Blog 3 Columns

Nuclear Option Restores Senate Sanity 0
- Politics
- April 7, 2017
Via Ilya Shapiro at Cato: “Thursday’s removal of the filibuster – a parliamentary tool effectively requiring 60 votes to proceed with a vote on a matter – for Supreme Court nominees is the long overdue denouement of a process that began not with Senate Republicans’ refusal to vote on Merrick Garland, or even Harry Reid’s
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Does Trump Have the Authority to Attack Syria?0
- International
- April 7, 2017
Recently President Donald Trump authorized a missile attack on a Syrian air force base in retaliation for the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons in the ongoing Syrian civil war. Republican Senator Rand Paul was quick to criticize the leader of his party for violating the U.S. Constitution, since he neither made a formal declaration
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Are We Witnessing a Quiet Revolution in Education?0
- Economics
- April 7, 2017
There’s an old adage which suggests that money is a great motivator. According to a recent article in U.S. News and World Report, Idaho schools seem to be discovering the truth of that sentiment. As the article reports, Idaho schools began a new experiment last fall when they opened a $4,000 education account for every
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Why Men No Longer Treat Women as Ladies 0
- Culture
- April 6, 2017
Considering Hillary Clinton’s proclamation that women need to break through the glass ceiling, or the variety of policy makers discussing the gender wage gap, or even the throngs of women protesting in pink pussy hats, it would seem that women are suffering from decided oppression and inequality in the 21st century. It was against such
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The Teen Who Wrote #BlackLivesMatter 100 Times on Stanford Application—and Got Accepted—is Emblematic of a Growing Problem 0
- Culture
- April 6, 2017
Many of you may have seen the story by now. Via NBC: “After completing his Stanford application, high school senior Ziad Ahmed realized an important component was missing amid a flurry of standardized test scores and extracurricular activities: his voice and passion. That’s when Ahmed took a gamble. In response to a question asking “What
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Telling Women They Don’t Need Men is Not Helpful 0
- Culture
- April 6, 2017
It is a question that has been debated for years: Do women need men? Nationally syndicated Radio Host Dennis Prager recently discussed this topic on his show and it got me thinking. Feminists often argue that women, especially women who have been formally educated, do not need men. Women should stay focused on their careers
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Students asked to Defend Nazis and the Holocaust in Homework Assignment 0
- Education
- April 6, 2017
“Okay class, today’s assignment is to write an essay about ‘The Final Solution’ the plan created by Nazi Germany to exterminate Jewish people and others they deemed to be not worthy of life. I want half of you to make an argument in favor of the plan, and half of you to argue against it.”
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Social Democracy is Collapsing Before our Eyes 0
- Culture
- April 6, 2017
A sign of strange times: 1984 by George Orwell has become a bestseller yet again. Here is a book distinguished for its dark view of the state, together with a genuine despair about what to do about it. Strangely, this view is held today by the Right, the Left, and even people who don’t think
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Partisan Politics is Propaganda 0
- Politics
- April 6, 2017
This morning’s Drudge Report has a rather ominous headline: The headline is in reference to the so-called “nuclear option” that Senate Republicans may deploy in trying to get Neil Gorsuch confirmed to the Supreme Court. Currently, 60 votes are required for a Supreme Court nominee to proceed to final passage. But Democrats are threatening to
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Nuclear Option Restores Senate Sanity 0