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Moral Outrage as Compensation for Guilt: An Explanation for 21st Century Campus Violence 0
- Culture
- May 5, 2017
The worst American campus violence since my college days at the University of Michigan in the late 60s and early 70s begs the question: Why? It’s not just the violence at places like Berkeley and Middlebury, but also students’ increasingly aggressive demands to keep conservative speakers away, create safe spaces, publish trigger warnings, and protect
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The U.S. Has the Fattest Poor People in the World. Why?0
- Culture
- May 5, 2017
Recent reports show that the United States is one of the most obese nations in the world—the only G-8 nation to crack the top 20 of the most overweight countries in the world. For children and low-income people the problem is particularly acute. A 2015 report commission by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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Gender Equality is Basically a Farce, Study Suggests 0
- Culture
- May 5, 2017
There’s a big trend these days for individuals to challenge the preconceived – and allegedly outdated – lens through which they view society. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the differences between the genders. Gender, we are told, is a social construct. As such, there is really no difference between the male and female
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MIT Is Making Kid-Friendly Communist Propaganda 0
- Education
- May 5, 2017
In order to make the deadliest ideology of the 20th century palatable to young Americans, “Communism for Kids” is coming to a bookstore near you. This newly released book from MIT Press “proposes a different kind of communism, one that is true to its ideals and free from authoritarianism.” The death toll from communist regimes
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This Is Why Government Shouldn’t Be Involved in Health Care 0
- May 5, 2017
The Republican-controlled House vote to “repeal Obamacare” – if that is what this was – was a stunning mess. Did they get it right? The answer is obviously no, and that’s inevitable. Just imagine a bill that sets out to reorganize any industry that is currently mostly market driven, such as shirts, software, groceries, or
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Why is Humility Important?0
- Culture
- May 4, 2017
An awful lot of people in this world are really puffed up about themselves. One of the character traits I wish were much more widely practiced these days is good old-fashioned humility. T. S. Eliot said, “Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well
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