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About That Che Guevara T-Shirt 1
- Education
- October 9, 2019
[Read this article in Spanish here.] Let’s say that all you knew about Adolf Hitler was that he painted scenic pictures, postcards, and houses in Vienna, loved dogs and named his adorable German Shepard “Blondie,” and frequently expressed solidarity with “the people.” You might sport a T-shirt adorned with his image if you thought
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What Brandt Jean Taught About Forgiveness 0
- Culture
- October 8, 2019
Some weren’t satisfied with the ten-year sentence Amber Guyger received for killing Botham Jean. Law professor Kami Chavis saw the sentence as “inadequate.” Chavis said, “People are angry, and I would think understandably so. Because in our community, we have seen people spend more time in prison for nonviolent offenses than she will spend after
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The Media Must Stop Playing Armchair CEO 0
- Culture
- October 8, 2019
A friend recently confided to me his concern that Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is going to “rule the world. We need to cap his compensation.” I confess; this doesn’t worry me, and it never has. It bothers social justice warriors though, and when they get agitated, the press seems to take notice. What’s
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Teens With Strong Family Ties Can Ward Off Depression 0
- Culture
- October 8, 2019
Depression is a leading cause of disability and disease for people around the world. It often begins during adolescence, especially for females, may continue or recur in adulthood and tends to become a lifetime chronic health condition. More than 300 million people suffer from this mental health disorder worldwide. Depression is not only about feeling
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Reactions to My Tweet Reveal the Ignorant Brutality of Young Socialists and Communists 0
- Education
- October 8, 2019
An eye-opening social experiment unfolded on my Twitter feed over the past several days that reveals a lot about America’s new brand of young communists and socialists. Not to bury the lede: Yes, they are still as repugnantly brutal as their predecessors in St. Petersburg and Phnom Penh – but today they add ignorance and infantilism to the
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Why Are So Many Women Failing the Combat Fitness Test?0