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A Wolf, A Dog, and the Declaration of Independence 0
- Culture
- July 3, 2019
One afternoon a wolf who had eaten nothing for two days met a dog from a nearby farm. The dog was big and well fed, and the wolf complimented him on his healthy appearance. “Come with me, Cousin,” the dog said, “and we’ll put some meat on your bones. You’ll get all the food you
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Thanks, ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ for Reminding Us Why Inflation Matters 0
- Culture
- July 3, 2019
Marvel recently re-released the final film in its “Avengers” series with extra footage and a post-credit tribute in hopes of breaking the worldwide record for top-grossing movie of all time. So far, the gambit seems to have failed. As of July 2, “Avengers: Endgame” had collected US$2.77 billion in worldwide ticket sales. This is still
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: It’s Been a Year, and What a Year It’s Been 0
- Culture
- July 3, 2019
On June 26, 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) beat Joseph Crowley for the Democratic nomination in New York’s 14th congressional district. Though only 28 and with little political experience, she went on to win the general election in November, and has been making waves ever since. Here are seven highlights from her campaign and time in
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Three Myths About Prohibition and Why It Actually Worked 0
- Culture
- July 2, 2019
The reputation of Al Capone and the typical American aversion toward big government cloud our understanding of the history of Prohibition. According to an article published last week in Vox, Prohibition worked much better than most people think. A reevaluation of Prohibition is very relevant for our time. Americans across the country are voting to
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The Pursuit of Happiness Rightly Understood 0
- Culture
- July 2, 2019
On the day C.S. Lewis died, his last written work was already in press with the Saturday Evening Post. “We have no ‘right to happiness,’” Lewis declared in the essay, by which he meant that we have no moral right to trample the rules of justice to gratify our impulses. Lewis did concede that the idea
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Why Didn’t the Founders Abolish Slavery?1
- Culture
- July 2, 2019
Reparations for slavery have reemerged as a hotbed issue in the 2020 election, raising the question of why the Founding Fathers did not abolish slavery when starting their new country. Many of the Founders – including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton – opposed the practice. They denounced slavery in the original draft of the
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