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    • Russell Brand: Porn is Bad

      Russell Brand: Porn is Bad0

      According to Russell Brand, porn today must be “dizzying and exciting but corrupting in a way that we can’t even think about” for a young man. We’re a bit shocked that such a statement would come from the actor given some of his acting roles. Brand goes on to say why he doesn’t think it’s

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    • Intellectuals Didn’t Oppose Nazism Because It Was ‘Tedious’

      Intellectuals Didn’t Oppose Nazism Because It Was ‘Tedious’0

      There are times when men shirk from opposing grievous error because it’s dangerous, or inconvenient, or they are temporarily blinded by it.   And sometimes, it’s because it’s so damn boring.    This lesson was forcefully brought home to me in an article Carl Trueman wrote for First Things last year entitled “Persistent Defiance.” In

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    • China Will Now Allow Couples to Have a Whopping Two Kids

      China Will Now Allow Couples to Have a Whopping Two Kids0

      The all-beneficent People’s Republic of China is lifting its infamous one-child policy in favor of a two-child policy. As you can guess, the reason is largely due to the aging population of China. The Washington Post reports: “The nation’s fertility rate — 1.4 children per woman — is far below that of the United States and many

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    • 13 Quotes from John Dewey You Can Probably Agree With

      13 Quotes from John Dewey You Can Probably Agree With0

      1. “Familiarity breeds contempt, but it also breeds something like affection. We get used to the chains we wear, and we miss them when removed.”   2. “The quality of mental process, not the production of correct answers, is the measure of educative growth.”   3. “The source of whatever is dead, mechanical, and formal

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    • We’re All Narcissus Now

      We’re All Narcissus Now0

      Do you know the story of Echo and Narcissus? If not, it’s a good one in the age of selfies. Before there were selfies, there were mirrors. Nearly everywhere we go in the modern world, we have the chance to gaze upon ourselves with them. It’s something that we take for granted, while forgetting that

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    • Is School Preventing People from Growing Up?

      Is School Preventing People from Growing Up?0

      In a First Things piece today, Mark Bauerlein reaffirms the thesis that a separate adolescent society has developed in American culture. It used to be that children were simply looked at as adults-in-training. Many have made the point that “childhood” is an invention of the Victorian age. But, as James Coleman noted over fifty years

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