The GOP, After John Boehner
"The response I often hear to these points is: “Well, Republicans at least need to fight.” On this I agree. It is imperative that we fight for what we believe in. But we should fight smartly. I have never heard of a football team that won by throwing only Hail Mary passes, yet that is what is being demanded of Republican leaders today. Victory on the field is more often a result of three yards and a cloud of dust. In politics this means incremental progress, winning hearts an
Does Life Matter?
"Racial, political and advocacy groups continually make statements today about what type of lives matter. We hear that black lives matter, all lives matter and blue lives — those of policemen — matter. Worthy of the same attention in our discourse is a question of similar import: Does life itself matter?" The Planned Parenthood videos do not reveal a political issue, but a deeper question about the identity of our society: do lives themselves matter anymore? Every other ques
Universities Embrace Gender-Neutral Pronouns
"The distinction of male and female, accompanied by the respective pronouns he and she, has been expanded on these campuses with a nebulous vocabulary of invented pronouns. As fluid as the 'gender continuum' they represent, these pronouns represent those individuals who feel that they are 'genderqueer,' or do not fall into the categories of male or female." How far does academia go to accommodate the demands of every individual? Are inventing new words and rewriting the rule
Debate 101: Five Tips to Equip Viewers to Watch, Analyze Presidential Contests
“[J]okes are usually pre-planned and are designed to provide good sound bites to the media. Humor is persuasive, but as voters, are we really interested in a candidate’s comedic timing or ability to tell a good joke? We shouldn’t be. It’s easy for a candidate to point out problems with the status quo, or ‘the ways things are.’ It’s much more difficult to offer up a solution or alternative way of solving those problems. Many of the candidates will do just that – offer a blist
Welcome to College -- Now Be Quiet!
"Once bastions of free expression and open debate, modern American universities prohibit speech in a variety of ways to protect students from ideas some deem 'offensive,' 'harmful' or 'upsetting.'" Throughout the past year, conservatives and liberals alike have warned of the deteriorating state of discourse in our nation's universities. With students increasingly protesting and demanding protection from "offensive" ideas, is the American university in crisis? If even the hall