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  • Diversity is Becoming a Form of Worship

    Diversity is Becoming a Form of Worship3

    Diversity is a good thing. We have to say that today, but the truth is I actually believe it. My personal experiences confirm the cliché. I grew up in a tiny blue-collar town in Wisconsin, but I was a bit of a vagabond in my 20s. Some cities I lived in were populous and diverse;

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  • Communism Became the Disease It Tried to Cure

    Communism Became the Disease It Tried to Cure0

    From Radical Revolutionaries to Privileged Bureaucrats The great German sociologist, Max Weber (1864-1920) offered an understanding of the evolution of socialist regimes in the twentieth century from revolutionary radicalism to a stagnant system of power, privilege and plunder, manned by self-interested Soviet socialist office holders. Max Weber, in his posthumously published monumental treatise, Economy and

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  • School Choice and Racism: A Myth Devoid of Context

    School Choice and Racism: A Myth Devoid of Context0

    There has been a lot of recent discussion on the racial impact of school choice. Critics have used research reports to corroborate their claims that school choice increases racial segregation. While these claims have a factual basis, they are in dire need of context. School choice can increase racial segregation, but not for reasons anyone

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  • Political Incorrectness is Treated More Harshly Than Actual Hate Speech. Why?

    Political Incorrectness is Treated More Harshly Than Actual Hate Speech. Why?0

    On June 18, four days after James T. Hodgkinson opened fire on a group of Republican congressman at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va., Professor Johnny Eric Williams of Trinity College (CT) posted the following message on his Facebook page: “It is past time for the racially oppressed to do what people who believe themselves

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  • Mothers Are Not Widgets

    Mothers Are Not Widgets0

    Women are only as valuable as their GDP contribution allows. This is the message emanating from a new Canadian study on the female workforce and economic growth. The report, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper entitled, “Women Are Key for Future Growth: Evidence from Canada,” finds that “an increase in female labor force participation

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  • Majority of Google Employees Say Firing of Memo Author Was Wrong

    Majority of Google Employees Say Firing of Memo Author Was Wrong0

    Google’s firing of engineer James Damore continues to garner national attention. The tech giant fired Damore earlier this week after his 10-page memo, titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” ignited a storm of criticism—even though numerous scientists said Damore’s findings, which suggested biological differences between men and women might be one reason women are underrepresented in

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  • Indoctrination in American Schools: How bad is it?

    Indoctrination in American Schools: How bad is it?0

    (The above image is that of a jacket worn by a teacher in a West Virginia public school.) The father of America’s public education system, Horace Mann, famously quipped: “Men are cast-iron, but children are wax.“ Mann knew that education was never a “value-neutral” proposition. It has always been and always will be a process

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  • How Our Culture Came to Scorn Physical Work

    How Our Culture Came to Scorn Physical Work0

    As economic prosperity continues to spread, and as the American economy completes its transition into the age of information, manual labor is increasingly cast down in the popular imagination. When our youth navigate and graduate from high school, they receive a range of pressures to attend four-year colleges and pursue various “white-collar” careers, whether in

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  • Does This Viral Request for a Bride Reveal What Men Want in a Wife?

    Does This Viral Request for a Bride Reveal What Men Want in a Wife?0

    Every once in a while, an individual will pop up with a clever joke or parody that gives a viral chuckle and reassures us that humor is not, in fact, as dead as we’ve presumed. An example of this recently appeared in Scotland’s agricultural want ads. As the Daily Record explains, a 37-year-old farmer by

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