American society today is more tolerant of differing views, values, beliefs, ethnicity, etc., than ever before in our 241 year history.
Many Hispanics today are descended from Spanish immigrants. Their culture is heavily influenced by their Spanish roots and they proudly speak Spanish. Is all that now offensive to the L.A. City Council? Demonizing Columbus is a calculated insult to all Hispanics
Eliminating J-1 visas to comply with President Trump’s “Buy American and Hire American” executive order would eliminate American jobs, hurt the U.S. economy and impair American diplomacy.
What is the definition of the phrase “first world problem”? Answer: The shortage of tennis courts in New York City.
The notion that the recent bipartisan, evidence-based agreement to rewrite Illinois’s education funding formula is a bailout to Chicago is misguided, ill-informed and oblivious of the facts on the ground.
It is analogous to expecting Iran to work with Israel to root out Hezbollah.
My country has suffered from the most violent forms of terrorism for decades. Contrary to your suggestion, we have been a leader of efforts to fight this scourge, both at home and abroad.
Shakespeare managed to say in a few words what it takes David Benatar 264 pages to convey.
Pakistan is unlikely to modify its Afghan policy under threats, especially since it now has strong support from the second most powerful country in the world—China.
Many patients will buy an “off the shelf” hearing aid at a deep discount, but without the proper fitting and programming they will find it unusable and end up buying another (higher quality) hearing aid in the end.
The Democratic Party better find something else besides gay rights, abortion and race-baiting to run on or it is going to lose more Senate seats in 2018.
Violence is Antifa’s primary tactic to stifle free speech and shut down conservative or midstream speech, whether Republican or Democratic.
Once again, the observation that George Orwell made in conversation is proved accurate: “Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”
Ben Franklin’s original Junto is still alive and well in Philadelphia.
The banks that were bailed out in 2008 are now bigger. Required down payments on houses are once again ridiculously low, resulting in too much leverage.
President Trump made one of the gutsiest moves I’ve witnessed in politics in a couple of decades when he pardoned the good sheriff.
By definition, it is impossible to insure against something that has already happened, such as a pre-existing condition.
Unlike with alcohol, for other drugs there is no close relationship between tissue levels and impairment.
Regarding Christine Rosen’sof Jean M. Twenge’s “iGen,” which is a book that makes sweeping generalizations about an emerging demographic, and if it is reductive it is also fascinating and useful.
China has encouraged Pakistan and North Korea to vex India and the U.S. Why would China suddenly help us to remove the vexations it has worked so hard to cultivate?
Did the writer miss the part where Google fired the guy? What message does that send, I wonder, to anyone else at Google thinking of expressing a different point of view.
The economic fallout from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s rejection of the Constitution Pipeline should serve as a warning to other states that want to go down the same path as New York.
The labor market isn’t in very good shape. People in Fort Wayne do, indeed, understand this. It amazes me how few economists realize this.
All Matthew Prince needs to do is immediately restore the website and get out of the censorship business.
Dershowitz: “I am categorically opposed to female genital mutilation.”