Culture

The ‘Fun Police’ State 0
- Culture
- July 13, 2020
Once upon a time, America’s unofficial motto was: “It’s a free county.” Americans largely agreed that all could and should do what they wanted, assuming they weren’t hurting anyone else. You like vacations, someone else likes being a homebody. You like rock, he likes rap, and she likes country. If you wanted to smoke, ride
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Return of the One Room Schoolhouse?0
- Culture
- July 10, 2020
America should never have closed but even if you think it should have its K-something schools should not have followed. Policymakers chose a different path, however, and now some seem poised to repeat it in the Fall despite overwhelming evidence that children are safe from COVID-19 and are unlikely to spread it to their teachers
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Learning New Tricks in a Bad Time 0
- Culture
- July 10, 2020
Old dogs can learn new tricks. Here are a few lessons this old dog learned in the last five months. Laundry. For years doing the wash was my most dreaded household task. When my daughter and her family moved north, leaving the house without a washer and dryer, I began
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Cancel Culture: Time to Get Your Big Boy Pants On 0
- Culture
- July 9, 2020
It’s cool to cancel. At least, that’s the message sent via the ever-escalating number of individuals ostracized for expressing opinions contrary to political correctness, no matter how factual those opinions appear to be. Concern over this cancelling preference, however, is no longer the sole domain of those on the right of the political aisle. Prominent
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Three Things I Noticed Coming Home to America After Living Abroad 0
- Culture
- July 8, 2020
When you live abroad, the picture you get of America is pretty depressing. It seems like the country is falling apart. I recently returned to America for the first time in nearly two years. Although a U.S. citizen, I have been living abroad since 2012. Flying internationally during a pandemic was never my plan, but
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A Reign of Error 0
- Culture
- July 8, 2020
At the end of The Unheavenly City: The Nature and the Future of Our Urban Crisis (1968), Edward Banfield presents a prospect regarding race relations that seems to have been fulfilled since his tumultuous years and ours: a reign of error. Let me set the stage. America had become the wealthiest nation in the history
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