Napier and Ethics
Recently on my radio program, I told the story of Charles Napier to illustrate a principle about ethics. Many of my guests had never heard the story. It bears repeating since it also has application t...
Christian Terrorism
If you do an online search on the term “Christian terrorism” you will find that lots of people on the Left are using the term. It was already popular on many blogs and websites before the Planned Pare...
College Professors
Yesterday I talked about student demands and campus commotion over issues ranging from political correctness to microaggressions. You might have wondered what college professors were doing about all o...
Campus Commotions
As the fall semester is beginning to wind down, let’s catalog some of the student demands and the university campus commotions. Leading the list was the University of Missouri. Racial tensions reache...
Two University Presidents
This is the tale of two university presidents. First – at Yale – Peter Salovey responded to student mob demonstrations with efforts to make students feel more “valued” rather than “disrespected” and...
Religious Knowledge
Although America is among the most religious of the world’s developed nations, it turns out that Americans in general don’t know very much about the world’s religions. Those are some of the conclusion...
Is Religion Dangerous?
The New Atheists contend that religion is not just false, but it’s dangerous. Sam Harris believes it should be treated like slavery and eradicated. Richard Dawkins is even more specific: “I am attacki...
Health Insurance Death Spiral
Many of us have warned that the health insurance industry may soon head into an insurance death spiral. The announcement the other day that the biggest health insurer may pull out of Obamacare is an i...
Climate and Economy
During the current climate change conference, we will hear how the nations of the world have to act now to prevent a global disaster. What we won’t hear much about is the cost of implementing these dr...
A Country of Addicts
I know that many Americans suffer from addictions, but I never ran the numbers and so was shocked by what I read in David Kupelian’s new book, The Snapping of the American Mind. In the midst of his di...
Thanksgiving's Blessings
Let’s pause before the busy Christmas season to reflect on Thanksgiving. We think of the Pilgrims, who founded the Plymouth Colony, the first permanent settlement in New England. Of 103 Pilgrims who...
America’s Cultural Disconnect
A generation ago, the middle class in America had a significant influence on the political and cultural direction of the country. Now we are seeing greater polarization of incomes and a large cultural...
