Culture

No, People Aren’t Fine Just the Way They Are 0
- Culture
- January 22, 2019
I remember being amused in my college philosophy classes that ancient philosophers like Plato considered the sphere the shape of perfection. I had spent a lot of time (and still do today) trying not to be spherical. Throughout years of struggling with my weight I have noticed something perverse happening in myself. Just when
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Supreme Court Upholds Trump Transgender Military Policy—for Now 0
- Culture
- January 22, 2019
The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in a limited ruling Tuesday on the issue of transgender people serving in the military. The narrow issue the high court decided on in the broader case of Trump v. Karnoski was whether to uphold a lower court’s injunction preventing the military from implementing the Defense Department’s
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Why I Don’t Apologize for Letting My Children Play Freely 0
- Culture
- January 21, 2019
At a park near my house on a hot summer day, my five-year-old and two-year-old discover the water fountain. They make a game of splashing water out and stomping in the puddle with their bare feet. Other young children try to join in, but parent after parent says “no” and takes them away, sometimes in
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Why Liberal Chesterton Shunned the Progressive Label 0
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- January 21, 2019
We are all bundles of contradictions to some extent. Some bundles are bigger than others. And some contradictions are more contradictory than others. Until his mid-thirties, self-described reactionary G. K. Chesterton generally supported the Liberal party of England. Does that make him a bundle of contradictions? And if so, how big and how contradictory? Let’s
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Public Enemy Number One 0
- Culture
- January 21, 2019
Every year, on or near the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, hundreds of thousands of Americans go to Washington, D. C., to join the March for Life and protest that infamous decision. The March for Life is peaceful and orderly, and every year the major media outlets contrive to pretend it doesn’t exist. Until this year. The same media outlets
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Is Tucker Right?0
- Culture
- January 21, 2019
Recently, Tucker Carlson, host of Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Show, opined that the free market isn’t always good for families. Naturally, all hell broke loose from many corners of the conservative and libertarian movements. As almost anyone who works within those movements knows, the free market is not to be questioned. But should it
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