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  • How Lazy Millennials Are Hurting Whole Foods

    How Lazy Millennials Are Hurting Whole Foods0

    I drove by the new Whole Foods grocery store in my community the other day. It’s big, it’s hip-looking, and it offers much better parking than its former location. But according to a recent Washington Post article, the perks of this new store may be costing Whole Foods more than they would have liked. In

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  • How a Campus Kangaroo Court Drove One Student to Suicide

    How a Campus Kangaroo Court Drove One Student to Suicide0

    In May 2016, Thomas Klocke, a student at the University of Texas at Arlington, was accused of sexual misconduct. According to reports, the accusations stemmed from an interaction Klocke had with a gay student during class, in which Klocke allegedly used a gay slur. Klocke, who vehemently denied the accusations, was formally charged with violating

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  • Democracy Needs Aristocracy

    Democracy Needs Aristocracy0

    Seneca, the Roman philosopher, relates the story of the murder of Callisthenes by Alexander the Great, the “everlasting crime” of the Macedonian leader. Seneca wrote: “For when someone says, ‘Alexander killed many thousands of Persians’ the countering reply to him will be: ‘And Callisthenes too’. Whenever it is said: ‘Alexander killed Darius, who had the

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  • Atheists Are More Likely to Believe in Aliens. Why?

    Atheists Are More Likely to Believe in Aliens. Why?1

    Last fall, Chapman University released a survey on paranormal fears. Two of the questions asked about belief in aliens. The results indicate that 24 percent of Americans believe aliens visited the Earth in recent years, while 27 percent believe they did so in ancient times. While such numbers are surprising, they’re even more startling when

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  • Why So Many ‘Tolerant’ People Are Actually Intolerant

    Why So Many ‘Tolerant’ People Are Actually Intolerant2

    It’s become common to point out that those who most preach “tolerance” are often themselves highly “intolerant.” But why is that? As University of Texas professor and ethics expert J. Budziszewski explains, it may have a lot to do with tolerance’s character as a virtue. Let me explain. Or rather, I’ll explain Budziszewski’s explanation from

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  • United Had a Much Better Solution than Kicking Off a Passenger

    United Had a Much Better Solution than Kicking Off a Passenger0

    Everyone by now has likely seen the video depicting a man being dragged off a plane for refusing to give up his seat on a United flight. It’s a shocking and horrifying clip—so of course it immediately went viral. The video has been viewed more than 100 million times in China alone, CNN reports.  

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  • New Reuters Poll Proves That Many Americans Can’t Think for Themselves

    New Reuters Poll Proves That Many Americans Can’t Think for Themselves0

    It is generally believed that America is more polarized than ever. After all, one need only look at the fallout from the last election to test this theory: both liberals and conservatives are convinced that their ideas and principles are the best and should be followed. But a recent survey by Reuters casts a bit

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  • Mohammed Cartoon Publisher: The Definition of Tolerance has Changed

    Mohammed Cartoon Publisher: The Definition of Tolerance has Changed0

    A little more than a decade ago, Europe erupted over several cartoon drawings of the prophet Mohammed published in a Danish newspaper. For the man at the heart of the controversy, newspaper publisher Flemming Rose, the experience was an unpleasant one whose repercussions have continued to this day. In a recent interview for Reason Magazine,

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  • LA Times Editorial Board: Dear Colleges, Stop Squeezing Free Speech

    LA Times Editorial Board: Dear Colleges, Stop Squeezing Free Speech0

    A couple of weeks ago, my colleague Annie Holmquist wrote about Kevin Shaw, a student at California’s Pierce College, whom college officials threatened to kick off campus because he was handing out copies of the U.S. Constitution to interested students. Considering all the things happening on college campuses these days, cracking down on students offering

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