Blog 3 Columns

NBA Moves Away From Title of ‘Owner’ for Its Franchise Executives 0
- Culture
- June 25, 2019
In a league dominated by black athletes, the term “owner” is out of vogue when referencing executives of NBA franchises due to its perceived racial connotation of evoking America’s history of slavery. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told TMZ Sports stopping the use of the word “owner” makes sense. “We moved away from that term years
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Can You Really ‘Ban’ the Negative Effects of Advertising?0
- Culture
- June 25, 2019
The U.K. has recently hit upon a brilliant strategy to do away with harmful or offensive gender stereotypes – they are banning them from advertisements. Following outrage in the past couple of years over ads that were seen as toxic, the U.K. has responded by banning advertising that perpetuates negative stereotypes or equates physical attractiveness
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7 Figures: How Americans Spend Their Time 0
- Culture
- June 25, 2019
Every year the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), which measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing. Here are seven figures you should know from the latest report: 1. In 2018, 89 percent of full-time employed persons worked on an
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The Night Donald Trump Became President 0
- Culture
- June 24, 2019
Thursday night was the night Donald Trump became president. You can imagine the hyperbolic hosannahs that would have been sung if Trump had gone ahead with his planned strikes against Iran, adding to the list of undeclared presidential wars. Instead he pulled back. Hugh Hewitt called it the “big blink,” inviting Liz Cheney – who
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New York Restricts Workplace Speech and Freedom of Contract 0
- Culture
- June 24, 2019
New York has just passed legislation that will tighten restrictions on speech in the workplace by defining it as “harassment” even if it is not harassment as the term is defined in federal law. The new definition of harassment is unconstitutionally over-broad, especially as applied to college campuses. The legislation also amends New York State
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Has the Vatican-China Accord Really Made a Difference?0
- Culture
- June 24, 2019
In September 2018, the Vatican signed an accord with the Chinese Communist Party in an effort to better the situation of Chinese Catholics and to normalize relations with China. A month later, the Chinese destroyed two Marian shrines, and prohibitted Catholics under the age of 18 from attending Mass. These incidents were only the beginning of
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Forced Organ Harvesting: Extreme Wickedness or Simply the Modern Way?0
- Culture
- June 24, 2019
Every once in a while, a news story pops up that should break our hearts. That, or make us retch. The Guardian recently reported that an independent commission concluded that China continues to harvest organs from political prisoners and convicted criminals. This means that the government executed inmates and then used them as donors for
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After Legally Receiving Food Stamps, This Millionaire Is Trying to Change the System 0
- Culture
- June 24, 2019
Rob Undersander, a retired engineer in Waite Park, Minnesota, wasn’t eager to go public about being a millionaire, but he wanted to expose a loophole that would allow wealthy – or at least those not needy – to qualify for food stamps. So, in June 2016, he filled out an application form at the Stearns
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This New York Man Got Arrested After Defending His Own Home 0
- Culture
- June 21, 2019
All too often, advocates of strict gun control promise that more complex and convoluted laws will save lives without imposing a serious burden on the right of law-abiding citizens to exercise their constitutional rights. Their argument simply doesn’t hold up. Their gun control laws fail not only to address how actual criminals get their firearms,
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NBA Moves Away From Title of ‘Owner’ for Its Franchise Executives 0