Attacks On Public Officials Will Make Only The Worst Want Those Jobs
As we look back over an emotionally charged week that finally saw the president reverse a heartbreaking policy to separate young children from their parents at the Southern border, I feel like I still need to catch my breath. Since the policy has already been discussed at length, I’d like to turn my attention to … Continue reading
7 Strategies For Building Relationships Outside Your Political Tribe
A recent survey of Dartmouth’s undergraduates found that Democrat students are more likely not to befriend another student because of their political views: “55 percent of Democratic respondents said opposite political views would make them less likely to befriend another student, compared to 21 percent of Independents and 12 percent of Republicans,” the survey found. … Continue reading
Why Millennials Should Rethink Slow Love
Every generation thinks they know better than their parents. Of course, even as a Xennial, who’s just barely older than the oldest Millennials, I often marvel at how differently they view the world than the rest of us. Case in point: what anthropologist Helen Fisher calls Millennials’ “fast sex, slow love.” Thanks to cultural shifts … Continue reading
‘The Cat In The Hat’? We’re Too PC To Publish That
My three-year-old recently noticed “The Cat in the Hat” on her bookshelf, a book my parents saved from my own twentieth-century childhood, which I don’t think I’ve read since I was my daughter’s age. It has appealing rhymes and a story my daughter liked. (The cat is very mischievous!) But reading the book as a … Continue reading
Comedy’s Unfunny Ladies Are Making Nasty People Of Us All. We Can Do Better
Growing up in New York, we knew how to quickly shut down crazy comments: “If everyone else were jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do it too?” we would disapprovingly ask whenever another kid proposed doing something foolish or morally questionable. It’s an apt question and one that I’d like to put to many … Continue reading
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What College Students Say About Their Campuses When They’re Allowed To Be Honest
Posted by melissa braunstein on June 29, 2018 · Leave a Comment
As far back as 1965, George Harrison urged his listeners, “Think for yourself.” That was good, countercultural advice at the time, and it seems it still is. But the counterculture has since shifted right, especially on college campuses. In the wake of the American Civil Liberties Union’s disappointing decision to embrace free speech relativism, I … Continue reading →
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