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....
View ArticleWhat ‘RoboCop’ and the Bible Teach About Rights
One of my favorite movies growing up was RoboCop, Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 dystopian classic. The movie, which was probably way too violent for a 10-year-old, depicts a fictional future in which Detroit...
View ArticleWhy Karl Marx Desperately Needed Jordan Peterson’s Advice
As I make my way through Paul Kengor’s wonderful book The Devil and Karl Marx, numerous things stand out about the father of communism. It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s hard to imagine a more...
View ArticleWhy Hitler Loved ‘Social Justice’
In August 1920 in Munich, a young Adolf Hitler delivered one of his first public speeches before a crowd of some 2,000 people. During his speech, which lasted nearly two hours and was interrupted...
View Article‘Shōgun’ Is Awesome—and Shows Why the Second Amendment Is So Important
My wife and I are in the process of finishing Shōgun, the new FX miniseries on Hulu based on James Clavell’s 1975 book. Shōgun was one of the first books that truly captivated me. I read it for the...
View ArticleArrested by the CCP: ‘Without Freedom, We Have Nothing’
When Jimmy Lai was a child working the streets of Canton (Guangzhou), China, in the 1950s, he received a bar of chocolate as a tip for carrying a man’s bags at a train station. Poor and hungry, he...
View ArticleWhy Raw Milk Dealers Are Now a Thing
On her podcast The Skinny Confidential, Lauryn Evarts Bosstick made a confession while speaking with actress Gwyneth Paltrow a few months ago. “I have a dealer,” she said. On her podcast The Skinny...
View ArticleWhat Jerry Seinfeld Learned While Reading Marcus Aurelius
Emperor of Rome from 161–180 AD, Marcus Aurelius is remembered as the “Philosopher King,” largely because of his classic work Meditations, a cornerstone of Stoic philosophy that delves into such themes...
View ArticleWhy Corporate America’s Retreat From Social Activism Is Good for Everyone
In January, Axios reported a developing trend in corporate America: corporations across the United States were backing away from DEI, which had become a “minefield” for companies. Following a...
View ArticleTaylor Swift, Politics, and the Value of Friendship
Last week, former President Donald Trump stirred the pot by posting a social media message praising Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes, for “strongly...
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