Culture

Why Gun Ownership Rates Tell Us Little About Homicide Trends in America 0
- Culture
- June 4, 2019
Every time a homicide committed with a firearm makes the national news, it happens like clockwork: a variety of pundits in the corporate media quickly pen columns advocating for ever broader and stricter gun control laws. If only government agents were entrusted with a strict monopoly (or near-monopoly) on firearm ownership — we are told
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Why Fewer and Fewer Americans are Getting Divorced 0
- Culture
- June 4, 2019
Fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced, with the rates falling 18 percent between 2008 and 2016. Among American adults, there is support for divorce when couples do not get along. Women, people from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and adults who have experienced divorce personally or among friends and family are especially likely to be
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How College Students Really Feel About Free Speech on Campus 0
- Culture
- June 3, 2019
A new survey finding that college students generally support free speech also shows what for some is a worrisome divide over what students value more: an “inclusive society” that “welcomes diverse groups” or protecting “the extremes of free speech.” The Knight Foundation’s “Free Expressions of College Campuses” report polled students over the course of three
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What’s Behind the ‘Sex Recession’?0
- Culture
- June 3, 2019
In spite of the fact that we are living today in a sex-saturated cultural environment, recent studies surprisingly report that sexual relations between men and women are declining. “In 2018, the share of Americans who said they didn’t have sex for an entire year was the highest on record.” This statistic includes both single individuals and
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Let’s Talk About Big, Bad, Greedy Capitalism 0
- Culture
- June 3, 2019
“When you see the greed and the concentration of power, did you ever have a moment of doubt about capitalism and whether greed is a good idea to run on?” That question was famously asked by Phil Donahue to economist Milton Friedman in a popular exchange from 1979. If you’re a defender of free markets,
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The Consequences of an Anti-Male Culture 1
- Culture
- June 3, 2019
“I do find it sad that not more women are encouraged to embrace marriage and family. I have many single women friends, now in their mid and late 30s, who now feel the clock ticking but have all but resigned themselves to being alone for the rest of their lives.” Such was the response I recently received
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