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Abandoning ‘America First’ In Afghanistan 0
- International
- July 7, 2020
With Americans growing ever more divided amid national upheaval over racial inequality and a global pandemic, it has perhaps never been more apparent that the United States has no business trying to fix the world with so many problems on our own doorstep. Whatever his faults, President Trump at least seems to understand this. Even
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My Fourth of July: Hope for America 0
- Culture
- July 7, 2020
My Fourth of July began when I placed six small American flags at intervals along the sidewalk of the front porch of my daughter’s house. As I pushed the flagpoles into the grass, I thought of my deceased wife, who had purchased these and other American flags, and who for years had decorated the lawn
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Supreme Court’s ‘Faithless Electors’ Decision Safeguards Electoral College 0
- History
- July 7, 2020
In a decision issued Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that states can punish presidential electors who break their pledge to support the presidential candidate preferred by the citizens of their states. The ruling affirms the Electoral College as an important part of our constitutional structure – one that balances popular sovereignty with the benefits of
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Will Economics Fall to Political Correctness?0
- Culture
- July 7, 2020
The intense pressure to politicize every aspect of academia will not spare economics, and why would it? A society willing to topple statues is hardly one to worry about pulling down a body of knowledge, especially one skillfully characterized by the Left as a political program rather than an actual social science. Keep in mind
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Does Fighting for Freedom Save Lives or Lose Them?0
- Philosophy
- July 7, 2020
Over the weekend, while keeping one eye on the weeds in my garden and the other on the news, I noticed an interesting trend: the media is slowly backing away from its dire coronavirus predictions. My first indication of this came via The New York Times. Reporter Katherine J. Wu, who holds a Ph.D in
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Something Beautiful: The Path of Success to Lifelong Learning 0
- Education
- July 6, 2020
Suppose you’re a successful engineer who now wishes he had taken more English literature courses in college. Suppose you’re a stay at home mother of four, and your sixteen-year-old daughter has taken an interest in classical music, a subject as foreign to you as Portuguese. Suppose you’re a bright homeschooling teen who wants to learn
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