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Argument: The Christian God Doesn’t Seem Like Such a Good Father0
- Philosophy
- October 19, 2016
Is God a “good Father”? My answer: No. At least, not as many people conceive God. Consider two claims that I hear about God quite often: Claim 1: God does not owe us anything. Claim 2: All glory, honor, and praise must go to God alone. It seems to me that when these claims appear alongside of
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Americans are Embracing Bad Government Because They Don’t Know History0
- Culture
- October 19, 2016
Recent news has proudly informed us that U.S. graduation rates are rising. Unfortunately, rising grad rates don’t tell the whole story. If one truly wants to know how American students are doing in school, a look at the Nation’s Report Card might offer a better picture. Those numbers tell us that not even half of
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Why We’re So Afraid0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
The title of a recent Rolling Stone article claims that “we’re living in the age of fear.” It explains: “If this election cycle is a mirror, then it is reflecting a society choked with fear. It’s not just threats of terrorism, economic collapse, cyberwarfare and government corruption—each of which some 70 percent of our citizenry
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The Absurdity of Political Correctness Has Reached New Heights0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
A few years ago, I put together an amusing collection of stories comparing truly bizarre examples of political correctness and bureaucratic idiocy in the United States and United Kingdom. I was especially impressed (in a you-must-be-joking fashion) that a British job placement office got in trouble for discrimination because they sought “reliable” and “hard-working” applicants.
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Is the Government Too Involved in Child-Rearing?0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
“I didn’t set out to be a radical, I just wanted my kids swaddled at day care.” That’s according to author and mom of four, Abby Schachter. In a recent video for Reason TV, Schachter admits that swaddling was one of the few things she as a mother felt strongly about when it came to
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America’s Ghost Legions of Idle Men0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
The US stock market continues to set new records. Unemployment continues to go down. The United States is now at or near “full employment”. According to a Bloomberg headline last year, “The Jobless Numbers Aren’t Just Good, They’re Great”. But a closer look at economic data by demographer Nicholas Eberstadt reveals something else entirely. While
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10 Things Americans Fear More Than Anything Else0
- Philosophy
- October 18, 2016
Over the weekend, I picked up one of those rectangular things made up of course paper that has words and images printed on it. What do you call it – ah, yes, a newspaper. The article touched on a Chapman University survey released last week that drew upon a random sample of 1,511 adults from
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Why Same-Sex Marriage Supporters Call it ‘Marriage Equality’0
- Culture
- October 17, 2016
In a recent press conference, it was striking how often Opposition Leader Bill Shorten used the term “marriage equality” and, equally striking, that not even once did he refer to “same-sex marriage” in criticizing the Government for not allowing a vote on this issue in Parliament, but insisting on a plebiscite. We know that our choice
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Why Academics are Becoming Irrelevant (and How to Stop it)0
- Education
- October 17, 2016
A January 2015 Pew Research Center study found an alarming chasm between the views of scientists and the views of the public. Here is just a sampling: 87 percent of scientists accept that natural selection plays a role in evolution, 32 percent of the public agree; 88 percent of scientists think that genetically modified foods
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