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  • Kanye West’s Private Firefighting Is a Force for Good

    Kanye West’s Private Firefighting Is a Force for Good0

    Kanye West is no stranger to public controversy. Arguably, his career has thrived on it. But unlike his previous squabbles, West is currently being attacked not for his typical outlandish commentary but for using private firefighters to help protect his southern California home from the devastating Woosley Fire. At least 58 people have been killed, and nearly

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  • Why Natural Depression Therapies Are Better Than Pills

    Why Natural Depression Therapies Are Better Than Pills0

    Winter is upon us. And with it comes the annual worsening of depressive symptoms. Sadly, in the United States, suicide continues to claim more lives than firearms, and suicide rates are increasing in nearly all states. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that death by suicide has increased by 30 per cent

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  • My America, 1620

    My America, 16200

    In 1620, an extraordinary thing happened. At a small landing on the extreme western edge of the Atlantic Ocean, a boat named “Mayflower” rested just off shore of a rock, soon to be named Plymouth. Lost, but not mortally or dreadfully so, roughly 100 “sojourners” and 30 “strangers” arrived on November 11. With Autumn full

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  • Why the Enlightenment Thinkers Understood the Need for Religion

    Why the Enlightenment Thinkers Understood the Need for Religion1

    In January I resolved to read Will and Ariel Durant’s magnum opus The Story Of Civilization before the end of the year. It is now early November, and I have finished Volume X of this series, Rousseau and Revolution, meaning I should fulfill my self-imposed obligation under deadline. The Durants devoted the last three of

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  • There’s a Good Reason Many Women Make Less Than Men

    There’s a Good Reason Many Women Make Less Than Men0

    Whenever it is reported that women make less money than men, it is automatically assumed that this must be the result of discrimination. What is seldom mentioned is the factors that go into these statistics. Are they talking about women who work the same hours as men? Who have the same level of seniority? Do

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  • Are Males Being Discriminated Against on College Campuses?

    Are Males Being Discriminated Against on College Campuses?0

    A good case can be made that males are discriminated against on college campuses, and the discrimination has grown over time. Men are vastly outnumbered in America’s universities—in the fall of 2016, there were 2,667,000 more women studying than men. Not only are they significantly outnumbered, men are often disproportionately harshly treated in campus disciplinary

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