Blog 3 Columns

Paul Krugman Discovers the Problem with Unbridled Presidential Power 0
- Politics
- August 30, 2017
It’s always an occasion of note when Paul Krugman says a true thing. And it has happened. “Given the powers we grant to the president, who in some ways is almost like an elected dictator, giving the office to someone likely to abuse that power invites catastrophe.” Abused power is indeed potentially catastrophic. Perhaps there
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Hurricane Harvey Brings Out the Best in Americans 0
- Culture
- August 30, 2017
Pictures of destroyed homes and flooded neighborhoods are heartbreaking, but the inspiring images of neighbors helping neighbors and average citizens performing heroic acts has shown Texas, and America, at its best. The eyes of the country have been on Texas as it deals with the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey. Along with coverage of the
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How Higher Education “Studies” Men 0
- Culture
- August 30, 2017
In 2013, Stony Brook University (part of the SUNY system) revealed plans for a new “Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities.” Since I’m a Stony Brook grad, I was quite interested in this development. Would the new Center do anything to enhance the school’s reputation for scholarship? I didn’t think it would, but
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Corporate America is Abandoning Neutrality and Entering Social Justice Fray 0
- Culture
- August 30, 2017
It may sound hard to believe, but America’s CEOs seem to increasingly resemble Che Guevera, the Marxist who became the face of the Cuban Revolution. The latest similarities came in mid-August after President Donald Trump’s contentious response to the violent clashes between white supremacists and their opponents in Charlottesville, Virginia. That prompted a number of
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Violence Can’t Be Justified Because You Don’t Like What Someone Says (Video)0
- Culture
- August 29, 2017
The optics of the video (see below) are chilling: At the August 20 “America First” rally in Laguna Beach, California, a large white man sucker-punches a well-dressed, slightly built black man. Perhaps ironically, this incident does not fit stereotypical expectations: The punching victim, R. C. Maxwell, was not protesting against the anti-illegal immigration rally but attending
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Trump is Smart to Insist a Military Option Against North Korea Remains on the Table 0
- International
- August 29, 2017
President Donald Trump said “all options are on the table” Tuesday in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile that passed over Japan. “The world has received North Korea’s latest message loud and clear: this regime has signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations, and for minimum standards
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The Morality of Modern Education is Relativism 0
- Culture
- August 29, 2017
It would be a mistake or, at any rate, an exaggeration to say that modern education has turned its back on morality. It has not. It’s just that the morality it pursues is that of radical relativism with its radical skepticism about the benefits of the “great conversation” that has animated educated discourse for almost
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The Battle against Temptation Is Worth It, Men 0
- Family
- August 29, 2017
For the last nine months, my lifestyle has been that of the single, solitary bachelor. With family in another state and most of my friends being married with kids, I go home from my nine-to-five job to my studio apartment alone. And so, I can empathize with the growing mass of today’s lonely, American men
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Professors Implore Students: ‘Think for Yourselves’!0
- Culture
- August 29, 2017
It’s telling of our times when Americans have to be told to do the simplest of tasks. It’s also telling when they have to be told how to do that same task. Such is the case with a back to school memo recently released by professors from Princeton, Harvard, and Yale. Their simple advice? Think
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Paul Krugman Discovers the Problem with Unbridled Presidential Power 0