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  • Women’s Soccer: More Iron Horse, Less Braying

    Women’s Soccer: More Iron Horse, Less Braying1

    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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  • How Students Have Turned Their Back on Civil Discourse

    How Students Have Turned Their Back on Civil Discourse0

    More than a half-century ago, Coretta Scott King addressed Harvard University students in the wake of the assassination of her husband, Martin Luther King Jr. She said: Today’s student is a serious-minded, independent-thinking individual who seeks to analyze and understand the problems of our society, and find solutions to these problems, which are in keeping with the

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  • I Went to a Socialism Conference. Here Are My 6 Observations.

    I Went to a Socialism Conference. Here Are My 6 Observations.0

    While you were enjoying your Fourth of July weekend, I was attending a national conference on socialism. Why? Because socialism is having its moment on the left. Since there’s often confusion as to what socialism really is, I decided to attend the Socialism 2019 conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Chicago over the Fourth of

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  • Could Hormonal Contraception Be on Its Way Out?

    Could Hormonal Contraception Be on Its Way Out?0

    In the App Store’s health and fitness category, the number of period trackers is now second only to running apps.  Women are more empowered to conveniently access knowledge about their own fertility than ever before. One such app, Natural Cycles, goes so far as to describe itself as “digital contraception” and is the first app to

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  • Can Summer Jobs Reduce Violent Crime?

    Can Summer Jobs Reduce Violent Crime?0

    Several decades of social science has shown a correlation between joblessness among disadvantaged youth and violent crime. While remediation has not been shown to lead to prevention, there is some evidence that summer jobs can. For example a 2015 studypublished in the journal Science found that giving disadvantaged youth a summer job significanty reduces violent crime: In a

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  • You Are Who You Eat With

    You Are Who You Eat With0

    Why do we make food? The obvious answer is so we can have food fights. Joking aside, when I reflect on my experience with the culinary arts – whether carefully crafting Buche de Noel for Christmas or whiling away a summer afternoon making flakey scones – food is ultimately about people and community. Yet it

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