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  • Where did Nazi doctors learn their ethics?

    Where did Nazi doctors learn their ethics?0

    German medicine under Hitler resulted in so many horrors – eugenics, human experimentation, forced sterilization, involuntary euthanasia, mass murder – that there is a temptation to say that “Nazi doctors had no ethics”. However, according to an article in the Annals of Internal Medicine by Florian Bruns and Tessa Chelouche (from Germany and Israel respectively),

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  • Not All Parents Want Their Children to be Social Justice Warriors

    Not All Parents Want Their Children to be Social Justice Warriors0

    My article yesterday on the indoctrination taking place at a Minnesota elementary school continues to generate controversy. To recap: the article pointed out numerous examples showing that the K-5 students of Highlands Elementary in Edina are being encouraged to become activists who view the world through the lens of race.  Today, I wanted to continue

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  • How Building a Border Wall Changed San Diego

    How Building a Border Wall Changed San Diego0

    In 1986, the San Diego Border Patrol sector accounted for approximately one-third of all apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border. Today, it accounts for only a small fraction. How did the region go from one of the busiest sectors for illegal border crossings to one of the most secure? In our latest edition of “Underreported,” The

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  • Bill Nye, the Gender Ideology Guy

    Bill Nye, the Gender Ideology Guy0

    Bill Nye has become the de facto spokesman for science. He and his trademark bow tie were featured in last month’s March for Science, and he has become a perennial presence on American television, speaking on a wide variety of scientific issues (despite the fact that he is trained as an engineer). One of the

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  • Why Decline in Religion Might Be Driving the Campus Protests

    Why Decline in Religion Might Be Driving the Campus Protests0

    You know you have a genuine problem on your hands when both the left and the right come together to criticize something. Such seems to be the case with the campus protest movement sweeping the country. The latest individual to stand up and say that the protests on campus are a problem is John McWhorter,

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  • Tolkien’s Odd Alternate Ending to ‘The Lord of the Rings’

    Tolkien’s Odd Alternate Ending to ‘The Lord of the Rings’0

    There are many reasons J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings is considered one of the greatest stories of all-time. (It was voted the best book of the 20th century in a UK readers’ poll a decade and a half ago, and not for the first time.)    I’m convinced that one of

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  • The Pope’s Favorite Straw Man: ‘Individualism’

    The Pope’s Favorite Straw Man: ‘Individualism’0

    Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has repeatedly attacked what he now calls the “liberal-individualist” or “neoliberal” vision of the world. With last week’s statement to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Francis has renewed the attack, but in the process has exhibited a number of political biases and demonstrably false assumptions.  This line of attack

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  • The Hidden Costs of Universal Preschool Programs

    The Hidden Costs of Universal Preschool Programs0

    New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio, announced last week his plan to expand universal, taxpayer-funded, full-day preschool to all 3-year-olds regardless of family income. This initiative, dubbed “3-K for All,” expands on de Blasio’s previous effort to offer universal preschool to all of the city’s 4-year-olds, a plan he called “Pre-K for All.” That plan now

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  • Jonathan Haidt: 6 Ways Universities Can Fight Intellectual Intolerance

    Jonathan Haidt: 6 Ways Universities Can Fight Intellectual Intolerance0

    New York University professor Jonathan Haidt has become one of the most vocal critics of the university system’s culture of intolerance. The founder of Heterodoxy Academy, whose mission is to improve “the academy by enhancing viewpoint diversity and the conditions that encourage free inquiry,” Haidt says universities today face an enormous but important challenge: “They must

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