Blog 3 Columns

How Big Technology Is Keeping You Hooked 0
- Entertainment
- June 21, 2018
The World Health Organisation is to include “gaming disorder”, the inability to stop gaming, into the International Classification of Diseases. By doing so, the WHO is recognising the serious and growing problem of digital addiction. The problem has also been acknowledged by Google, which recently announced that it will begin focusing on “Digital Well-being”. Although
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Duke Prof: Diversity and Inclusion Offices ‘Should Not Exist’ at Universities 0
- Education
- June 21, 2018
“‘Diversity and inclusion’ is the moral benchmark of our time…Every corporation, college, and government agency, along with a growing number of bowling leagues and bait-and-tackle shops, has an Office of Diversity and Inclusion.” So says William Voegeli in a recent article. And so says the University of California at Los Angeles, whose campus-wide Vice Chancellor for
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DOJ Report Reveals How Immigration Officials Cooked the Books for Years and Deceived Congress 0
- Politics
- June 21, 2018
A recent Justice Department report on U.S. immigration courts provides a rare glimpse into the difficulties faced by the Trump administration as it repairs the damages inflicted on these tribunals over the last 20 years. But give credit to the courts’ new executive, James McHenry. Early on, he identified the need for transparency and has
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Child Calls Police on Parents… Because They Made Him Eat Salad 0
- June 21, 2018
Practically every child has turned up their nose and refused to eat a vegetable at some point in their life. For me, that detestable vegetable was a stuffed green pepper, and only my mother’s firm insistence that I couldn’t have dessert until I finished it made me soldier through and swallow. Last week, a leafy
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3 Takeaways on Jordan B. Peterson After Watching Him Speak on Tour 0
- Culture
- June 21, 2018
I’ve known about Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson for a while and have watched a few of his Youtube lectures out of curiosity. But I hadn’t given him much thought until I recently found myself in a position I never thought I’d be in as a female college-student: sitting in the sold-out State Theater in Minneapolis
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Why the 5 Major World Religions All Reject Suicide 0
- Culture
- June 20, 2018
The recent suicides of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef and writer Anthony Bourdain have reminded all of us that, even for the wealthy, life can become too painful to bear. The sad truth is that suicide rates have been increasing in the United States. In the last decade, the suicide rate increased by
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Why Campus Protests Should Stop at the Door of the Classroom 0
- Culture
- June 20, 2018
Protests are a time-honoured tradition on college campuses – memorably exemplified by the protests of 1968 by the grandparents of the current generation of students. They reflect the passionate energies of students discovering their own priorities and commitments, and finding their voice in national conversations. Protests spring from the stimulating intellectual environment and vigorous debate
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Why are Catholic Bishops Defending Illegal Immigration? They’re Bought?0
- Culture
- June 20, 2018
With the increasing decline of regular church attendees comes the decline of tithing. As many church leaders confront an already tightening waistline and the prospects of an even more dramatic decline in attendance and tithing as the Baby Boomers pass on to their rewards, it seems that some of them have turned to government largesse
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Social Security Has Not Been “Looted”0
- Economics
- June 20, 2018
The newly released Social Security Trustees Report describes serious fiscal issues with the program and stresses that it should be reformed soon, or the situation will become much worse. However, public support for reform is impeded by a common fiction that inflames debate and distracts from the roots of the problem. What the Report Says
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How Big Technology Is Keeping You Hooked 0