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Yes, the Products You’re Buying Are Getting Smaller—Even Though Prices Are Not 2
- Economics, Politics, Uncategorized
- June 9, 2022
The rise in consumer prices has rightly received a great deal of attention, as inflation hovers around 40-year highs. Everyone can see that virtually everything is getting more expensive, but fewer have noticed that many items are also getting smaller. On Wednesday the Associated Press ran an article under the headline “No, you’re not imagining it — package
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Equality Is Holding Us Back 8
- Culture, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- June 9, 2022
Think back to when you were 24 years old. What were you doing? Were you in college, or starting your first job? Perhaps you were getting married, or maybe you were working on your master’s degree. The great artist Michelangelo, I recently learned, had just finished his famous “Pietà” sculpture at age 24. How’s that
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It’s Time for the Elites to Remove Their Blindfolds and Accept Responsibility 4
- Politics
- June 8, 2022
In his novel The Shape of Illusion, now regrettably out of print, William E. Barrett gives us the story of a centuries-old painting depicting Jesus Christ and the mob surrounding him immediately after Pontius Pilate has condemned him to death. This mysterious painting terrifies its viewers, who see their own faces in the hateful crowd
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Remote Work Needs to End 11
- Culture, Economics, Politics, Western Civilization
- June 8, 2022
America needs to go back to work. Elon Musk ordered Tesla employees back to the office full time last week. Tesla will “create and actually manufacture the most exciting and meaningful products of any company on Earth,” Musk said. “This will not happen by phoning it in.” Bravo to Musk for rebuffing the fairy tale
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Goofus and Gallant Go Woke 7
- Culture, Education, Family, Politics
- June 7, 2022
Do you remember Highlights, the ubiquitous children’s magazine that you’d devour at the dentist’s office? If you were lucky, you’d wait for the mailman to deliver a fresh edition to your home at the beginning of every month. It was a treasure. The venerable American publication was established in 1946 by an enterprising married couple
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Down on the Farm With Inflation 2
- Economics, Culture, Politics
- June 7, 2022
“Pretend farmers.” That’s what we’re called by our neighbors who farm for a living. Having retired to a 10-acre chunk of Southern Minnesota farmland, my husband and I don’t depend on our miniature-scale operation to support us. Instead, our efforts are aimed at keeping family and friends in eggs and lamb chops. And this week,
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