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Let the Free Market Fight Chinese Censorship0
- Culture
- October 23, 2019
Given the recent maelstrom set off by American companies surrendering to Chinese government pressure, one can’t help but think of the apocryphal quote often attributed to Lenin: “When it comes time to hang the capitalists, they will sell us the rope.” Apparently forgetting that Lenin’s mummified corpse lies moldering in the Kremlin and the Soviet Union has
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7 Leftist Words in a Dictionary Near You0
- Culture
- October 23, 2019
Consider yourself lucky if you started learning English before last year. With Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s addition of 1,373 new words and 4,000 revisions since 2018, you got in on the ground floor. There’s also some bad news. The new words include several additions and definition changes that politicize language and drive it leftward. Here are seven
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How Baseball Showcases American Values1
- Culture
- October 22, 2019
Baseball has long been America’s national pastime. While football and basketball might take up more of our screen time, baseball still holds America’s hearts. What is it that makes the game so attractive? Perhaps it is the classic feel of the sport. Perhaps it’s the freedom from the clock that the game gives to modern
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Forced Equality Has a History of Genocidal Results0
- History
- October 22, 2019
In recent history, the largest genocides have resulted from tyrannical centralized governments yearning for utopian equality for all. Between 1975 and 1979, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot carried out a genocide in which approximately 2 million Cambodians died, or nearly a quarter of the country’s population. About 60 percent of the deaths were the result of
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Ectogenesis Is Close to Growing Babies in Labs0
- Culture
- October 22, 2019
Ectogenesis, or artificially gestating babies, is an idea which has a perennial appeal, for good reasons and bad. The film below is a brief snapshot of Dutch research into artificial wombs, or ectogenesis. The main scientist, gynecologist Dr. Guid Oei, was interviewed by the BBC. He estimates that gestating human babies outside the womb is about
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Biological Male Wins Women’s Cycling World Championship0
- Culture
- October 22, 2019
Biologically male cyclist Rachel McKinnon won a women’s world championship Saturday. McKinnon, representing Canada, won gold for the sprint event in the women’s 35-39 age category at the 2019 Masters Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, England. McKinnon set a women’s world record in the qualifying event, the BBC reported. McKinnon, a philosophy professor at the College of Charleston, won
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Are We Too Paranoid About Mass Shootings?0
- Culture
- October 22, 2019
Many Americans worry about when – not if – another mass shooting will occur, and a Gallup poll from September found that nearly half of Americans fear being a victim of one of these attacks. After the film “Joker” was released, you could see these fears play out. Many announced they wouldn’t see it in
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Three Women in the History of Economic Thought0
- Economics
- October 21, 2019
In a letter to his rival Robert Hooke, Sir Isaac Newton wrote his memorable remark: “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” Shedding light on the accumulative nature of scientific progress, Newton knew his ability to formulate the laws of motion and universal gravitation depended on the discoveries made by those
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LeBron James Echoes the American Olympic Officials Who Appeased Hitler0
- Culture
- October 21, 2019
LeBron James supports the totalitarians in China. James believes Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey “was either misinformed or not really educated on the situation,” when he tweeted support of those fighting for civil liberties in Hong Kong. James chastised Morey: There are ramifications for the negative that can happen when you’re not thinking about others,
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