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  • Can Royalty and Victimhood Co-Exist?

    Can Royalty and Victimhood Co-Exist?0

    It seems like everyone wants to be a victim these days. Terms like “microaggression” and “safe space” came out of nowhere a few years ago and quickly entered common parlance. But how can you be a victim when you are part of the institution that – for the past 1,000 years – has represented the

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  • Why Your Metal Straw Won’t Save the World

    Why Your Metal Straw Won’t Save the World0

    Like many Americans, I worry about the state of the planet and try to make a positive impact through decisions in my day-to-day life. But I also am nagged by the feeling that I often get it wrong, even though I analyze environmental problems for a living. Concerned about plastics in the ocean, I renounced

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  • Why Mike Pence Shouldn’t Shut Up About China

    Why Mike Pence Shouldn’t Shut Up About China0

    Two words. Ball handling. Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley had a point when he pointed out that LeBron James is getting older and needs to learn who to pass to. Barkley’s critique of LeBron’s play should extend to his own politics. Agreeing with LeBron’s criticism of the NBA stance toward China, Barkley said: ‘Vice President Pence

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  • Homer Simpson, the Unlikely Moral Exemplar

    Homer Simpson, the Unlikely Moral Exemplar0

    Homer Simpson is far from a good person. Among his many defects are alcoholism, sleeping on the job, a general disregard for the law, a gambling problem, and child abuse in the regular strangling of Bart. Yet in spite of his many moral shortcomings, there is one way in which the Simpson family patriarch has

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  • Should Parents Be Paid?

    Should Parents Be Paid?0

    There is increased discussion of how hard it is becoming to simply raise children. With the world’s fertility rate converging towards just 1.7 children per woman, something is not right – especially because studies show that women would like to have more children but say that they are incapable of doing so for one reason or another. Is it

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  • American Neverland: An Epidemic of Infantilism

    American Neverland: An Epidemic of Infantilism0

    In 2015, Canadian singer Ruth B. released a song “Lost Boy” to widespread acclaim. The stanza below is repeated twice in the song: I am a lost boy from Neverland Usually hanging out with Peter Pan And when we’re bored we play in the woods Always on the run from Captain Hook ‘Run, run, lost

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