Blog 3 Columns

The Clash of the Hurricane Movements 0
- Culture
- September 1, 2017
What is needed in American today are not “hurricane men,” but calm representative figures spread throughout society, who by their example and integrity can lead a nation through the storm and accomplish great things… We have reached a point in our nation’s history where the debate is becoming ever more violent and uncivil. This can
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Social Justice is ‘Fake Scholarship,’ Oxford Philosopher Says 2
- Culture
- September 1, 2017
Sir Roger Vernon Scruton, an English philosopher and writer who specializes in political philosophy and aesthetics, said social justice is changing the very nature of scholarship—and not for the better. “The academy has been invaded by a new form of study,” says Scruton, a senior research fellow at Oxford University, in a recently published
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How Flannery O’Connor Can Heal Our Fractured Politics 0
- Culture
- September 1, 2017
In 2014, I spoke at the American Embassy in Prague at a symposium on the civil rights movement in America. I made the mistake of offering Flannery O’Connor’s story “Everything that Rises Must Converge” as a reminder that we are all to blame for the mess we’re in. O’Connor says of her own story, “I
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Houston Rescuers Prove the Lie of ‘Toxic Masculinity’0
- Culture
- September 1, 2017
Men. We are just the worst, with our toxic masculinity and patriarchal privilege. We are the source of literally all the world’s problems, from war, income inequality, and “rape culture” to the misogynistic microaggressions of “mansplaining” and “manspreading.” If we are ever to create a nonviolent, truly gender-equal world, we must rip away the false,
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Gladiator Emperor on the Good Life: Love God, Love Man 0
- Culture
- September 1, 2017
When asked which commandment was above all others, Christ responded by stating that we are to love God and to love our neighbors as ourselves. In other words, to love God and man was the path to a good life. Roughly 135 years later, Emperor Marcus Aurelius, probably made famous to modern Americans by his portrayal
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Eventually Amazon Will Fail – and That’s a Good Thing 0
- Culture
- September 1, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission has cleared the merger between Amazon and Whole Foods, sparking yet more fears that the retail giant is becoming too big. Even as commercial enterprises adjust, politicians and bureaucrats in America, Europe, and elsewhere are sounding the alarm about how big companies like Amazon and Google are shutting out smaller competitors
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The Reason So Many Kids Can’t Finish College 0
- Education
- August 31, 2017
Many students are heading back to school and hitting the books in hopes of earning that precious piece of paper known as a college degree. But according to The Los Angeles Times, the many students who earned a high school degree from Los Angeles Unified School District are having difficulty earning one from college. In
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The Benefits of Being an Only Child 0
- Culture
- August 31, 2017
According to the (Australian) ABC, there is a lot of prejudice, negativity and downright rudeness directed towards parents of a single child. Apparently such parents get asked things like: are you going to give your child a brother or a sister? Aren’t they lonely? What happens if they die and you are left with no
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Maria von Trapp Saved Her Children from Nazis. Austria Still Won’t Honor Her with a Street Name.0
- Culture
- August 31, 2017
I’m pretty sure I can recite every single song from The Sound of Music. I grew up watching the movie back in the day when long movies had to be split onto two different VHS tapes (and yes, my family still has them), and I still love it as an adult. The Sound of Music
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The Clash of the Hurricane Movements 0