Blog 3 Columns

What We Get Wrong About Pursuing Equal Outcomes 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2019
What happens when you suggest that someone’s failure to get something they believe they deserve is due to widespread – even systemic – maliciousness? Social malfunction. African American economist Thomas Sowell, in Discrimination and Disparities, puts it this way: Those who seem to be promising an end to existing group disparities, as a result of
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The Will to Power: Welcome to Our New Paradigm 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2019
We are passing from the modern age to the postmodern age. If the modern age rested upon the idea of objective truths with reason as our guide, the postmodern age rests upon the rejection of the objective and the embracing of the personal, the belief that truth is relative to the individual. Nietzsche gave
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The Hazards of ‘Normalizing’ Impeachment 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2019
I must confess I am torn on impeachment. Not the “whistleblower report” or the House Democrats’ looming inquiry into President Donald Trump, that is, but on the question of whether impeachment should become a routine form of White Housecleaning or remain, as impeached former President Bill Clinton often said of abortion, “safe, legal and rare.”
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Politics is Crowding Out Culture and Childhood 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2019
Many years ago, when I was teaching at Providence College, I showed up for a meeting of the faculty senate. That was rare for me. I loathe campus politics. But a friend of mine had put forward a proposal for a program in Classics, and I attended to lend my support. It turned out that
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How Technical Education Helps Male Students Earn More 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2019
Job prospects for young men who only have a high school diploma are particularly bleak. They are even worse for those who have less education. When young men experience joblessness, it not only threatens their financial well-being but their overall well-being and physical health. Could a high quality and specialized technical education in high school
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What SEALs and Caesar Teach About Slowing Down 0
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
With the exception of some entomologists, few people are fans of cockroaches. We may admire the beauty of a butterfly, the industry of an ant, and the intricacy of a spider’s web, but show us a cockroach, and we’re ready to roll up that magazine we’re reading and swat away. In 1975, I rented a
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Middle-Aged Men Are Part of the Loneliness Epidemic, Too 0
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
Chronic loneliness is an increasing concern, and apparently not just among the elderly and social-media crazed millennials. A recently released YouGov survey finds that almost one in five men in the UK say that they have no close friends. The findings also show that men generally lead more solitary lives than women, who appear to be better at
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How This Entrepreneur Went From Door Man to Running a Three Billion Dollar Hotel Empire 1
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
Alan Fuerstman is the embodiment of the American Dream. He’s the founder of Montage Hotels & Resorts, a California-based luxury hotel and resort company that has a portfolio of $3 billion. He was listed on the Haute 100, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, serves on advisory boards, and gives back
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Downton Abbey: Making Goodness Fashionable 0
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
Downton Abbey stunned the film industry this month by pulling in over $31 million at the box office opening weekend, exceeding forecasts by more than 50 percent and making it the largest opening in distributor Focus Features’ history. Clearly the lives and times of the Crawley family and their servants have not lost their appeal
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What We Get Wrong About Pursuing Equal Outcomes 0