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  • Free Kids, Free Society: Overcoming the Myths of ‘Safetyism’

    Free Kids, Free Society: Overcoming the Myths of ‘Safetyism’0

    As America’s “great awokening” continues to unfold, we see the emergence of a peculiar new brand of safetyism and self-protectionism. Whether observed in the range of student-led riots and intimidation efforts at college campuses or the fear-mongering of white nationalists, the foundations of liberal democracy are increasingly being called into question – all that a select set of

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  • ‘Let’s Eat the Babies!’

    ‘Let’s Eat the Babies!’0

    “Save the planet – Eat the children.” So read the words on the t-shirt of one of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s supporters. In addition to the slogan, the young woman offered these thoughts at the Ocasio-Cortez town hall event on Thursday, October 4: I love that you support the Green Deal, but it’s not getting rid of fossil fuel,

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  • I Spent a Year as a Trans Man. Doctors Failed Me at Every Turn.

    I Spent a Year as a Trans Man. Doctors Failed Me at Every Turn.0

    I can’t wrap my head around all that I’ve done to myself in the last two years, much less the “help” that some health care professionals have done to me. Two years ago, I was a healthy, beautiful girl heading toward high school graduation. Before long, I turned into an overweight, pre-diabetic nightmare of a

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  • Can Babies Defeat Marx?

    Can Babies Defeat Marx?0

    A close friend of mine just had her fourth child. I am delighted! One might say baby-holding is a hobby of mine, so the more of them there are, the better I like it. But not everyone agrees with me. Oh, they may like babies, but they’re also terrified of what the future may hold

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  • Streets With Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

    Streets With Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered0

    A building may appeal for its formal perfection, its harmony of proportion and the grammatical discipline with which it matches part to part. But it may appeal despite lacking those things, by offering enticing glimpses of the life within, intriguing apertures, invitations to enter, to explore, to imagine.  The much-loved villages of Provence and the

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  • Why We Lie to Our Doctors

    Why We Lie to Our Doctors0

    Let’s suppose you’re having transmission trouble with your car. You take it to a mechanic, but instead of explaining about the transmission, you tell him the brakes are squishy. Would you lie to the mechanic about the problem with your automobile? Not if you’re in your right mind. You want your transmission repaired.  So why

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