Blog 3 Columns

Why the “Golden Rule” is an Obstacle to the Government’s Agenda 0
- Culture
- February 19, 2019
The golden rule—“Do to others as you would have them do to you” being the most common variant I have heard–may be the most common ethical touchstone for human interactions. After all, Simon Blackburn wrote in his 2001 book, Ethics, that the Golden Rule is “found in some form in almost every ethical tradition.” I doubt
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Why Stress Is One of the Best Predictors of High Life Satisfaction 0
- Culture
- February 19, 2019
My life is messed up, why can’t I get my act together? Most of us have heard a variation of this talk track in our heads, or we’ve heard it from others. If only, we think, I didn’t have this problem, then everything would be all right. We feel burdened by what seems to be
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Teaching Children ‘No’ in the Era of #MeToo 0
- Culture
- February 19, 2019
Children aren’t born knowing what no means. You have to teach them. But how? For starters, you have to know what it means yourself. Most people seem to think no means something such as: “I say no and the other person will obey me because they will realize the sacredness of my person.” While that
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Child Deaths Fall Across the World, No Thanks to Marxism 0
- Economics
- February 19, 2019
It has never been a safer world in which to be a child. According to the UN, in 1950, most of the world had a child death rate (by age 5) of over 20%, while only a few countries, such as the United States, Cuba, Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand, had child death rates
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What the Magic Kingdom and American Culture Have in Common 0
- Culture
- February 18, 2019
Americans need not visit Orlando to go to Fantasyland. Instead, we can just pop onto the Internet and visit websites offering news and commentary. Day after day these sites trot out delusions concocted and entertained by some of our fellow citizens. If we could construct airships from these flights of fancy, we could touch down
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Report on Covington Students Finds ‘No Evidence’ of ‘Offensive or Racist Statements’0
- Culture
- February 18, 2019
A report that examined the January encounter between students from Covington Catholic High School and a Native American activist near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington found “no evidence” of “offensive or racist statements.” “We see no evidence that students responded with any offensive or racist statements of their own,” the report dated Feb. 11 from the
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Michigan Seeks to Ban Police from Seizing Property from People Who Have Not Been Convicted of Crimes 1
- February 18, 2019
Via the Detroit Free Press: Police and prosecutors would be prohibited from seizing cash and property from people accused of a crime until they are convicted on the charges under a bill passed in the state Senate on Wednesday. The bill—SB 2—is a retread from the last legislative session when then-state Rep. Peter Lucido’s similar
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Marx and Lincoln: Comrades in the Making?0
- Economics
- February 18, 2019
Since Abraham Lincoln is a towering figure in American history, Democrats and Republicans alike seek to cast the man in their own image to support their respective agendas. Both sides might want to be careful with such a move. In reality, Lincoln was far more radical than those on the Left or Right would be comfortable
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Adolescents Have a Fundamental Need to Contribute 0
- Culture
- February 18, 2019
No longer children but not yet adults, adolescents need opportunities to learn and prepare for their entrance into the broader society. But, as schooling increasingly extends the adolescent period and teenagers get dismissed as supposedly selfish and irresponsible, has society forgotten an important developmental need of our youth? As a developmental scientist who focuses on
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Why the “Golden Rule” is an Obstacle to the Government’s Agenda 0