In 2015, Resolve To Stop Comparing Motherhood To A Job
We measure careers by earnings, specialization, and competition for entry. But motherhood deserves entirely different criteria for respect.
The NYPD’s Revolt Is A Direct Threat To Democracy
The NYPD is now actively shirking its duty to enforce the law. Mayor de Blasio should remind them there is no right to strike against the public safety.
Five Good New Year’s Resolutions For Everyone
If you’re going to make New Year’s resolutions, make sure they’re good ones, okay?
The Just Do It Guide To Holiday (Or Everyday) Hosting
To rebuild lost villages, those bulwarks against the growth of government, start by hosting a party.
The Eight Most Horrible Features Of California Labor Law
California tells businesses how warm their toilet stalls must be, what they must post on walls, and other highly intrusive and ridiculous things that strangle people’s ability to make a living.
Why Aren’t We Thanking ‘Gridlock’ For Saving The Economy?
Our economic turnaround only began in earnest when the tinkering and superfluous spending stopped.
Let’s Bring Back The 12 Days Of Christmas
The 12 days of Christmas don’t end with Christmas. They begin on Christmas and feature parties, caroling, spiked egg nog and sales. Let’s bring ’em back.
A 2015 New Year’s Presidential Resolution
Playing by the normal rules, the least likely outcome in 2016 is a victory by a Republican presidential insurgent.
Your Child’s Pediatrician Has No Business Lecturing You On Gun Ownership
Within a decade, a large number of Americans will join gun owners in the view that the healthcare industry cannot be trusted with personal information.
For The West, Christian Hunting Is The Sport Of Lawmakers And Judges
Washington DC’s City Council is moving to force religious schools to pay for employee abortions and on-campus gay advocacy organizations.
Let’s Revisit John Ford’s Classic Film About Our More Perfect Union
This greatest film, the most Homeric of all American films, the quintessence of John Ford’s homage to the America that was once and will not be again, was his first great film: ‘The Iron Horse.’
My White Christmas In A Coal Mining Town, Circa 1975
The magic of a white Christmas is snow’s power to cover age, dirt, and pain.
A Seventh Reason To Tell Your Children Santa Claus Is Real
St. Nicholas brings children joy. And when we adults play Santa Claus, we emulate his giving spirit.
‘Selma’ Tells A Great American Story
Do not believe anyone trying to make ‘Selma’ a factional thing, a liberal or conservative, black, white, or hashtag movie. This story of Martin Luther King Jr. and his times transcends all that.
Are Hobbits For Hippies? Or, How Would J.R.R. Tolkien Vote?
Here’s what we can learn about J.R.R. Tolkien’s views of man and government from The Hobbit.
On His Christmas Deathbed, My Father Still Remembered Fidel Castro
This Christmas, our government should demand that the Castro brothers end their decades-long reign of terror.