Culture

Are We Outsourcing Our Brains to Google?0
- Culture
- May 28, 2019
“The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works — no civil discourse, no cooperation, misinformation, mistruth…. I feel tremendous guilt.” – Charmath Palihapitiya, former vice president of Facebook user growth This past March, I came across John Hawkins’ online article at PJ Media, “Fifteen Devastating Quotes That Show How Dangerous
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Does the Constitution Mandate Universal Birthright Citizenship? Here’s the Answer 0
- Culture
- May 24, 2019
Who is a United States citizen by birth? This question has increasingly received national attention, in large part because of President Donald Trump’s promise to “end birthright citizenship.” As I explain, however, in my recent Heritage Foundation legal memo titled “The Citizenship Clause’s Original Meaning and What It Means Today,” Congress definitively settled that question
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Design Regulations Helped Ruin American Cars 8
- Culture
- May 24, 2019
Your car looks like a box. So does every other car. It’s boring, even shocking when you consider how awesome cars used to look. What’s gone wrong? And to what extent has the design mess contributed to the decline of American auto manufacturing? A letter to the Wall Street Journal comes close but misses the point.
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A Slow Learner Looks at Anti-Semitism 0
- Culture
- May 24, 2019
Long ago, I was enrolled in Staunton Military Academy’s Junior School, which consisted of about 50 seventh and eighth graders. Now long defunct, SMA was a tough place. Copying the practices of the Virginia Military Institute, first-year SMA students were called “rats.” These new cadets faced some hazing, and our barracks saw more fights every
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The Forgotten Family Ritual That Bonds Parents and Children 0
- Culture
- May 23, 2019
A friend of mine told me how as a child she informed her neighborhood playmate one evening that she had to go home. It was time for dinner. Her playmate gave her a confused look. “Don’t you eat dinner with your family?” my friend asked her. “No, we never do that,” came the answer. Unfortunately,
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Six Stats That Show Americans Are Drowning in Stuff They Don’t Need 0
- Culture
- May 23, 2019
The other day I discovered a YouTube channel, Wild We Roam. It depicts a couple who lives a very simple but vibrant life in a van in Europe. They have an incredible video (see below) showing how they converted a Mercedes van from 1980 into a home! When I saw this video, the first thing
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