Blog 3 Columns

Pet Owners Want To Be Masters, Not Servants – Which Is Why We Value Dogs More Than Cats 0
- Culture
- April 5, 2019
Cat videos may rule the internet, but dogs possess mastery of their owners’ hearts – at least if spending is any guide. Dog owners spend US$240 a month caring for their pets, compared with $193 for cats, according to the 2017-2018 National Pet Owners Survey from the American Pet Products Association. The extra money goes primarily toward vet visits
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Is a Recession around the Corner?0
- Economics
- April 5, 2019
Is the US heading towards recession? That depends on whom you ask. Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman believes the country will face an economic downturn sometime in the next two years. But the latest CNBC survey of chief financial officers shows businesses don’t expect a recession in the near future. The dismal track record of
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How to Approach Your Friend’s New Baby: 3 Tips for Childless People 0
- Culture
- April 5, 2019
Visiting a friend who has just given birth can be a daunting experience when you don’t have a child of your own. How do you act? What do you give? What’s polite to say and what isn’t? I have two kids now, but I didn’t give birth till I was over 30 and before that
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Two and Two Now Equal Five 0
- Culture
- April 4, 2019
A few years ago, I thought it was time to retire George Orwell’s 1984 to the attic. My years of teaching literature convinced me that Huxley’s Brave New World was more likely to unfold: a world in which an elite might control the rest of us through the erasure of history and literature, but who
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The Startling Price Tag of Paid Family Leave 0
- Economics
- April 4, 2019
A new report suggests that the Democrats’ FAMILY Act paid leave proposal is substantially more costly than previously estimated. The difference is meaningful: using more realistic assumptions, the cost of national paid leave is 7-fold greater than previous estimates, and taxpayers would be picking up the tab. The American Action Forum analysis uses data from Cato’s paid family
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How the Elite’s Disdain for the Working Class Could Become Their Undoing 0
- Culture
- April 4, 2019
More than two years after the 2016 election, many Americans still wonder what is wrong with their country. What, they wonder, could have caused their fellow citizens to elect Donald Trump to the presidency? According to numerous commentators on the left, and even some on the right, Trump’s victory can be chalked up to the
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How PC Humor Signals an Anxious Society 0
- Culture
- April 4, 2019
In my late teens I ran across a 1942 book entitled “They Loved to Laugh,” by Kathryn Worth. “What a great title,” I thought, mostly because I, too, love to laugh. There’s something so delightful about seeing the funny side of mundane life, and then letting that happiness and humor bubble up and spill over.
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You’ve Just Been Called a Bigot. Now What?0
- Culture
- April 3, 2019
So you have just been accused of being a bigot of some kind—you’re a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, a xenophobe, or some other horrible-sounding name. Don’t fool yourself. Everyone is a potential target. Anyone can be called out. Forget intersectionality. African-Americans, women, LGBTQ, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and all manner of foreign nationals have
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White Privilege: A Thing of the Past?0
- Culture
- April 3, 2019
White privilege. For years now, we’ve heard some folks sling that term around along with that verbal slap, “Check your privilege.” But here’s a question: Does white privilege exist in 2019? Or is it just a way of smearing whites? First, a definition of white privilege. The online Cambridge Dictionary defines white privilege as “the
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Pet Owners Want To Be Masters, Not Servants – Which Is Why We Value Dogs More Than Cats 0