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  • 5 Creepy Science Terms That Explain Your Addiction to Junk Food

    5 Creepy Science Terms That Explain Your Addiction to Junk Food0

    Five years ago, the New York Times published an engaging exposé by Michael Moss titled “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food.”The exposé (which was adapted from Moss’ book titled Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us) revealed that Americans’ addiction to junk foods such as chips and soda was not merely the result of a lack of

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  • The ‘Story’ That Replaced Christianity Is Collapsing

    The ‘Story’ That Replaced Christianity Is Collapsing1

    In graduate school, one of the most helpful concepts I learned about was narrative theology. The basic premise behind it is that theologies are rooted in a narrative, or story, that forms the lens through which a religion’s adherents interpret the world. Christianity itself is a story, one that captured the West’s attention for almost

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  • Parents Stand Up for Children in ‘Sex Ed Sit Out’

    Parents Stand Up for Children in ‘Sex Ed Sit Out’0

    Parents across the country pulled their children out of public schools on Monday for the “Sex Ed Sit Out”—a grassroots awakening of frustrated parents who are sick of the sexualization of children in their taxpayer-funded schools. The Sex Ed Sit Out was conceived by Elizabeth Johnston, who blogs at Activist Mommy, and other moms on

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  • 5 Myths about the Great Depression and New Deal

    5 Myths about the Great Depression and New Deal0

    This year marks the 85th anniversary of the New Deal, the controversial set of programs, public works, and economic reforms that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt undertook to combat America’s Great Depression. Historians commonly contend that the New Deal was pivotal in beating the Great Depression and protecting the American middle class. But how significant was it,

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  • Why America Can’t Figure Out Melania’s Confident Fashion Statements

    Why America Can’t Figure Out Melania’s Confident Fashion Statements0

    The first state dinner hosted by the Trumps was received with great pomp, circumstance, and, per usual, titter over the little details. Perhaps not surprisingly, it was First Lady Melania Trump’s fashion choices that generated a lot of attention. Her gown for the dinner. The black outfit she wore when she visited Mount Vernon. The

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  • Rent Control Advocates Need a Lesson in Economics

    Rent Control Advocates Need a Lesson in Economics0

    Rent control is one of those policies that continues to attract the favor of the public despite the fact it has repeatedly proven to be ineffective when it comes to improving the lives of those it is aimed at. The latest example can be found in Sacramento, California, where a group of people have put

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