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  • How America’s Gun Culture Cultivates Civic Virtue

    How America’s Gun Culture Cultivates Civic Virtue0

    “It is through the enjoyment of a dangerous freedom that Americans learn the art of reducing freedom’s perils.” —Alexis de Tocqueville Many people are often surprised to learn that I am a gun owner and firm defender of the Second Amendment. After all, I, a first-generation Chinese-American immigrant, do not fit the stereotype of the

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  • How the West Can Save Masculinity

    How the West Can Save Masculinity0

    What if the men who obsess over the decline of the West actually helped to restore it? There is no doubt that life is moving at a faster pace than ever before, accelerated by technology and intensified by our growing divisions. But inside the whirlwind lies a burning question: are there still effective ways to

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  • The Age of the Lone Wolf Terrorist

    The Age of the Lone Wolf Terrorist0

    Last month, the world was once again heartbroken and transfixed by a high-profile act of mass murder, this time in a most unexpected place: New Zealand. While some killings, like the ones at Columbine and Las Vegas, seem to have have been driven purely by the demons haunting the shooter, in New Zealand, the murderer

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  • Pet Owners Want To Be Masters, Not Servants – Which Is Why We Value Dogs More Than Cats

    Pet Owners Want To Be Masters, Not Servants – Which Is Why We Value Dogs More Than Cats0

    Cat videos may rule the internet, but dogs possess mastery of their owners’ hearts – at least if spending is any guide. Dog owners spend US$240 a month caring for their pets, compared with $193 for cats, according to the 2017-2018 National Pet Owners Survey from the American Pet Products Association. The extra money goes primarily toward vet visits

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  • How to Approach Your Friend’s New Baby: 3 Tips for Childless People

    How to Approach Your Friend’s New Baby: 3 Tips for Childless People0

    Visiting a friend who has just given birth can be a daunting experience when you don’t have a child of your own. How do you act? What do you give? What’s polite to say and what isn’t? I have two kids now, but I didn’t give birth till I was over 30 and before that

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  • Two and Two Now Equal Five

    Two and Two Now Equal Five0

    A few years ago, I thought it was time to retire George Orwell’s 1984 to the attic. My years of teaching literature convinced me that Huxley’s Brave New World was more likely to unfold: a world in which an elite might control the rest of us through the erasure of history and literature, but who

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