Blog 3 Columns

C.S. Lewis Predicted Our Doom 1
- Culture
- October 31, 2019
Whose dystopia are we living in today? With Donald Trump as president and the world seemingly ablaze, answering that question can sometimes feel like gambling on a horse race. So bet big on George Orwell, as China’s terrifying social credit system makes his Nineteen Eighty-Four freshly relevant. Though the odds are still good on Aldous Huxley, whose Brave
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What the Death of ISIS Means for Us 0
- Culture
- October 30, 2019
On October 26th, Abu Bakhr Al-Baghdadi, leader of ISIS was killed. President Trump later reported that Al-Baghdadi’s successor has also been “terminated.” President Trump gave a press address Sunday morning confirming Al-Baghdadi’s death, and his killing himself and three of his children. Strangely, the Washington Post decided to change its headline from “Islamic State’s ‘terrorist-in-chief’ dies” to
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Judge Allows Nick Sandmann’s Libel Lawsuit Against Washington Post to Advance 0
- Culture
- October 30, 2019
A federal judge reversed his ruling Monday and announced that the family of Kentucky teenager Nick Sandmann may sue The Washington Post for libel over its coverage of the teenager. Sandmann’s family sued the Post in February, writing that the publication allegedly “target and bullied” the teenager after an incident involving a Native American activist
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Father Brown and the Nature of Logic 0
- Culture
- October 30, 2019
Society seems to be rejecting logic, embracing a feelings-based approach to politics and other subjects instead. Experts and data are no longer valued and emotions rule the day, causing how one feels about a situation to hold more weight than actual reality. This is problematic on a number of fronts. For one, the abandonment of
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Famed Forensic Pathologist: Evidence Points to Homicide Rather Than Suicide in Epstein Case 0
- Culture
- October 30, 2019
A renowned forensic pathologist said Wednesday that the evidence in the case of disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein strongly suggests that he was strangled to death. Back in August, a New York medical examiner officially ruled Epstein’s death in a Manhattan jail cell a suicide by hanging. Dr. Michael Baden, an 85-year-old
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California: The Blue Ribbon Poverty State 0
- Economics
- October 30, 2019
The U.S. Census Bureau released new poverty data this month, and California once again has the nation’s highest poverty rate, according to the “Supplemental Poverty Measure.” According to the SPM, California’s poverty rate in 2018 was 18.1 percent, followed by Louisiana with 16.5 percent, and Florida with 16.2 percent. The states with the lowest poverty rates
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Why Women Workers Might Be Less Willing to Delegate 0
- Culture
- October 29, 2019
People love demographic generalization of the workplace because they simplify what is actually incomprehensibly complex. So the newest study of professional women was destined to go viral: “Women Are Less Likely to Delegate Than Men—and That Might Hurt Their Careers.” The study, part of a slew of workplace gender studies conducted by Columbia Business School, says absolutely
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Socialism and the City: Is There a Connection?1
- Culture
- October 29, 2019
I took a breather from work the other week and trotted off to visit a friend. While there, I spent some time in the North Carolina mountains. They were beautiful. Winding roads. Soaring slopes. Mountain streams and lakes. The paintbrush of fall touching the trees. Nestled amidst this beauty is Connemara, the last home of
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It’s Time to Quit Smearing Our Opponents With the R-Word 0
- October 29, 2019
A lie can never become the truth. But repeat it often enough, and people will believe the lie. Communists, fascists, and some of our own politicians have long understood this idea. George Orwell had them in mind when he famously wrote: Political language—and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to
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C.S. Lewis Predicted Our Doom 1