Culture, High & Low 728
Self-Esteem v. Standards
The fundamental reason why American children are not educated properly is simply because the American people do not want their children to be educated properly.
Bicycling and the Simple (Socialist?) Life
Bicycling is fun, and environmentally friendly, but for me at least, it is even more importantly about being as free as possible from the complicated dependencies which the automobile economy…
Which Came First, the Chicken or the McNugget?
In many ways, the Los Angeles County Fair is not so different from county fairs all over the country ... except for its agricultural exhibit.
A Brief History of Time Wasted.
The Ninth Anniversary of 9/11/01; Three Squared Equals Zero in the New American Math.
Rev. Jones and the Bonfire of his Vanity
Can modern Islam countenance freedom of religion and expression? This is one of the great questions of our time.
It’s a Boy! It’s a Girl! It’s a Technology-Enabled “Sex Party”!
How do we explain a culture that tells children that sex doesn’t matter much, that “girls can do anything boys can do,” and at the same moment is treating the…
The Latest and Greatest: Just Another Brick in the Wall
Computers are not The Answer to creating better students.
Where Are All the Grownups?
Why is it taking so long for Americans to become “real” grown-ups?
Your Huddled Masses, Yearning To Make Par
I people really want to see the current state of the union, they need to take a look at my favorite part of Liberty State Park, which is the fact…
In Praise of Gossip
Gossip, under the right circumstances, acts as a virtue which demonstrates concern and thickens social ties.
How I Ended my 6-Year Relationship with my Blackberry
Going to the gym? Call a friend. Running an errand? Send a text. Eating something interesting? Take a picture and show the world on Facebook.
The End of Courtship
Today, there are no socially prescribed forms of conduct that help guide young men and women in the direction of matrimony.
Pale Liberalism
It is time to reopen the questions about human nature, about human autonomy, about the desirability self-creation. Liberals should, in brief, broaden their horizons to ponder competing views of human…
Have We Forgotten the Women?
Tradition supposedly bears the thumbprints of Roman patricians with browbeaten wives or frustrated monks who shivered in mediæval abbeys.
The Cassock
Today most symbols are gone, and gone with them is the sense of community cohesiveness that they used to communicate.
Fired for the Natural Law, Part II: Toward a Marriage of Natures
Our conception of nature is too thin, too reliant upon the conceptions of the ancient Stoics, and so requires the more robust visions of Aristotle and Aquinas if moral debate…
Fired for the Natural Law, Part I: Against the Laws of Nature
The precincts of higher education have become so well known for their enormities and absurdities in the pursuit of political correctness that one may almost breeze past the latest episode…
What’s the Matter With Connecticut?
A riff on Thomas Frank’s thesis in "What’s the Matter With Kansas?," asking why wealthy voters in Blue States like Connecticut have been apparently voting against their economic interests by…
Gutshot in the Gulf: The Information Age Springs a Definitive Leak
This leak at the bottom of the sea is a mirror held up to our uncomprehending selves.
Arguing about the Suburbs
Are suburbs random or a product of design?