Western Leftists Loved Stalinism and Maoism, Despite Their Horrors
I recently had the opportunity to travel to the Texas Tech University School of Law to debate the merits of capitalism versus socialism with Ben Burgis, a columnist for Jacobin and philosophy...
View ArticleWhy the Left Can’t Understand the Right (and Vice Versa)
It’s probably important to preface any conversation on morality by noting that humans often struggle—mightily—to agree on what morality is. While it’s a thorny topic to define and explain, it would of...
View ArticleCalifornia Ranks Dead Last Among US States in Tipping. Why?
“I’m going to have to ask you to put your cigarette out.” I was a college student working as a waiter at a Wisconsin restaurant more than twenty years ago when I sheepishly said these words. I didn’t...
View ArticleWhy Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Mother Refused to Send Her Children to Germany’s...
I know very little about Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), the German theologian who was hanged in April 1945 by the Nazis for spying on and opposing Hitler’s regime. Embarrassingly little, actually....
View ArticleHow the Media Became the Pentagon’s Plumbers
Last month New York Times international correspondent David Philipps offered a mea culpa. “I just deleted a tweet that lacked nuance,” the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner wrote. Philipps, who in 2022...
View ArticleWhy Hamlet Disappeared From the Stage in the Soviet Union
William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is considered by some to be the single greatest story ever written. Hamlet has it all: ghosts, sword fights, suicide, revenge, lust, murder, philosophy, faith,...
View ArticleCarl Sagan Warned Us About Government Schools Decades Ago
My wife and I recently met with the principal of the school our daughter attends to discuss her education future. My daughter, who turns 12 in a few days, wants to go to a different school in the...
View ArticleChild Speech Issues Are at Historic Highs in the United Kingdom, a New Report...
In a recent interview with Sky News, London resident Viral Bhundia described what it was like to watch his young son Jay struggle with speaking. “If he wanted something he would scream, and it was up...
View ArticleCarl Sagan’s Final Warning on the Importance of Scientific Skepticism
Shortly before he died, the astronomer Carl Sagan (1934-1996) offered a two-part warning in an interview with Charlie Rose. The first part of Sagan’s warning touched on humanity’s growing ignorance of...
View Article2024 Federal Tax Brackets Are Out. Find Out Which Bracket You’re In—and Why...
The IRS released new federal income tax brackets last week. Though marginal tax rates did not change, federal law requires the brackets to be adjusted for inflation, and this is how they shake out....
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