‘Get Your Guns, Boys! They’re Robbing the Bank!’
Are we willing to sacrifice “wokeness” or virtue signaling in order to cut through the haze and tread the path of common sense?
Renewing Reason in Our Local Communities
Many Americans are now without a sense of community even in their own home town. We need to refocus on local matters and civic engagement.
Government Won't Save Us From "Woke" Corporations
More government intervention won't be the magic spell that saves America from corporate social intervention. Quite the opposite in fact.
Love to Read? Time to Hire a Book Curator.
The rich and famous are now hiring people to fill their libraries out for them.
The Myth of Earth's Overpopulation Crisis
Fears of overpopulation have been stoked by wildly inaccurate predictions for centuries. When are we going to learn better?
Why Transhumanists’ Quest for Earthly Immortality is Misguided
A classic children's novel questions the central tenant of transhumanism.
How China Weaponizes Mass Migration Against Hong Kong
The targeted use of immigration by the Chinese government could result in the dilution of the Hong Kongese identity.
Data on Amazon Rainforest Fires Tell a Much Different Story Than Social Media
Outrage has replaced reason in the debate surrounding biodiversity and poisoned the way we talk about workable solutions.
Karl Marx: Intellectual Father of the 1619 Project?
To utilize their own logic, the New York Times' 1619 project can trace its roots back to the father of Communism.
What Public Schools Get Wrong About Diversity
What if our promotion of diversity is all wrong?
Why Difficult Video Games Are Best
For a fascination that can easily grow into an addiction, tremendous difficulty is a good thing.
Batman vs. Modern Art
Critiques of modern art, or anything, are perhaps done best with a healthy dose of good-natured humor.
Neat Freak No More: Some Thoughts on Housekeeping
There's something oddly satisfying about giving everything a good clean once in a while.
Could the Green New Deal Create More Climate Victims Than It Saves?
A lot of human society is based around fossil fuels. What would the consequence be if we eliminated them?
Hang On to Your Prejudices – Some of Them, Anyway
Should we throw out all prejudices? Perhaps we need to be a bit more selective.
80 Years of the Allies: Don’t Forget Their Stories
The Allies came together to fight World War II 80 years ago, and we're losing the stories those who served can tell.
Incidentally White
White nationalism is in fact a very specific form of rootlessness, an ideology of alienation.
Silicon Valley Wants to Read Your Mind - That's a Problem
Facebook and Neuralink are hoping to be able to read or directly connect to your brain. This presents a whole set of ethical problems.
Why Socialism Is the Failed Idea That Never Dies
Socialism has been tried again and again, with varying degrees of failure every time. Nobody ever seems to learn.
Steve Jobs’s Unveiling of the iPhone Holds a Timeless Economic Lesson
Even geniuses can't always see where human ingenuity will take them.
The College Board Scraps Controversial ‘Adversity Score,’ but Continues Plan to Weigh College Admissions
While the College Board might have backed off on an Adversity Score, they're still pursuing other ways to profile students' backgrounds.
In Praise of ‘Garbagemen’
We don’t fully value the work of “garbagemen” until we have to live without their services.
9th Grade Reading Lists: 1922 vs. Today
Have you ever thought that high school graduates today… well, just don’t seem to know or understand as much as they once did?
The Root of Our Troubles
Plato's Republic sheds profound light on the real problem.
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