Politics reflects the culture, we are told, and this is certainly true. But, more profoundly, both politics and culture reflect the soul. Plato made this point, and so, more recently, does Damon Linker, who writes about the “tyrannical souls” that stir up the outrage mobs
It looks like marijuana will soon be legalized everywhere. There is no organized opposition–not even among conservative Christians–so I see nothing that will stop it. When that happens, it is likely to pass into general use. Eventually, it may become a normal accompaniment of everyday
In the 19th century, we had opium dens and the patent medicine laudanum, a solution of opium and alcohol, to which prominent figures like Mary Todd Lincoln and Samuel Coleridge became addicted. In the 20th century, the opiate heroin ravaged the big cities. Later in
The Fifth Circuit of Court of Appeals has vindicated the undercover videos that exposed the illegal practices of Planned Parenthood and has cleared the way for states to defund the abortion provider. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission stripped Planned Parenthood of its status
On this Martin Luther King Day, it’s worth reflecting on why his father changed his and his son’s name to honor Martin Luther. The Washington Post tells the tale. And it includes a detail I didn’t realize: That Martin Luther King, Jr., referred to Luther in
It looked like the smoking gun that Trump critics had yearned for, specific evidence of a serious crime that could lead to the president’s impeachment, conviction, and imprisonment. BuzzFeed News reported that President Trump instructed his fixer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, telling him
Complaints about “toxic masculinity” often come across as complaints about “masculinity.” The Gillette ad on the subject shows leering men committing sexual harassment, bullies tormenting those smaller than themselves, and otherwise being obnoxious. But such behavior was always scorned by men of honor. The Gillette
Enes Kanter was the backup center for the Oklahoma City Thunder. The resident of Turkey was always so cheerful, positive, and supportive of his teammates and the city that everyone here was sorry to see him go, being traded to the New York Knicks, where
America seems to be in a state of malaise on all sides–thanks to Trump hatred, government shutdown, political paralysis, cultural dysfunctions, etc., etc.–and there is a pervasive sense that the nation is undergoing a decline. But an outside perspective from another country is arguing that
The Seattle Times has published a column by Jon Talton lamenting how our culture today has lost the concept of objective truth. Ironically, it blames conservatives for “our post-truth era.” What the author is describing is post-modernism. He seems to not realize that this world-view is
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