Is “Free College” Really Free?

Is “Free College” Really Free?

By Elise Grafe | ‘Free’ college in Oregon comes with 20-year price tag.  College payment plan asks nothing of students up-front, collects dues later.   Students walking across the campus of Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Ore. (Associated...
Political Correctness Is Cultural Marxism

Political Correctness Is Cultural Marxism

By W.A. Beatty | The excellent American Thinkers article “Conservatives Pushing Back” by Bruce Walker explored [how] . . . political correctness (PC) is to culture what Marxism is to economics…. So, in an effort to further understand PC, exploration of its...
Politically Incorrect?

Politically Incorrect?

By Lee Habeeb | The kind of TV show millions of Americans have been praying for… In one great episode, third son Jase gets a fine from the homeowners’ association in his fancy suburban subdivision for burning leaves and keeping chickens in his yard. Upset that...
Be Employable; Study Philosophy

Be Employable; Study Philosophy

By Shannon Rupp | The discipline teaches you how to think clearly, a gift that can be applied to just about any line of work. It must be summer. In anticipation of fall course schedules, several people have asked what I think someone who wants to be a journalist...
Listening to Young Atheists

Listening to Young Atheists

By Larry Alex Taunton | The Atlantic | “Church became all about ceremony, handholding, and kumbaya,” Phil said with a look of disgust. “I missed my old youth pastor. He actually knew the Bible.” I have known a lot of atheists. The late...
Hooking Up in Shakespeare’s World

Hooking Up in Shakespeare’s World

By Gina Dalfonzo | The Atlantic | Drunken One-Night Stands Don’t Fit in Shakespeare’s World, Yet Joss Whedon put one in his new adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. Here’s why it doesn’t work. In Joss Whedon’s otherwise delightful new...