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Lawmakers in Hawaii Propose Repealing Second Amendment 0
- Politics
- March 7, 2019
Legislators in Hawaii, which has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the United States, moved this week to bring their concerns about the Second Amendment to the national level. In Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) No. 42, introduced Tuesday, Democratic lawmakers assert that in light of the numerous tragic mass shootings at schools, work places,
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Democratic Party Supports Socialism, Poll Says 0
- Philosophy
- March 7, 2019
64 percent of registered voters say the Democratic Party supports socialism, reports The Hill: Nearly two-thirds of registered voters in a Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill believe that the Democratic Party supports socialism. Sixty-four percent of respondents said that they believe the Democratic Party backs such an economic system, while 36
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Are We All ‘Cat Persons’ Now? How Modern Dating Destroys Intimacy 0
- Culture
- March 6, 2019
In our previous Public Discourse essay on the #MeToo movement and hookup culture, we argued that careful attention to human experience can teach us important and surprising things about the meaning of sex. The same can be said for popular culture. It often tells the truth about sex, in spite of itself. Kristen Roupenian’s short story “Cat
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The Real Problem with Today’s Discourse 0
- Culture
- March 6, 2019
Ask a dozen people and you will probably get a dozen different answers for what is wrong with public discourse in America today. It’s the Republicans. It’s the Democrats. It’s the Russians, the Social Justice Warriors, the Millennials, the Baby Boomers, social media, lack of education, lack of opportunity, the list goes on. Whatever the
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In Germany, the State Can Seize Your Dog if You’re Late on Taxes 0
- Economics
- March 6, 2019
Bloomberg recently ran an article detailing how difficult high-tax states in the US can make it on wealthier individuals trying to leave. The idea of the state using teams of investigators to determine if one passes the “Teddy Bear Test” is likely to strike many Americans as creepy and slightly authoritarian. The Germans, however, show
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The Unbundling of America’s Political Parties 0
- History
- March 6, 2019
Should movies be seen in theaters, at least in their first runs, or are they just as good when they premiere on the home screen? To put that question in business jargon terms, should movies continue to be bundled to theaters, or should they be unbundled to appear anywhere—even on a tiny-screened smart phone? That’s the big fight in
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