Culture

Are Conspiracy Theories Really on the Rise?0
- Culture
- September 18, 2019
Have the internet and social media created a climate where Americans believe anything is possible? With headlines citing now as the age of conspiracy, is it really true? In a word, no. While it may be true that the internet has allowed people who believe in conspiracies to communicate more, it has not increased the
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Begotten, Not Made: Revisiting the Morality of Surrogacy 0
- Culture
- September 18, 2019
Surrogacy is much in the news these days. New Jersey and Washington recently legalized commercial gestational surrogacy, while similar legislation was just rejected in New York. Kim Kardashian and husband Kanye West welcomed a second child through surrogacy, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his husband want a child, surrogacy being an option. Stories of couples struggling with the deep pain
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We Need Bullies so We Can Be Heroes 0
- Culture
- September 17, 2019
For decades now, public schools and society at large have fretted about how to stop bullying. At some point in the 1990s, some time around the Columbine High School massacre, bullying became a public crisis. Public crises must have a government program, which must have a logo, and must have posters and handouts and a
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On Constitution Day, Don’t Forget Jury Rights 0
- Culture
- September 17, 2019
September is a busy month for the Fully Informed Jury Association. Each year on September 5, we celebrate Jury Rights Day as our signature day of education. Jury Rights Day commemorates the 1670 trial of William Penn, which helped lay a solid foundation for jurors’ right of conscience acquittal by jury nullification. We also celebrate
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Progressives Are Starting to Notice the Weird Cultural Climate 0
- Culture
- September 17, 2019
The cultural climate out there is weird. Just about every American adult feels it, although we try to go about life as normal, pushing our unease aside. But what about the kids? Does the cultural unrest affect them as well? Writer George Packer suggests it does. “When the Culture War Comes for the Kids” is
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When Students Melt Down Over a ‘B’2
- Culture
- September 17, 2019
The library on campus of a small Catholic university in Illinois was largely empty. Since the administrators had replaced most of the bookshelves with plush furniture, conference tables, and chairs, it better resembled an airport terminal just before a redeye. A handful of students were staring intensely into computer screens, while another pair talked loudly – no
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