Which Lives Matter?
By:Increasingly America is being divided by accusations of racism. Webster's Dictionary defines racism as: racism. 1 : a belief that race is the prima…
Politics
Book Review: Economics In One Lesson
By:More than any other issue, voters all over the world will say that “the economy” is their primary concern when evaluating a candidate for any election.…
Book Review: The Missionaries
By:I recently read a book I want to recommend published earlier this week titled The Missionaries, written by the pseudonymous Owen Stanley (Historically,…
Brexit!
By:When Britain first, at Heaven's command Arose from out the azure main; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang this s…
What’s Behind the Push for Universal Pre-K?
By:After discussing universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) with my family yesterday, I happened to stumble upon an article discussing the research behind it. Li…
In Defense of Protectionism
By:Introduction Economics is boring. Maybe even dismal. But Politics can be interesting to people. Well, sometimes. Funny-looking haircuts, energetic han…
Liberty Valance and Other Legends for Progressive Schoolmarms
By:Shot very near the end of John Ford’s career, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is an odd western for Ford. Absent are the panoramic vistas of Monument …
“What, Never? No, Never.”
By:“Well, hardly ever!” I remember seeing Pirates of the Penzance years ago. I remember enjoying that song and it has stuck with me all this time. Th…
#NeverBurr: Alexander Hamilton and the #NeverTrump of 1800
By:Hamilton Resurgent Alexander Hamilton has been getting a lot of press in recent years. There was talk for a little while about removing Hamilton from …
The Spiritedness of Slow West — A Cautionary Tale in our Progressive Era
By:The Western is a quintessential American art form. Traditional Westerns spoke to American audiences of a shared culture yearning for self-reliance, jus…