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Denmark to American Politicians: We’re Not Socialist0
- Economics
- January 18, 2019
Democratic Socialists have presented Denmark as the elusive nation where socialism has been successful, and thus a model for the policies they would implement in the United States. Bernie Sanders regularly invoked Denmark during the 2016 presidential campaign, and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez reassured 60 Minutes viewers that her version of democratic socialism would veer more toward Denmark than Venezuela. Just weeks
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Why the Gillette Ad Has Been Misjudged and Deserves a Second Look0
- Culture
- January 17, 2019
When I clicked play on Gillette’s new ad, I was fully prepared to roll my eyes at it. I was expecting something along the lines of Nike’s controversial Colin Kaepernick campaign, another example of (as several Twitter users have put it) “companies pretend[ing] to care about social justice to sell products to people
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Why Ex-Churchgoers Flocked to Trump0
- Culture
- January 17, 2019
If you’ve ever been to a Donald Trump rally, you’ll notice it doesn’t match the impression left by the media coverage of the president’s base. Anger, for instance, isn’t the prevailing mood. Hopefulness is more characteristic. But there’s more. There’s something about these rallies that goes beyond politics, and his harshest critics have found it
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Why California’s 6-Month Paid Leave Program is Not as Popular as You Think0
- Culture
- January 17, 2019
At a press conference earlier this month, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new plan to offer 6-months of paid family leave in the Golden State. Despite it being the most generous in the nation, CNN parenting contributor Elissa Strauss felt it’s not enough, saying it’s “so much better than nothing, but leaves room for improvement.” Yet,
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Discovering How to Make Peace with Ourselves After Moral Failure0
- Culture
- January 17, 2019
You are a good person who abides by a moral code, right? Whatever its source, this code serves as your set of principles, an ethical standard you cannot violate without damaging your soul. The code is your Ten Commandments, your Constitution, the high altar of all you hold true and good. Then, for whatever
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6 Benefits of Garden-Based Learning0
- Education
- January 17, 2019
If you have children or work with children, then you probably have noticed that hands-on experiences help them make connections to the lessons they are learning. This is especially true when the lesson involves something you enjoy or have made a hobby out of, such as gardening. Hands-on learning experiences surround us if we take
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What 1990s True-Crime Shows and Movies Teach about America Today0
- Culture
- January 16, 2019
“The more things change the more they stay the same.” Originally a French saying believed to have been coined in 1849, this phrase perfectly describes our current national obsession with revisiting the great media frenzies of the 1990s. In 2016 Americans relived the drama of the O.J. Simpson trial with the documentary O.J.: Made in
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The Man Who Created the German Economic Miracle0
- Economics
- January 16, 2019
On April 2, 1948, Ludwig Erhard, a little-known economist who had opposed Nazism, was appointed Director of the Economic Council of Bizonia, the territory resulting from the merger of the British and American occupied territories in post-WWII Germany. Few suspected that, only two months later, he would unleash the power of free markets and trigger
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Human Rights Court Rules Against Parental Rights0
- Culture
- January 16, 2019
Decades ago, when I was first ordained a priest, I shared a prejudice that many people hold: I thought homeschooling families were odd. I believed schooling children at home deprived such children of opportunities to be with other children causing them to be less able to communicate with others, socially awkward, and reclusive and narrow
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