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  • Public Enemy Number One

    Public Enemy Number One0

    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?

    Is Tucker Right?0

    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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  • Why Politics Divides People

    Why Politics Divides People0

    Why is politics so negative compared to marketing — its analog in the private sector — even though virtually every candidate echoes the desire to “just get along”? The explanation revolves around two important ways political competition differs from market competition: higher payoffs to negative attacks, and rationally ignorant “customers.” Selling your product in the private

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  • Why I’m a ‘Misogynist’

    Why I’m a ‘Misogynist’0

    I’ve received any number of insults in the years since I began writing publicly. Lest you feel sorry for me, let me state up front that insults are a fact of life that any writer must learn to roll with, particularly if one writes for an online audience. But I must admit that there is

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  • Gillette and the Rise of Political Sycophancy

    Gillette and the Rise of Political Sycophancy0

    What is the deal with razor companies? First they put their products under lock and key, making it practically impossible to actually buy a razor, then they insult their customers.   No wonder beards are making comeback.   Gillette’s new commercial warning against toxic masculinity has attracted ridicule for alienating the very men who buy

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  • Where Is The Beauty in Buildings?

    Where Is The Beauty in Buildings?0

    A recent essay by Radomir Tylecote argued that we have turned our backs on the architectural traditions of our Western heritage, and in the process lost our connection to our own history and the generations that built it.[1] Dr. Tylecote argues well, and makes a strong case for reintroducing beauty into architecture; but his opening

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