Dear Siri, Do You Love Me?
Apple’s mega-selling new iPhone 4S has everyone in titters. It has a faster processor, a better camera, a new and improved this and that. But really, it’s all about Siri. She’s the seductive little...
View ArticleRomney or Gingrich? A Lover's Dilemma
To Newt or not to Newt, that is the question Republican voters now face. Whether it is nobler in the mind to embrace the cool-headed, electable charm of Mitt Romney, or the fiery wonkish bombast of...
View ArticleIs Law School a Scam?
It's hard to feel sorry for lawyers. After all, public opinion surveys consistently show that lawyers rank among the least-trusted and lowest-esteemed professionals in America, just above used car...
View ArticleWhy Don't We Value Girls?
You can tell a lot about a society by the way it treats women and girls. And the repression of women seems to go hand-in-hand with political corruption.
View ArticleSuze Orman for President
When it comes to our national debt, the economic crisis has recalibrated the nation's sense of the normal. We have grown remarkably comfortable with being in the red. We gaze upon the ever-escalating...
View ArticleHave a Weird Christmas
On the old TV show, "The Twilight Zone," people would often wake up to find that the world had changed in some weird and inexplicable way. The holidays are kind of like that. Our music tastes, our...
View ArticleShoes Worth Killing For
Peace on earth; goodwill toward men. Those words may not apply if you were shopping for basketball shoes this season. Last Friday, the world witnessed a round of outrageous news reports of desperate...
View ArticleIowa Caucus Results 2012: Rickrolling in Iowa
Over the last few years you may have come across the Internet meme known as “Rickrolling.”A little over four years ago, someone decided it would be funny to start posting deceptive links online that...
View ArticleTebow’s Presidential Caucus: GOP Candidates Seek Endorsement
This week, Tim Tebow told reporters that more than one Republican presidential candidate has called to request his public endorsement. A brand new phase of the presidential primary has begun. You...
View ArticleWhy Are Obama’s Supporters So Dumb?
Let me start by apologizing for the title of this column. It's crass, uncharitable, maybe even a bit misleading. But, in my defense, let me explain that I got the idea from Newsweek, which we all know...
View ArticleState of the Union Address, Or, Rather, the State of Obama's Imagination
If you listened to the president’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening, you may have been confused. The rosy picture he painted of America as a thriving, secure, prosperous, and upwardly mobile...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich, Rick Santorum: Republican Groundhogs
Groundhog Day is upon us. Up in Punxsutawney, Penn., the famous prognosticating groundhog Phil may see his shadow this year. We could be in for six more weeks of winter. Never mind the fact that it's...
View ArticleKids, Schools, and Sex: Government Taking Over for Parents
Last month, the school system in New London, Conn., announced it would start distributing free birth control pills to high school girls. It’s another example of the government inserting itself into the...
View ArticleJoe Biden Accidentally Tells the Truth
Good 'ole Joe. You can always count on him to say what he shouldn't. Remember when the revolution was underway in Egypt? In stepped Joe to praise Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian dictator.
View ArticleIt's Time to Go Nuclear
How many of us feel optimistic today about our economic future? Not many, it’s fair to say. Used to be that America was the land of a thousand tomorrows. We led the world in economic growth, political...
View ArticleDemocrats for Santorum
Surely there is no one President Barack Obama and his party would prefer he run against this year than Rick Santorum. The Republican ex-senator's campaign seemed to acknowledge as much when it made...
View ArticleSocialism’s Bill Comes Due In Greece
To grasp the reason for Greece's problems, it helps to examine the country's higher-education system, which has been brought to the brink of collapse by a mix of anti-statist restrictions on law...
View ArticleThe Rise Of The Man-Boy: An Inability To Grow Up
Every once in a while I read something about my generation's inability to grow up that either a.) depresses me, or b.) makes me want to throw up. Today I've got one example of each kind to share.
View ArticleThe Exploitation Of Trayvon Martin
If President Barack Obama had a Hispanic uncle, he would look a lot like George Zimmerman.
View ArticleAcademic Freedom Requires Political Freedom
After news emerged in February that the NYPD has been monitoring Muslim student groups at more than a dozen universities in the New York area, academic leaders at the schools involved condemned the...
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