In an essay entitled “How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?” the eminent philosopher Ayn Rand wrote, “One must never fail to pronounce moral judgment. Nothing can corrupt and disintegrate a culture or a man’s character as thoroughly as does the idea that one must never pass moral judgment on others, that one must be morally tolerant of
Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, we remain fixated on some of its worst crimes. But only some. The incessant use of Holocaust remembrance has been cynically used by some on the hard right to justify Israel’s repression of the Palestinian people and the expansion of the Jewish state. For example, Israel’s
AUSTIN — Texas Deputy Solicitor General Matthew Frederick on Feb. 6 defended the Electoral College system in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Frederick, arguing on be
According to National Geographic, everyone living outside of Africa today has a small amount of caveman in them. The genetic makeup of nearly everyone born outside the dark Continent includes 1 to 2 percent DNA from Neanderthals, so named when bones were found in Germany’s Neander Valley in 1856. According to Smithsonian Magazine, these Neanderthals likely made tools, used fire, buried their dead, cared for their sick and injured, and probably had some facility for language.
If you watched the State of the Union Address on C-span you had the opportunity to sample the public's reaction to the event. At its conclusion viewers called in to critique what went on. While it's not a perfect vehicle for determining voters' reactions (since both sides call in and may have an agenda) it's about as good an opportunity as one is likely to get. Using that as a yard stick, Trump looked very good in giving possibly the best speech of his career. The Democrats, on the other hand, looked incredibly bad.
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