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When Warming Up a Car in Winter Becomes a Crime 0
- Education
- January 11, 2017
Via WXYZ Detroit: Did you know you could get fined for heating up your car? One man’s parking ticket has gone viral, with thousands of views after he was ticketed for heating up his car in his own driveway. Taylor Trupiano says he’s still shaking his head over a parking ticket he got on his
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The Tortured Logic of the Gender Revolutionaries 0
- Culture
- January 10, 2017
National Geographic, the magazine that recently ran a cover story on the most influential figures in ancient history but left out Moses and Jesus, is now trying its hand at gender theory. Its new cover story is entitled “How Science is Helping Us Understand the Gender Revolution.” Finally, a scientist is going to tell us
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Who’s Afraid of RT?0
- International
- January 10, 2017
A 14-page report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has concluded that during last year’s election campaign Russia tried “to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency” and promote the candidacy of Donald Trump. The report is a non-classified version of a
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Philosopher: Chance is Baked into the Cake of Democracy 0
- History
- January 10, 2017
The Trump victory, and the general disaster for Democrats this year, was the victory of ignorance, critics moan. Writing in Foreign Policy, Georgetown’s Jason Brennan called it “the dance of the dunces” and wrote that “Trump owes his victory to the uninformed.” New York Times columnist Neil Irwin noted the unprecedented list of inexperts and
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Meryl Streep’s Comments Were Boring. That’s All 14
- Culture
- January 10, 2017
My first feeling for Meryl Streep was embarrassment. The three-time Oscar-winner’s speech at the Golden Globes on Sunday brought to mind a cocktail reception I once attended. A nice young woman couldn’t resist injecting politics into polite conversation in mixed company. It was awkward for everyone but her. People politely smiled, much like the actors
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Thomas Paine on the Dangers of Elitism 0
- Culture
- January 10, 2017
On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published a little pamphlet known as Common Sense. The pamphlet would become one of the many sparks lighting the fire for the American Revolution. Thomas Paine made any number of important and influential comments in his little book including the following: “Men who look upon themselves born to reign,
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