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Robert Frost, Original Sin, and Why Good Fences Make Good Neighbors0
- Literature
- July 16, 2018
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” wrote poet Robert Frost. In the opening line to his famous poem, “Mending Wall,” Frost explores one of the mysteries of fallen human nature. Everyone feels both a need for and an aversion to order. His questioning of the role of walls tries to explain this contradiction.
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Former CIA Boss John Brennan Tweets Fake Lincoln Quote, Won’t Take It Down0
- History
- July 16, 2018
It’s become a running joke that Abraham Lincoln didn’t actually say half the things attributed to him. Lincoln historians will tell you this phenomenon began almost as soon as the sixteenth president’s life was claimed by John Wilkes Booth, if not before. Yet the problem has only grown more acute in the internet age. The
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The Real Reason Many People Recoil From Political Correctness0
- Culture
- July 16, 2018
Scrolling through Twitter recently, I came across a person questioning why so many are opposed to “political correctness.” The tweet conflated the dreaded PC with being polite and having respect and compassion, and expressed confusion as to why so many people were opposed to the concept. Strangely enough, I absolutely agreed. That is to say,
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Why Deep Thinkers Are Often Societal Outcasts0
- Culture
- July 13, 2018
Since the beginning of Western societies, Socrates has been the prototypical intellectual inquisitor. Perhaps the “historical Socrates” has been difficult to pin down, but two things remain consistent among various accounts of this ancient thinker: 1) his claim to possess no true knowledge, and 2) his relentless examination of the knowledge claims of others. For
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It’s Time to Privatize the United States Postal Service0
- Economics
- July 13, 2018
Last week, the Trump administration unveiled a proposal to privatize the United States Postal Service (USPS). The plan comes as part of a broader initiative to trim and reorganize the federal government. And given its track record of waste and inefficiency, the USPS is a great place to start cutting the fat. “USPS’s current model is unsustainable.
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How We Discovered Three Poisonous Books in our University Library0
- History
- July 13, 2018
Some may remember the deadly book of Aristotle that plays a vital part in the plot of Umberto Eco’s 1980 novel The Name of the Rose. Poisoned by a mad Benedictine monk, the book wreaks havoc in a 14th-century Italian monastery, killing all readers who happen to lick their fingers when turning the toxic pages.
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