by David Curtin | Oct 22, 2019 | Education
Last week I opined on the dysfunction of Higher Ed — or rather, one particular aspect of it, since Academia is broken in so many ways. I began by trying to impress upon my readers the utter passivity of the freshmen students in my Introduction to Music (a required...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 22, 2019 | Culture, Economics, Politics, Taxation
CNN, taking a break from its “Trump Sucks, All The Time” programming, recently offered a breathless hand-wringing about Costco’s $4.99 rotisserie chicken. Apparently, the item is hugely popular, and a big attraction for customers. CNN devoted much...
by Xavier L. Simon | Oct 20, 2019 | Culture, Education, Guns, Health, Politics
I doubt that we are ever going to deal effectively with lone shooters, especially if policing breaks down like it did in Parkland. We can, however, ameliorate the problem, including especially in inner cities where the real mass shootings occur: Almost sixty just in...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Oct 19, 2019 | Election, Politics
With rancor and recriminations over America’s withdrawing our protection to the Kurds in Syria (the Peshmerga) that resulting in the Turkish invasion now underway, it is illuminating to reflect on how we got into Syria in the first place. But the grand-strategy...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
An article I recently perused discussed visits to flyover country, where the Republicans that the Left loves to stereotype (see: deplorables, bitter clingers) live their lives. Among the many observations was the fact of manners – that everyone was taught, from...
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