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  • Charlie Gard’s Parents Have the Right to Try New Treatment

    Charlie Gard’s Parents Have the Right to Try New Treatment0

    A central issue in the controversy over withdrawal of treatment from British baby Charlie Gard is that of parental rights. Whether to continue life support for 11-month-old Charlie while his parents pursue alternative treatment in the US (or, since a recent offer, Italy) or not, is a question already decided in the negative by the

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  • American Parents ‘Are Afraid of Their Own Kids,’ Physician Says

    American Parents ‘Are Afraid of Their Own Kids,’ Physician Says0

    Family physician and author Dr. Leonard Sax has made a name for himself by seeking to restore common sense to today’s crazy world of child-rearing. He continues this quest toward restored sanity in a recent interview with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. As Dr. Sax explains, there is a great difference between parents

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  • Why We Should Allow Boys to Fight

    Why We Should Allow Boys to Fight1

    If you ever watched the old “Road to Avonlea” TV series, you may recall the episode in which a struggling actor poses as a school teacher and is hired by the desperate school board. The school lessons soon turn into episodes of high drama, in which the children re-enact historical battles with swords, shields, and

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  • Why One Principal Sought to Dumb Down a High School Critical Thinking Course

    Why One Principal Sought to Dumb Down a High School Critical Thinking Course0

    There are few things in this day and age that bring people from both sides of the political aisle together in agreement. But one of the few things which does bring agreement is the need for school courses that teach students to become logical and critical thinkers. Because few schools offer such classes, many students

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  • Trump’s VA Terminates 500, Suspends 200 for Misconduct

    Trump’s VA Terminates 500, Suspends 200 for Misconduct0

    Five hundred and forty-eight Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees have been terminated since President Donald Trump took office, indicating that his campaign pledge to clean up “probably the most incompetently run agency in the United States” by relentlessly putting his TV catch phrase “you’re fired” into action was more than just empty rhetoric. Another 200 VA workers

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  • The US Is Not ‘One Nation’ — And It Never Was

    The US Is Not ‘One Nation’ — And It Never Was0

    Patrick Buchanan is an informative and interesting writer. On foreign policy, especially, he’s long been one of the most reasonable voices among high-level American pundits.  When it comes to cultural matters, however, Buchanan has long held to a peculiar and empirically questionable version of American history in which the United States was once a mono-culture

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  • Journalism Prof: CNN’s Bumbling Coverage a ‘Gift from Heaven’ to Trump

    Journalism Prof: CNN’s Bumbling Coverage a ‘Gift from Heaven’ to Trump0

    For the slice of America that still values the craft of journalism and sees a greater need for it than ever, the Trump vs. Media wars have been depressing.   In one sense, the conflict has confirmed the worst fears of those who argued that members of the fifth estate have become mere shills, regurgitators

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  • It Makes No Sense to Vilify the Kochs While Venerating FDR

    It Makes No Sense to Vilify the Kochs While Venerating FDR0

    The Koch Brothers recently announced a $21 million anti-poverty program in Dallas, designed to reduce gang violence and encourage young entrepreneurs. But their efforts to end poverty are unlikely to earn credit from progressives, who frequently demonize the family. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid routinely blasts them for “crooked works” and “nefarious actions.” And when Charles and

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  • How Many Lawmakers Advocating $15 Minimum Wage Hire Unpaid Interns?

    How Many Lawmakers Advocating $15 Minimum Wage Hire Unpaid Interns?0

    Almost all of the lawmakers who co-sponsored a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour also hired unpaid interns to supplement their staffs, a survey shows. A report from the Employment Policies Institute reveals that 174 of the bill’s 184 co-sponsors, or 95 percent, hire interns who are paid nothing. “It’s hypocritical to

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