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Using the National Anthem and U.S. Flag to Protest is Not Helpful 0
- Culture
- September 26, 2017
How this all started and how it escalated is less important than the weekend blowup that engulfed America, when average folks count on taking a break from tensions of the week at work and in the news and enjoy the diversion of sports events. Now it’s all blurring together and social tensions have invaded the
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In Defense Of Virtue Signaling 0
- Culture
- September 26, 2017
Accusations of “virtue signaling” have become ubiquitous in online debate. It’s practically a Law of the Internet that, as soon as a controversial opinion is expressed, a commenter will appear to magnanimously and courageously set the record straight by explaining that, actually, it should be ignored because the author is just trying to look good
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What’s Wrong with the Right, the Left, AND the Center 0
- Politics
- September 26, 2017
I consider myself politically homeless, and have for a while now. I started out as a ‘campus leftist’ or ‘social justice warrior’, knee-deep in the works of Marx and Marcuse, Horkheimer and Habermas. But life as an expat in China changed my outlook somewhat. Witnessing the marriage between a communist state and its
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How to Select the Best Books for Your Kids 0
- Culture
- September 26, 2017
The other day I received a brief survey from Renaissance Learning. Designed for parents, teachers, and administrators, it asked participants to list three must-read books for students in the following age categories: At first blush, the survey may seem simple and almost frivolous in nature. But in actuality, the books we select for our children
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Yet More Evidence the SAT is Being Dumbed Down 0
- Culture
- September 26, 2017
We’ve been hearing for some time now that SAT scores are on the decline. For example, the year 2006 saw reading scores at 503, math scores at 518, and writing scores at 497. In 2016, however, the scores ran 494 for reading, 508 for math, and 482 for writing. When the scoring system change was
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Law Professor: Stop Saying Football Players Have a ‘Constitutional Right’ to Kneel During the National Anthem. They Don’t.0
- Entertainment
- September 26, 2017
Football was once the place Americans could go to get away from anxiety, division, and politics. No more. Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel for the National Anthem during the 2016 season has set off a chain reaction of sorts, one that is seriously threatening America’s pastime. Facing the prospect of being cut by the 49ers prior to
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