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10 Things Americans Fear More Than Anything Else 0
- Philosophy
- October 18, 2016
Over the weekend, I picked up one of those rectangular things made up of course paper that has words and images printed on it. What do you call it – ah, yes, a newspaper. The article touched on a Chapman University survey released last week that drew upon a random sample of 1,511 adults from
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America’s Ghost Legions of Idle Men 0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
The US stock market continues to set new records. Unemployment continues to go down. The United States is now at or near “full employment”. According to a Bloomberg headline last year, “The Jobless Numbers Aren’t Just Good, They’re Great”. But a closer look at economic data by demographer Nicholas Eberstadt reveals something else entirely. While
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Is the Government Too Involved in Child-Rearing?0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
“I didn’t set out to be a radical, I just wanted my kids swaddled at day care.” That’s according to author and mom of four, Abby Schachter. In a recent video for Reason TV, Schachter admits that swaddling was one of the few things she as a mother felt strongly about when it came to
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Why We’re So Afraid 0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
The title of a recent Rolling Stone article claims that “we’re living in the age of fear.” It explains: “If this election cycle is a mirror, then it is reflecting a society choked with fear. It’s not just threats of terrorism, economic collapse, cyberwarfare and government corruption—each of which some 70 percent of our citizenry
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Why Same-Sex Marriage Supporters Call it ‘Marriage Equality’0
- Culture
- October 17, 2016
In a recent press conference, it was striking how often Opposition Leader Bill Shorten used the term “marriage equality” and, equally striking, that not even once did he refer to “same-sex marriage” in criticizing the Government for not allowing a vote on this issue in Parliament, but insisting on a plebiscite. We know that our choice
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Why Academics are Becoming Irrelevant (and How to Stop it)0
- Education
- October 17, 2016
A January 2015 Pew Research Center study found an alarming chasm between the views of scientists and the views of the public. Here is just a sampling: 87 percent of scientists accept that natural selection plays a role in evolution, 32 percent of the public agree; 88 percent of scientists think that genetically modified foods
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