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Saudi Women Slowly Move Outside ‘The Cage’0
- Culture
- November 1, 2019
English singer Joss Stone sparked a controversy earlier this year after she shared a photograph on social media of herself wearing a pink niqab in Saudi Arabia. The image quickly divided her 286,000 followers, one of whom made the critical observation: Wearing (niqab) is not a ‘fun’ thing, it is not even a ‘cultural thing’, it is a religious
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Maternity Retailer Files for Bankruptcy 0
- Economics
- November 1, 2019
The world’s largest maternity retailer, Destination Maternity, filed for bankruptcy this week. The company has 183 stores across markets in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Could its potential closure be a sign of things to come for the baby industry, as women have fewer babies and our population grows older? The company blames increased competition in maternity clothing at
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Obama and Kanye on Woke Culture: ‘Get Over That Fast’0
- Culture
- November 1, 2019
Recently, President Obama made some choice comments about woke culture. You know, that’s not activism. That’s not bringing about change. If all you’re doing is casting stones, you’re probably not going to get that far. President Obama, like Dave Chapelle before him, appears to be jumping on the “woke culture” critique bandwagon, and his remarks are
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Does Class Size Make a Difference on the Quality of Our Kids’ Education?0
- Education
- November 1, 2019
Chicago’s teachers went on strike in October, suspending instruction for the city’s public school students for 11 days. Educators in the nation’s third-largest school district were seeking higher pay and improved benefits. But they also wanted to reduce the number of classrooms with large numbers of students. The deal the union representing Chicago’s teachers struck
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Why 1920s Americans Probably Wouldn’t Trade Places With Us 0
- Culture
- November 1, 2019
The news smacks us upside the head day after day, and sometimes the barrage of headlines can overwhelm us. We ignore them at the peril of our republic, but this unrelenting blitz can also drive us up the wall or round the bend. In part because of this blitz, we have become a country “consumed
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C.S. Lewis Predicted Our Doom 1
- Culture
- October 31, 2019
Whose dystopia are we living in today? With Donald Trump as president and the world seemingly ablaze, answering that question can sometimes feel like gambling on a horse race. So bet big on George Orwell, as China’s terrifying social credit system makes his Nineteen Eighty-Four freshly relevant. Though the odds are still good on Aldous Huxley, whose Brave
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