Culture

Why Are Young Men No Longer Solid Providers?0
- Culture
- February 11, 2019
Syndicated columnist Carolyn Hax recently published an interesting online conversation she had with some of her readers. The conversation revolved around the 27-year-old son (“Ron”) of one reader, who is smart, has a college degree, but works a low-end job and relies on his girlfriend to pay his bills. Ron’s father was puzzled over this
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Is the Media the Enemy of the People?0
- Culture
- February 11, 2019
Americans are growing more distrustful of the media and college universities. And they’re perfectly right to be. It is not that everyone in the media is a liar or propagandist. Nor is it the case that all universities and college curricula are harmful propaganda either. There is much value to the media and great value
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A Simple Solution for Loneliness 0
- Culture
- February 11, 2019
“Are you lonesome tonight?” Elvis Presley asked that question in 1960 in one his most famous songs. Today, unfortunately, the answer for many Americans is “yes.” Modern loneliness is often described as an “epidemic.” That specific term may be a bit over the top. But it’s undeniable that loneliness is a big problem in our
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How San Fransisco’s Housing Policy Makes it Harder for the Homeless 0
- Culture
- February 11, 2019
I recently highlighted California’s counterproductive restrictions on private efforts to feed the homeless. But the state’s policies aren’t just inhibiting the bottom-up activities of non-profits and charities. They’re also restricting potential solutions via entrepreneurial investment. Alas, many municipalities have severely restricted new residential development, causing the housing supply to diminish and the cost of living to soar. In a
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What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Doesn’t Understand about Socialism 0
- Culture
- February 8, 2019
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) and H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) were near contemporaries, but they were not kindred souls. One was an Englishman; the other an American. One was a Catholic Christian; the other a lifelong agnostic. One dubbed himself a distributist (as opposed to a capitalist or a socialist), while the other was an unabashed
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What is “Toxic Masculinity”?1
- Culture
- February 8, 2019
The failure of current culture to define the term “toxic masculinity” (as mentioned in the recent Gillette ad) is a serious problem. Does it mean a subset of masculinity is toxic? Or, does it mean masculinity itself is toxic? If masculinity itself is toxic (as some people claim is the point of the recent American
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