Blog 3 Columns

Why Free Play is Disappearing in our Culture 0
- Culture
- August 1, 2017
Mammals are innately playful. Our large brains and complex social structures require that we learn vast amounts of information in childhood to help us thrive in adulthood. How do mammal children learn all of this? They play. But it’s not just any play. According to researchers, the most valuable play for normal human development is
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When Will Europe Be Muslim?0
- Religion
- August 1, 2017
“If you want to see the face of Europe in 100 years, barring a miracle, look to the faces of young Muslim immigrants.” In response to Europe’s continued declines in fertility and church attendance, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput issued this warning last week at the annual Napa Institute Conference in California. He continued: “Islam has
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This Debate is About Gender Dysphoria, Not Transgender Military Service 0
- Culture
- August 1, 2017
As a transgender military veteran, an Army retiree and the first person in the United States to have their sex legally declared as non-binary, I have a vested interest in the outcome of the transgender military service ban. In the days when transgender military service was banned, I spent 18 years of torment fearing that
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Passing Out Copies of Constitution Could Get You in Trouble at This College 0
- Education
- August 1, 2017
A college policy that led to the arrests of a student and two supporters of a conservative group for passing out copies of the Constitution on a Michigan campus is getting its day in court. A lawyer with the First Amendment legal aid group Alliance Defending Freedom was set to argue in court Tuesday for
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Harvard Prof: Why You Shouldn’t Try to Be Your Child’s ‘Friend’0
- Culture
- August 1, 2017
In recent years, it has become quite popular for parents to treat their children as near equals. Near equals, as in the children call the shots and the parents cater to their beck and call. The reason for this is that many parents see their children as their companions and friends. Denying children continual service
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Are Race, Class, and Gender Tainting Our View of History?0
- Culture
- August 1, 2017
A popular trend in recent months has been the removal of the names and monuments of those who supported slavery in America’s past. Such removal is undoubtedly driven by tense race relations, with some wanting to soothe their “white guilt” over past wrongs, and others seeking justice for the ancestors who were on the receiving
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5 Reasons Marxism Has Nothing to Offer Millennials 0
- Economics
- August 1, 2017
For millennials looking to shake off a dull weekend with a good economics or philosophy book, Marxism is one topic you might want to avoid. Anyone who has taken the time to read either Karl Marx or Friedrich Engels would, hopefully, realize just how lucky they are to live in a relatively free society. But
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4 Reasons Colonists Rebelled Against Britain (Besides High Taxes)0
- History
- August 1, 2017
Americans today tend to look at the War of Independence in terms of patriotic slogans. “No Taxation without Representation!” “I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” “Give me liberty or give me death.” “Don’t Tread on Me!” Through this lens, the Revolutionary War was an inevitable conflict brought about
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Why you should be skeptical of headlines declaring that this 69-year-old monk dubbed the ‘world’s happiest man’ holds the secret to happiness 0
- Philosophy
- July 31, 2017
Matthieu Ricard, a Tibetan monk from France, has been declared the world’s happiest man by media and, perhaps more importantly, by Google. Many years ago, Ricard, a genetic scientist who walked away from an intellectual career, participated in a 12-year study conducted by neuroscientist Richard Davidson of the University of Wisconsin. Here is what researchers
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Why Free Play is Disappearing in our Culture 0