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  • Snowden: Stop Putting So Much Faith (and Fear) in Presidents

    Snowden: Stop Putting So Much Faith (and Fear) in Presidents0

    Whistleblower ?and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden remains a fugitive at large, but that didn’t stop him from popping up and chiming in on the recent presidential election. Snowden, who in 2013 blew the lid on the NSA’s massive covert surveillance program, recently appeared on camera via livestream to talk about privacy in an event hosted by

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  • Psychologist: ‘Parenting Correctness’ Leading Parents Astray

    Psychologist: ‘Parenting Correctness’ Leading Parents Astray0

    The other day, NPR published a glowing article describing the decline in spanking over the last several decades. Parents, it seems, are resorting to other forms of non-physical punishment, including “time-outs.” I thought this was interesting, particularly since the generation that grew up under this switch in discipline methods seems to now be exhibiting signs

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  • Building Walls for Protection is Not Immoral or Unchristian

    Building Walls for Protection is Not Immoral or Unchristian0

    The building of walls has been very much in the news over the past week or so. There is, of course, the famous or infamous wall that President Elect Trump has promised to build along the Mexican border. And then there are the recent comments by Pope Francis, seen as a thinly-veiled intervention by the

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  • 20 of Shakespeare’s Most Blistering Insults

    20 of Shakespeare’s Most Blistering Insults0

    “No longer from head to foot than from hip to hip: she is spherical, like a globe.” Dromio of Syracuse referring to the great girth of the future wife of his lost brother in The Comedy of Errors “Thou art a Castilian King urinal!” – The Host to Caius in The Merry Wives of Windsor

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  • Why Schools Should Teach Rational Discourse

    Why Schools Should Teach Rational Discourse0

    The day before the 2016 election, the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran a revealing story on the state of rational discourse in today’s schools. The story centered on two young men – Elijah Rockhold and Sam Buisman – from the public high school in Chanhassen, a suburb of the Twin Cities. Although Rockhold and Buisman are

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  • Why Men Love Tinder and Women Hate it

    Why Men Love Tinder and Women Hate it0

    The last two years has seen an explosion of dating apps such as Tinder and Precisely. Predictions about the impact of these apps can veer into the extreme, many foreseeing a breakdown in communication and “traditional” dating practices. Amid these calls, it can be observed that this is somewhat premature. Yes, dating apps have enjoyed

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  • Why Big Media Got Trump and Brexit So Wrong

    Why Big Media Got Trump and Brexit So Wrong0

    In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election, the US media has embarked on a flurry of self recrimination. Much of what they discuss applies equally to the UK media and the problems with news coverage of the EU referendum. There is no doubt the two big political campaigns of 2016 have thrown into stark relief

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  • How an Ancient Philosopher Predicted the 2016 Election

    How an Ancient Philosopher Predicted the 2016 Election0

    Many people depend upon polls to predict the outcome of elections. What pollsters do appeals to all the prejudices of the post-Enlightenment modern mind: They employ a distinctive technique (thank you Rene Descartes), they focus on empirical evidence (thank you Francis Bacon), and they invoke the mathematical forms of statistics (thank you John Graunt and

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  • Dave Chappelle’s Poignant SNL Monologue Goes Viral

    Dave Chappelle’s Poignant SNL Monologue Goes Viral0

    Funnyman Dave Chappelle has become one of the most successful comedians in the world largely for his unflinching comedic style, which often blends racial politics and humor. Chappelle delivered on that front this past weekend in his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, with jabs at white privilege and inner-city violence. But it was his poignant

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