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Chesterton: In Defense of Eating that Christmas Turkey 0
- Culture
- December 5, 2016
The holiday season is here, and with it comes the dance to make sure nobody is offended. Want to have a holiday party at work? Better make it a generic potluck so the Jehovah’s Witness will come. Concerned that the Charlie Brown Christmas play is too religious in nature? Better neutralize it so no one
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Why Gay Men in Relationships Should Think About HIV 0
- Culture
- December 5, 2016
In a relationship there are myriad issues to manage. Who walks the dog? Does his mother like me? Whom are we supporting to win RuPaul’s “Drag Race All Stars 2”? But there is one issue that can often be harder to manage – how do we as a couple deal with HIV? Gay men and
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In Defense of Trump’s Deal with Carrier 0
- Economics
- December 5, 2016
Donald Trump hasn’t yet made the move from Trump Tower to America’s most expensive public housing, but he was able to come through with one campaign promise this week by announcing a deal with Indiana-based Carrier Air Conditioning that will keep almost 1,000 jobs in the state. As reported, the deal seems largely focused on
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Colleges Offer ‘Puppy Therapy’ to Stressed Students 0
- Culture
- December 5, 2016
Ah, finals week! It’s full of frantic studying, all-nighters, and 20-page papers whose outlines, rough drafts, and final copies get written in record time. Naturally, that work can cause an inordinate amount of stress, and universities are finally being sensitive enough to help students cope with it. According to Campus Reform, the following stress-coping techniques
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Why School Choice Won’t Fix Education 0
- Western Civilization
- December 5, 2016
President-Elect Donald Trump has announced Betsy DeVos as his choice to head the U.S. Department of Education. The pick is a clear signal that the Trump administration is intent on pursuing school choice, a fact that the wailing and gnashing of teeth among the self-interested educational establishment would seem to confirm. But it is important
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Hollywood’s Disgraceful Hero-Worship of Castro 0
- Culture
- December 2, 2016
Hollywood romanticizes revolutionaries, seeing them as noble, rugged individuals with towering passion and idealism who fight and risk their lives to make the world a better place. Sometimes that view is deserved. But more often than not, given Hollywood’s left-leaning partisanship, it elevates brutal dictators to the status of misunderstood heroes. Thus it’s no surprise that
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