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  • ‘The Screwtape Letters’: 8 Facts

    ‘The Screwtape Letters’: 8 Facts0

    Though many are only familiar with C. S. Lewis’ children’s works, The Chronicles of Narnia, he gained fame and recognition through his penning of The Screwtape Letters. Initially published individually through The Guardian on a weekly basis in 1942, the volume is still a widely hailed work. It records the advice of one devil –

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  • Why Americans Must Once Again Become ‘Good Pagans’

    Why Americans Must Once Again Become ‘Good Pagans’0

    Many of you know C.S. Lewis as a Christian apologist. But in an interesting and little-known letter, C.S. Lewis told a Roman Catholic priest in 1953 that he thought it was crucial to worry first about making the younger generations “good pagans” before trying to make them Christians. Here is the relevant paragraph: “For my

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  • The Warriors Won’t be Visiting Trump’s White House, and that’s a Shame

    The Warriors Won’t be Visiting Trump’s White House, and that’s a Shame0

    Via Yahoo News: The 2017 NBA Champions Golden State Warriors unanimously decided as a team not to meet Donald Trump in the White House, as is custom for winning teams. The Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 to seal the hard-fought series 4-1. It is the second championship for the California team in three years,

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  • The Idea of Creating a New Universe in the Lab is No Joke

    The Idea of Creating a New Universe in the Lab is No Joke0

    Physicists aren’t often reprimanded for using risqué humour in their academic writings, but in 1991 that is exactly what happened to the cosmologist Andrei Linde at Stanford University. He had submitted a draft article entitled ‘Hard Art of the Universe Creation’ to the journal Nuclear Physics B. In it, he outlined the possibility of creating

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  • Study Reveals Why the American Dream is So Elusive for Millennials

    Study Reveals Why the American Dream is So Elusive for Millennials0

    It’s no news that millennials are more financially strapped than other generations. As Forbes reported last year, large percentages of them are struggling to gain “financial independence,” and as a result, are forced to rely on their parents for support. Naturally, older generations are quick to point to such stats with disdain and shake their

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  • New PBS Documentary on Education in America is Creating a Stir

    New PBS Documentary on Education in America is Creating a Stir0

    This spring, PBS has been airing a three-part documentary series, “School, Inc.“, spotlighting some of the successes of education choice and free-market schooling options around the world. “School, Inc.” is the brainchild of Andrew Coulson, an education policy researcher who left a successful career at Microsoft to answer a perplexing question: Why is it that

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  • It Would Have Been a Massacre

    It Would Have Been a Massacre0

    The horrifying scene at a practice field in Alexandria, Virginia, at which Congressman Steve Scalise was shot in a shocking flurry of gunfire, could have been much worse. Rand Paul pointed out that “it would have been a massacre” had a member of the House leadership not been there. His presence guaranteed that the heavily

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  • Is the Media Blacking Out the Insanity at Evergreen State?

    Is the Media Blacking Out the Insanity at Evergreen State?0

    Some readers may be familiar with the weird saga unfolding at Evergreen State College, where a progressive biology professor named Bret Weinstein recently was greeted outside his classroom with chants of “racist” and “white supremacist” by some 50 students.   Weinstein’s crime was to go to work one day despite a request by a student

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  • House GOP Whip Steve Scalise Shot at Congressional Baseball Practice

    House GOP Whip Steve Scalise Shot at Congressional Baseball Practice0

    House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., was shot and wounded early Wednesday in Alexandria, Virginia, when a man opened fire at Republican lawmakers and staff during a practice for a congressional baseball game. Scalise, shot in the left hip while at second base, was listed in stable condition at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where he

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