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Blog 3 Columns

  • The Real ‘Big Money’ in Politics

    The Real ‘Big Money’ in Politics0

    Left-leaning media outlets and politicians often condemn “big money” in politics. They argue that wealthy citizens have an “unfair advantage” in free speech because they can generously finance candidates and purchase ads to voice their views. However, the biggest money in politics, by far, is wielded by media corporations and lawmakers. One Media Corporation Versus All Republican Donors According

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  • The Ignored Factor in New Zealand’s Mass Shooting

    The Ignored Factor in New Zealand’s Mass Shooting0

    What turned Brenton Tarrant, the 28-year-old Australian who murdered 50 people at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, last week into a mass killer? We’ll never know for sure. The media has been full of speculation. The suspects include extreme right-wing ideologies, racism, toxic masculinity, resentment of immigrants, first person shooter video games, the internet,

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  • Five Simple Dating Tips Today’s Young People Have Forgotten

    Five Simple Dating Tips Today’s Young People Have Forgotten0

    Professor Kerry Cronin and her famous dating class at Boston College are back in the news. This time it is Elizabeth Bernstein of The Wall Street Journal who unpacks Dr. Cronin’s class, the young Generation Z students who take it, and the reasons why such a course has become oddly necessary. Interestingly, Cronin’s class isn’t

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  • America Finally Admits Recycling Doesn’t Work

    America Finally Admits Recycling Doesn’t Work0

    A couple of years ago, after sending my five-year-old daughter off to school, she came home reciting the same cheerful environmental mantra I was taught in elementary school. “Reduce, reuse, recycle,” she beamed, proud to show off a bit of rote learning. The moral virtue of recycling is rarely questioned in the United States. It

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  • Twitter Removed My Blue Checkmark After I Took My Husband’s Last Name. Here’s How I Got It Back.

    Twitter Removed My Blue Checkmark After I Took My Husband’s Last Name. Here’s How I Got It Back.0

    After getting married, the decision to take on my husband’s last name was a difficult one. In addition to the financial cost and social awkwardness of changing your identity, the process is so labor-intensive that there’s an app for that. Seriously. For $99, you can “change your name in minutes” on HitchSwitch, a concierge service

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  • Professor Explains How Hiring Really Works at Universities

    Professor Explains How Hiring Really Works at Universities0

    Growing up, I was taught that fairness and justice required giving people their due. This meant that achievement and merit were the universal criteria for reward. Particular criteria such as gender, race, sexuality, and ethnicity should not matter, for to exclude people on these grounds would be bigotry. How times have changed! Now our official

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