Culture

A Medical Dean Sees a Fishing Knot and Calls It a Hate Crime 0
- Culture
- July 17, 2019
What happens at the University of Michigan Medical School when an employee practices making fishing knots with surgical rope and the knot is found? The dean of the medical school, Dr. Marschall Runge, jumped to the conclusion that the knot was a noose; a hate crime had occurred: We have taken immediate action to have
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Who Is for Middle America?0
- Culture
- July 17, 2019
The late Edward Abbey, an irascible and irreverent American environmentalist, took aim at the immigration ideologues in terms still relevant for our time: “The conservatives love their cheap labor; the liberals love their cheap cause.” In other words, if the Republican Party and the Democratic Party can silently agree on one thing, it is that immigration is
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A Catfight in Congress: Will the ‘Squad’ Pull the Democrats to the Far Left?0
- Culture
- July 17, 2019
Meet the “Squad”: Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the four most “woke,” progressive women in the House of Representatives. What sets them apart from the majority of Democrats? They are uncompromisingly leftist in their mindset. Earlier this month, when Nancy Pelosi encouraged all Democrats to compromise on the
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The Growing Tyranny of Political Correctness and Mass Media 0
- Culture
- July 16, 2019
Have you ever feared that something you posted on Facebook, or something you once said to a friend online just might get you fired one day? Many Americans do. The typical American’s situation is similar to that of your average Chinese citizen. In China, Xi Jinping’s totalitarian regime has bound media, social networks, and the
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Millennials: Stop Talking About ‘Adulting’ and Become Adults 0
- Culture
- July 16, 2019
My 20-year-old son recently returned home from his first year away at university. Of course, he did not arrive empty-handed: he brought with him several bags stuffed full of dirty laundry. It’s clearly people like my son that the UK’s Department for Education has in mind when it announced plans this week for a “new masterclass to
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Women’s Soccer: More Iron Horse, Less Braying 1
- Culture
- July 16, 2019
Recently, Americans were implored to pay attention to a sport most of us do not follow for reasons that have little to do with the dramatic nature of the competition. Turning on a computer brought regular reminders of this sport, with Google Doodles dedicated to each of the participating teams and news feeds filled with
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