Life Expectancy
Kerby Anderson Most of us grew up believing that the life expectancy of Americans would increase every year. After all, advances in medicine should almost have guaranteed that to be the case. That is...
Corporate Intolerance
Kerby Anderson In many of my commentaries I have talked about how some college campuses have been a center of intolerance. Many have even been repressive with speech codes and student protests inside...
On-Campus Abortion
Penna Dexter A bill working its way through the California Senate would require the state's public universities and colleges, including community colleges, to offer abortion drugs at their health cent...
Charitable Deductions
Kerby Anderson During the debate on tax reform, some listeners expressed their concern that the charitable deduction would be eliminated. Even after the bill was passed, one listener lamented that cha...
School Graduation Fraud
Kerby Anderson When it was announced that all of the 2017 senior class in a Washington, DC high school graduated with college acceptance letters, various news outlets called it a miracle. Teachers, st...
Fake News Study
Kerby Anderson A new study by three political scientists concluded that concerns about the impact of fake news are overblown. You may have heard that fake news elected Donald Trump. Supposedly Trump v...
History of Fake News
Kerby Anderson With all this talk about fake news, you might think this is a recent phenomenon. Jarrett Stepman provides a history of fake news in the US and the attempts government and other entities...
Tumult in Tehran
Kerby Anderson As last year was ending and this year was beginning, we have seen tumult in Tehran. While Iranians have been protesting in the streets, there is another important story that is being mi...
Teen Sex Declining
Penna Dexter A survey recently released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that, over the past decade, the number of high-school-age teens who are engaging in sex has dropped...
Extra Cash
Kerby Anderson The media elite and political elite in this country are disconnected in many ways from the average American citizen. One illustration of this occurred as the final vote was taken in Dec...
Tax Cut Heist
Kerby Anderson One of the ways politicians get some attention in our current media climate is to make outlandish claims or use controversial phrases. So when various Democratic leaders referred to the...
