Culture

How Playing Boardgames Can Help Us Live Better Lives 0
- Culture
- October 16, 2019
Recently, my wife and I were playing a board game with some friends. She won. She didn’t want to. She wanted the rest of the group to win instead. At a crucial point in the game, she offered to make a move that would have reduced the gap between everyone. But we encouraged her to make
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Why Is the Media Ignoring a Law That Hurts Those With Disabilities?0
- Culture
- October 16, 2019
Speeches by supporters of assisted suicide always include a big shout-out for people with disabilities. Hey, guys, you’re top on our list of favs; we’re just working out the delicate balance against individual rights. Just hang in there; we love youse all. Which, translated, means that the fears of people with disabilities are going to be
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The Clock Is Ticking: Trillions in Debt With No Solutions 0
- Culture
- October 15, 2019
As the U.S. Debt Clock reveals, our national debt will soon reach an astounding $23 trillion. We show little inclination to rein in spending, cut programs, investigate cost overruns, or reduce the number of federal workers. No, we keep spending money like it will vanish from our wallets regardless, so much so that we are blasé about
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Why We Love Spiderman 0
- Culture
- October 14, 2019
Peter Parker. The teenager we’ve watched through multiple reboots captivates us. The man beneath the mask weaves a web across many generations, especially among those who, with Peter, are trying to figure out where they fit in a world with shifting definitions of masculinity and femininity, adolescence and adulthood, good and evil. Love it or hate it, the Marvel universe
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Joe Biden: Youth Idol?0
- Culture
- October 14, 2019
Today at Spectator USA I write about Joe Biden’s forgotten status as a fount of youthful genius in “Joe Biden: victim of the cult of youth.” Biden won his first Senate election at the 29, the same age as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and spent the next two decades being extolled for his age and sophistication – before spending the
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A New Dark Age: California’s Blackouts Are Self-Inflicted 0
- Culture
- October 14, 2019
California, the richest state in the nation—and one that’s often portrayed as the progressive harbinger of the future for the rest of the country – has been hit with its latest Third World-style disaster. On top of high poverty rates, skyrocketing homelessness, rising crime, and the return of medieval-sounding diseases, the state – specifically, the San Francisco Bay
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