By: David French – nationalreview.com – April 8, 2019 We’re reaching a dangerous point in American politics. Many millions of our most engaged and most politically passionate citizens fervently believe that when they lose close elections, it’s because the other side has “stolen” victory. They believe that if elections are truly free and fair, their side will win. And they’re not just...

By: Erica Komisar – wsj.com – July 11, 2018 American liberals sometimes hold up Sweden as a model of social order, equality of the sexes, and respect for parental responsibilities. Its welfare state offers excellent free or subsidized prenatal care, 480 days of paid leave for both natural and adoptive parents, and additional leave for moms who work in physically strenuous...

By: Penna Dexter – pointofview.net – March 4, 2019 There’s yet another survey out showing that young people stop going to church after high school as they go off to college or start a job away from home. A  2017 LifeWay Research Survey shows 66 percent of Americans stopped attending church on a regular basis for at least a year...

By: Robert Knight – onenewsnow.com – May 22, 2018 In the United States, surveys show that many millennials are not merely soft on socialism but openly support it. They think capitalism benefits only the “1 percent” and no one else, despite America’s matchless record of upward mobility and prosperity. Since the 1960s, the media, Hollywood and the education system have presented a...

By: Guy Benson – townhall.com – March 27, 2019 Chicago is still reeling from yesterday’s extraordinary development in the Jussie Smollett case, in which the office of the State’s Attorney chose to drop all 16 felony charges against the disgraced actor.  This set off a volcanic and irate reaction among other city authorities, especially within the police department.  Aside from letting...

By: Renae Reints – amp.timeinc.net – March 25, 2019 Yale University has rescinded the admission of a student who had been accepted as part of the recently revealed college admissions scandal. According to the university, former Yale women’s soccer coach Rudy Meredith provided “fraudulent athletic endorsements” for two applicants. One applicant was denied admission and the other had been attending Yale...

Screens used to be for the elite. Now avoiding them is a status symbol. Source: Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good – The New York Times

By: Walter E. Williams – townhall.com – March 20, 2019 Federal prosecutors have charged more than 50 people involved in cheating and bribery in order to get their children admitted to some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities such as Georgetown, Yale, Stanford, University of Texas, University of Southern California and UCLA. They often paid more than $100,000 to rig SAT...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – March 13, 2019 Universities are more than innocent victims in this scandal. Coming soon to a theater near you: The movie about wealthy and famous parents who paid a California fixer to cheat their child’s way into universities. Many readers have heard about the charges against 50 or so people on Tuesday for this real-life fraud...

By: Daniel  Engber – slate.com – March 11, 2019 “Welcome to hustle culture,” wrote Erin Griffith in a January essay for the New York Times. “It is obsessed with striving, relentlessly positive, devoid of humor, and—once you notice it—impossible to escape.” She’s right about that last part: Writers on the burnout beat are everywhere. The Times piece followed on the...