Culture

Socialism May Be Absurd, but It’s No Laughing Matter 0
- Culture
- August 7, 2019
Socialism is no laughing matter, but it’s sometimes difficult to refrain from chuckling at the absurdities of its most devoted adherents. Several videos of a Democratic Socialists of America conference in Atlanta have been making the rounds on social media. In one video, posted on Twitter by Young Americans Against Socialism, an audience member identifying
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Why Are Children’s Books Narrating Confusion?0
- Culture
- August 7, 2019
Did you know that crayons care about identity politics and race? I didn’t. I just thought they were great for coloring! Luckily I came across The Day the Crayons Quit, by Oliver Jeffers. Each crayon writes a note to a little boy, Duncan, with a complaint. Either Duncan colors with them too much or too
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Mass Shootings: Fallout From a Culture Where Anything Goes and Nothing Matters 0
- Culture
- August 6, 2019
My editor at Intellectual Takeout, Annie Holmquist, wrote to me the Monday after back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio to ask if I might write a column about these horrific murders. She and some of the staff were discussing the shootings and found themselves asking the following questions: Why are young
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Google Is Burying Alternative Health Sites to Protect People from ‘Dangerous’ Medical Advice 0
- Culture
- August 6, 2019
In Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451, firemen don’t put out fires; they create fires to burn books. The totalitarians claim noble goals for book burning. They want to spare citizens unhappiness caused by having to sort through conflicting theories. Censorship Is Control The real aim of censorship, in Bradbury’s dystopia, is to control the
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Breaking Old Habits: Millennials Make the Nun Run 0
- Culture
- August 6, 2019
I was taken aback at the headlining article on ESPN this weekend. It wasn’t about kneeling football players. Instead, one might say it was about a kneeling basketball player: Shelly Pennefather. Pennefather, a former All-American player for Villanova, turned down a professional basketball career to join the cloistered convent of the Poor Clares. ESPN captured
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Three Reasons Why Media Coverage May Be Contributing to Mass Shootings 0
- Culture
- August 5, 2019
If you are like me, you’ve probably followed the media coverage of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton quite closely. These massacres provide brutal reminders of the terrible impact of gun violence. Of course, media outlets constantly have something to say about this sort of crime, whether it be the initial report of
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