October 15, 2016

It's Not an Election. It's a War.

There are an awful lot of people out there who still think this is a conventional election, that we are choosing between two candidates on the basis of experience, policies, and character. This is not a conventional election.  This is, as the...

July 24, 2015

Applauding animal rescues, ignoring humans

There is a popular video circulating on Facebook.  So far, it has received more than 19 million views. The video, which appears to have originated in Brazil, features a number of scenes in which people are shown rescuing animals that have bee...

July 16, 2015

Questions the media needs to ask Democrats about the Planned Parenthood videotape

The media loves to browbeat Republican presidential candidates with "gotcha" questions – questions designed to trip up or embarrass a candidate by making him or her seem extreme, uncompassionate, or incompetent.  The questions ca...

May 13, 2014

Liberal Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Valise

A Princeton freshman has sparked a heated, and, at times, nasty, debate over the notion of “white privilege.”  In an essay titled “Checking My Privilege: Character as the Basis of Privilege,” Tal Fortgang writes that sinc...