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  • Choreless Generation Doesn’t Want Summer Jobs

    Choreless Generation Doesn’t Want Summer Jobs0

    I got my first summer job around age 11 when my elderly neighbor asked me to weed her garden. As I advanced through middle and high school, that once a month money-making enterprise expanded into bigger and better paying jobs – and more dealings with the general public. While such an experience may seem like

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  • Wise Parenting Uses Natural Consequences

    Wise Parenting Uses Natural Consequences0

    The great slogan of classical liberalism is “Life, Liberty, Property.” Essentially this means, don’t murder, enslave, or steal. And this in turn is essentially what we teach children when we say no hitting, bullying, or grabbing. Yet, when kids are introduced to the concept of government, suddenly murder/hitting (war, police brutality), slavery/bullying (conscription, regulation, prohibition,

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  • University Abandons Math Requirement, Embraces Diversity

    University Abandons Math Requirement, Embraces Diversity0

    I never was very fond of math. In fact – true confession – I did some pretty close research and fancy footwork to try to fulfill my two college math requirements in courses that were more conducive to my *ahem* right-brained tendencies. Like most things in life, I now see the benefit of those detested

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  • Mateen Transcript: Why are References to ISIS Being Scrubbed?

    Mateen Transcript: Why are References to ISIS Being Scrubbed?0

    The Department of Justice today released a transcript of the calls Omar Mateen made during the shooting rampage at an Orlando nightclub a week ago.  The transcript is incomplete, however. During a conversation with NBC’s Chuck Todd on Sunday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said references to Islamic terrorism would be removed. “What we’re not going to do is further proclaim this man’s pledges of

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  • Is a War Against the Family Being Waged in the West?

    Is a War Against the Family Being Waged in the West?0

    For decades, now, Christians have worried about the progressive push to strip naked the public square by forcing religion into the shadows of a private sphere. Recent events have made clear that this is not the case. Everything is public and political to the secular left. All aspects of our lives are fair game in

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  • Has the ‘War on Boys’ Entered the Workforce?

    Has the ‘War on Boys’ Entered the Workforce?0

    This morning The Washington Post reported on a growing problem afflicting the American workforce: fewer men are participating. The Post explains: “The [workforce downturn] problem is particularly pronounced among men between the ages of 25 and 54, traditionally considered the prime working years. Their participation rate has been declining for decades, but the drop-off accelerated

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