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  • ‘Justice’ is the ‘Word of the Year.’ But What is ‘Social Justice’?

    ‘Justice’ is the ‘Word of the Year.’ But What is ‘Social Justice’?0

    The hot new thing for dictionary companies is picking the “Word of the Year.” Merriam-Webster has picked the word ‘justice’ for 2018. You can quibble over whether that is really the most significant word for the year, but the dictionary bases its pick on how often the word was looked up during the year and

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  • Why are Parents Now Paying Children to Get Dressed?

    Why are Parents Now Paying Children to Get Dressed?0

    If you’re a parent, you’ve probably pondered the question of whether to give your child an allowance at some time or another. Should it be given freely with no responsibilities attached? Should it be in return for basic chores? Or should it be earned for more challenging jobs, such as mowing the lawn or cleaning

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  • New Year’s Eve: Marxism-Lennonism Revisited

    New Year’s Eve: Marxism-Lennonism Revisited0

    The New Year’s Eve celebration at Times Square will again this year feature John Lennon’s song “Imagine.” We thought this article, first published in 2017, would be worth revisiting today. Republishing it also affords us an opportunity to wish you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year. Thank you for all of your support in 2018. We look

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  • When We Protected Women from the Wolves

    When We Protected Women from the Wolves1

    Okay, so with the holiday season coming to a close, we’ve now been through the entire dialectical sequence for the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Featured in the film Neptune’s Daughter, the song won an Oscar in 1950 and remained a popular standard for decades. That was the dialectical thesis. Then came the antithesis. More recently, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” has been judged to be

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  • Ortega Y Gassset: Technology Is the Essence of Man

    Ortega Y Gassset: Technology Is the Essence of Man0

    We live in an age of rapid technological change. 20 years ago, someone would have laughed at you if you said you had a mini computer in your pocket. Today, Americans spend an average of 11 hours on their tech per day. Experts predict around 40% of the jobs done by humans will soon be the

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  • The Transformative Power of Forgiveness

    The Transformative Power of Forgiveness3

    Thirty-five years ago today—on December 27, 1983—the world witnessed a most extraordinary act of forgiveness. In Rome’s Rebibbia Prison, Pope John Paul II met for the first time with Mehmet Ali Agca, the very terrorist who shot him four times in St. Peter’s Square just two and a half years earlier. The two men sat inches from

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