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  • Why Are Grooms Having to Hire A Best Man?

    Why Are Grooms Having to Hire A Best Man?0

    We’ve probably all seen a wedding at some point where the bride has multiple friends and sisters to stand beside her. They’re a pretty sight, dressed in their finery, carefully holding their flowers, and beaming as their friend walks down the aisle. And then you look over at the groom’s side. There, too, the men

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  • Labor Employee Wins $21K Settlement Over ‘Insensitive’ Email From Boss

    Labor Employee Wins $21K Settlement Over ‘Insensitive’ Email From Boss0

    Are you unreasonable if you do not become traumatized by a single insensitive workplace email or remark? No, according to the courts. But yes, according to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: It ruled that a single, non-threatening email was “religious harassment” that would poison the work environment for a “reasonable person.” As a result, it

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  • Husbands Are Not the Enemy

    Husbands Are Not the Enemy0

    In the wake of a cascade of articles from the New York Times celebrating January’s Women’s March as a stirring symbol of feminist empowerment—as demonstrated by pussy hats, profane placards, unhinged celebrity poetry, and the rejection of pro-life women—that same paper hit a new low in the blatant bashing of American manhood. The Times’ Nicholas

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  • Gloria Steinem Embarrasses NYT By Rehashing Decade-Old Column

    Gloria Steinem Embarrasses NYT By Rehashing Decade-Old Column0

    On Thursday the New York Times published an op-ed written by Gloria Steinem. In the editorial, the feminist icon wrote about a “recent” experience on a flight to Seattle in which a rude young man announced he didn’t watch “chick flicks.”   The episode served as the launching point for Steinem’s point that our culture

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  • Why People Should Stop Trying to ‘Win’ Arguments

    Why People Should Stop Trying to ‘Win’ Arguments0

    • March 2, 2017

    Here are four characteristics I consistently see in those who are masterful when they participate in an argument: 1) They listen. Before the other person finishes speaking, a lot of arguers are already busy focusing on their counteroffensive. It’s not uncommon for them to silence their foes with a mid-sentence interruption. You can see it

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  • Trolling: The Reason People Do It

    Trolling: The Reason People Do It0

    “Fail at life. Go bomb yourself.” Comments like this one, found on a CNN article about how women perceive themselves, are prevalent today across the internet, whether it’s Facebook, Reddit or a news website. Such behavior can range from profanity and name-calling to personal attacks, sexual harassment or hate speech. A recent Pew Internet Survey

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  • Oregon High School Discovers Hidden Benefits in Shop Class

    Oregon High School Discovers Hidden Benefits in Shop Class0

    Have you ever looked at the range of courses your child can take in high school and had the sense that something was missing? For many parents, that missing item is one that was a favorite course in high school: shop class. The reasons for the disappearance of shop class are simple: high stakes testing

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  • Moral Outrage: A Theory on Why We’re Seeing So Much of It

    Moral Outrage: A Theory on Why We’re Seeing So Much of It0

    Why do people express so much moral outrage? A pair of academic researchers recently asked this question and discovered “that moral outrage at third-party transgressions is sometimes a means of reducing guilt over one’s own moral failings and restoring a moral identity.” The paper is (appropriately) titled, “A cleansing fire: Moral outrage alleviates guilt and

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  • Let Little Boys Play Like Little Boys

    Let Little Boys Play Like Little Boys0

    A few months ago, neuroscientist Debra Soh declared that trendy attempts to raise children in a gender-neutral environment are downright “futile.” Soh explained: “[S]o long as children are given the option to take part in activities they find interesting, there’s nothing wrong with being gender-typical.” But according to a recent Dartmouth Review interview with philosopher

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