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Playing With Fire: Are We Witnessing the Death of Europe?0
- Culture
- May 13, 2019
In the wake of the fire at Notre Dame cathedral, some online commentators speculated that arsonists might have sparked the blaze, hinting at Islamists or radical secularists. Others immediately launched a furious counterattack, accusing these writers of religious bigotry and racism by their rush to judgment. To a point, I would agree with these critics.
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Are Yoga and Mindfulness in Schools Religious?0
- Culture
- May 13, 2019
The number of U.S. children age four to 17 practicing yoga rose from 2.3 percent to 8.4 percent — or from 1.3 million to 4.9 million — between 2007 and 2017, federal data show. The number of children meditating rose to 3.1 million during the same period. The rise is due in part to more yoga
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All Good Mothers Have One Trait in Common 1
- Culture
- May 10, 2019
Mother’s Day is just around the corner. This is the day we honor the mother who bore us, reared us, laughed with us (and sometimes laughed in private at us), argued with us, taught us everything from table manners to hygiene, protected us, and believed in us. She picked us up when we fell on
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What Bernie Sanders Missed on His Soviet Honeymoon 0
- Economics
- May 10, 2019
Bernie Sanders and I have little in common, given his passionate commitment to “democratic” socialism and my firm belief in individual freedom. But we do share one thing: We both visited Moscow in 1988, albeit for differing reasons. Sanders was on what he called “a very strange honeymoon” with his bride Jane. I was traveling
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What the NYT Fails to Mention About Dads and the Division of Labor at Home 0
- Culture
- May 10, 2019
The New York Times recently ran an article that suggests fathers are shirking their share of chores in the home. The Opinion The article, which bears the headline “What ‘Good’ Dads Get Away With,” states that while men have improved in recent decades, they still fall woefully short in the proportion of housework they bear,
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Dumbfounded by American Socialism 0
- Culture
- May 9, 2019
In some regards — no, in many regards — I am a knucklehead. Talk to me of stocks and bonds, of escrow and amortization, and a curtain descends. Speak to me at a party of the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, the music of Philip Glass, and most of today’s Hollywood celebrities, and I will listen
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