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Why Conservatives Should Care More about Cities 0
- History
- July 14, 2017
It’s a time-honoured tradition in America, since the days of Jefferson and even before, to decry the evils of city life. One sees a great deal of this tradition in modern conservative discourse. Small-town America is the ‘real America’, the unpretentious, authentic, hardworking America with healthy values, and the big cities are full of crime
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Concentration Camps Reveal the Nature of the Modern State 0
- History
- July 14, 2017
In the history of concentration camps, there is one thing that everyone knows: they were invented by the British. The idea of isolating unwanted population groups in purpose-built camps was implemented in South Africa in the context of the Anglo-Boer War, with horrific consequences for the Boer population. Although it would be left to the
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Are Seat Belts Making You Less Safe?0
- Culture
- July 14, 2017
Once I was talking with a friend when he remarked that in rugby, there are fewer injuries per player than in the football. This seemed spurious to me, because football players have helmets and padding, while rugby players have none. Wouldn’t more protective gear reduce the likelihood of injury especially when compared to the unprotected
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What’s Behind the Surge in Tattoos?0
- Culture
- July 14, 2017
By now, you may have heard of the New Zealand man, Mark Cropp, who made a desperate plea for a job on Facebook. His lack of employment was not due to his lack of muscle, nor his will to work, nor even his past criminal record. It was due to a tattoo. As Cropp’s picture
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Millennial Offers the True Reason Her Generation is So Fragile 1
- Culture
- July 14, 2017
The caricature of the emotionally fragile millennial is a powerful and pervasive one in our culture today. Theories abound offering explanations as to why many members of this younger generation seems less equipped to deal with conflict and are so easily “offended.” There is the coddling parents hypothesis. The social isolation hypothesis. The Machiavellian hypothesis.
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Stop Patronizing Parents’ School Choice Decisions, Please 0
- Education
- July 14, 2017
Whenever we engage in discussions around school choice (charter schools, vouchers, and so on), it’s important to remember the origins of the mass schooling apparatus. In the mid-19th century when the first compulsory schooling statutes took hold–mandating attendance under a legal threat of force–the bureaucrats most responsible for compelling school for the masses had no
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