Instant Internet messaging is so commonplace today that the younger generation might forget when the nineteenth-century telegraph revolutionized our ability to quickly send messages over vast distances. Commenting on the arrival of telegraph in 1844, Thoreau remarked that “We are…
The mainstream media remains behind riot-like demonstrations as the instrument of choice for fomenting social change. Can we forget their role in the so-called Arab Spring, perhaps imagining a hip democracy fueled by liberal news shows and enabled by handheld…
Is was bad enough when upscale and subsidized athletes could buy high-tech gear to break old sports records in baseball and golf. It was even worse when players started using performance-enhancing drugs to transcend the bounds of natural ability. …
Schools and colleges might serve the social need of keeping kids off the streets and out of gangs. Both parents can leave the home for self-fulfillment at work, beefing up discretionary income. Yes, kids in college bring the unemployment…
I have listened carefully to Obama as he “updates” us on the genocide being perpetrated on Christians in Iraq. He talks of tactics, upchucks platitudes and offers Bush-did-its all while displaying anger. Nowhere has he spoke of an objective in…