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Why Do People Become Communists, and Why Do They Stick With It?0
- Economics
- May 3, 2017
For as long as I can remember, I’ve puzzled about why people become communists. I have no doubt about why someone would stop being one. After all, we have a century of evidence of the murder, famine, and general destruction caused by the idea. Ignoring all this takes a special kind of willful blindness to
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Bill Nye, the Gender Ideology Guy 0
- Science
- May 3, 2017
Bill Nye has become the de facto spokesman for science. He and his trademark bow tie were featured in last month’s March for Science, and he has become a perennial presence on American television, speaking on a wide variety of scientific issues (despite the fact that he is trained as an engineer). One of the
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How Building a Border Wall Changed San Diego 0
- Politics
- May 3, 2017
In 1986, the San Diego Border Patrol sector accounted for approximately one-third of all apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border. Today, it accounts for only a small fraction. How did the region go from one of the busiest sectors for illegal border crossings to one of the most secure? In our latest edition of “Underreported,” The
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Why are Men Getting Shut Out of the Workforce?0
- Culture
- May 3, 2017
There’s a lot of talk about misogyny these days. Women, it is claimed, are still very much maligned and treated unfairly, and as such, must fight to break through the glass ceiling of the working world. I won’t deny that such may be the case. However, I wonder if we’ve placed such a heavy emphasis
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Not All Parents Want Their Children to be Social Justice Warriors 0
- Education
- May 3, 2017
My article yesterday on the indoctrination taking place at a Minnesota elementary school continues to generate controversy. To recap: the article pointed out numerous examples showing that the K-5 students of Highlands Elementary in Edina are being encouraged to become activists who view the world through the lens of race. Today, I wanted to continue
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Jonathan Haidt: 6 Ways Universities Can Fight Intellectual Intolerance 0
- Culture
- May 2, 2017
New York University professor Jonathan Haidt has become one of the most vocal critics of the university system’s culture of intolerance. The founder of Heterodoxy Academy, whose mission is to improve “the academy by enhancing viewpoint diversity and the conditions that encourage free inquiry,” Haidt says universities today face an enormous but important challenge: “They must
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