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How Cicero Created a Movement of Free Thinkers 0
- History
- May 31, 2018
Cicero was a renowned Roman orator, statesman and writer. He was an enemy of one man rule and a self-described constitutionalist. During the turbulent twilight of the Republic he attempted tirelessly to establish a lasting peace in order to preserve his beloved republican government. Following the death of his daughter Tullia and his exile from
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Doctor Explains Why Parents Shouldn’t Encourage Boys to Play with Dolls 1
- Culture
- May 31, 2018
A quick look at headlines gives one the impression that boys and their ways are in bad shape: “Mass Shooters Are All Different. Except for One Thing: Most Are Men” (New York Times). “Why boys are more likely to be violent – and what can we do to stop it” (NBC News). “Men Are Responsible
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How Hypermodernity Is Destroying ‘the Good Life’0
- Culture
- May 31, 2018
In the 1950s, scholars worried that, thanks to technological innovations, Americans wouldn’t know what to do with all of their leisure time. Yet today, as sociologist Juliet Schor notes, Americans are overworked, putting in more hours than at any time since the Depression and more than in any other in Western society. It’s probably not
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Why People in the UK (and U.S. Media) Should Go Back and Read John Milton’s ‘Areopagitikos’0
- Politics
- May 31, 2018
In 1559, early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, England passed the 51st of the Injunctions Concerning Religion, which provided that no book in any language could be published without a license. Naturally, licenses were provided by powerful persons: the queen, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, a handful of select members of
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Google Lists ‘Nazism’ as an Ideology of Republicans 0
- Politics
- May 31, 2018
Companies, like people, make mistakes. And Google came fire on Thursday for making a big one. As first reported by Vice, the powerful search engine company listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party—less than a week before the GOP’s primary. Needless to say, Republicans were not pleased. “It is disgraceful that the
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Psychologist: Rejecting Values and Responsibility Was a Big Mistake 1
- Culture
- May 30, 2018
In May 2017 LifeWay Research released an interesting survey. It found that 80 percent of Americans were concerned “about declining moral behavior in our nation.” As the survey went on to report, such concern was not unfounded. While 63 percent of the 65+ crowd agreed that right and wrong was objective, or does not change,
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