LATEST
2025-08-04T12:30:19-05002025-08-01T14:48:00-05002025-07-31T07:52:55-0500

Blog 3 Columns

Home
Blog 3 Columns

Looking at Randomness but Seeing Conspiracies 0
- Philosophy
- October 11, 2017
We see patterns where none exist. It’s what humans do; in fact, it’s what animals do. Mark Twain noticed this, and had a pithy summary. We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down
READ MORE
Boy Scouts Now Allowing Girls To Join 0
- Culture
- October 11, 2017
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) will now allow girls to join their well known Cub Scout program which will enable them to advance to the highest rank of Eagle Scout, according to a statement released Wednesday. The organization’s board of directors voted unanimously to make the historic change to the group that has been
READ MORE
4 Good Reasons to Say ‘Men’ Instead of ‘Men and Women’0
- Literature
- October 11, 2017
As our culture descends into confusion about gender, there’s more and more talk about changing our language to accommodate it. Unfortunately, if your language has to be brought into conformity with confused thinking, you end up with confused language. Jacques Barzun was one of the greatest humanities scholars of the twentieth century. In the book
READ MORE

Why I Am Not Raising My Daughters to be Feminists 0
- Culture
- October 10, 2017
HuffPost reported recently on a project created by photographers and partners Sham Hinchey and Marzia Messina called “Dear Daughters,” in which 22 men posed for artsy portraits with their daughters, ages eight to eleven, and chatted informally but a little awkwardly, with them about feminism. As you might expect from HuffPost, a half-hour video of the process depicts
READ MORE
Want to Raise a Capable Adult? Have Your Child Do These 5 Activities 0
- Education
- October 10, 2017
There have been several hopeful signs coming out of the doom and gloom generation – also known as millennials – in the last few months which seem to signal that they may finally be growing up. The first sign can be seen in birth rates, which, although still behind those of other generations, continue to
READ MORE
Richard Thaler Wins Nobel Prize in Economics 0
- Economics
- October 10, 2017
The University of Chicago’s Richard Thaler has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in economics. Thaler is a leading practitioner of behavioral economics, the application of psychology to problems of valuation, choice, exchange, and pricing. Following Mises, most Austrian economists have distinguished sharply between praxeology, the logical analysis of action, and psychology, the behavioral motivations and
READ MORE

JFK Assassination Files Set for Release 0
- History
- October 10, 2017
It’s 2017, and conspiracy theorists around the world are eagerly awaiting the release of thousands of never seen before government documents related to the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. Due out in late October, the new material will no doubt reignite interest in the JFK assassination and it is likely that a host of
READ MORE
How the Stoicism of Roman Philosophers Can Help Us Deal with Depression 0
- Culture
- October 10, 2017
Depression is on the rise. A study conducted by the World Health Organization found an increase of 20 percent in depression cases within just a decade. I work on a university campus. One might expect such a place to feel vibrant and energetic, but lately there seems to be more fatigue and malaise. Even for
READ MORE
How Does Porn Affect Relationships?0
- Culture
- October 10, 2017
The death of Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy Magazine, left many wondering about his legacy. Some argued that the sexual liberation that Hefner helped lead was a good thing. Others, who saw his magazine as the mainstreaming of pornography (chart), said the opposite was true. Either way, both sides seem to agree that Hefner
READ MORE