Kubul: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
by Mark Franke Yogi Berra, whom I consider the 20th century’s pithiest philosopher, once reputedly said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” Unfortunately much of what Yogi is credited with saying he never actually said, at least if you believe what Yogi himself claims in the several books published about those very quotes. He’s too modest. If Read the full article…
Morris: Dress Code Says All Is Back to Normal
by Leo Morris On the one hand, the little kerfuffle at Fort Wayne’s Northrop High School is too trifling to make a big deal of. But on the other, it invites discussion because it is such a welcome sign of normality in a time when all traditional values are under constant assault. And by “normality,” Read the full article…
The Outstater
Using Statistics to Stop (or Start) a Crime Epidemic CITING STATISTICS showing that blacks make up 14 percent of her state’s population but 53 percent of prisoners. and that blacks make up 80 percent of those incarcerated on a felony firearm charge, a Michigan prosecutor says she will no longer act on felony firearms charges. That is fair warning Read the full article…
Franke: The Sad End of the Boy Scouts
by Mark Franke I recall, just barely, reading James Burnham’s “Suicide of the West” back in my undergraduate days. While not being able to recall most of his arguments, I believe his point was that we are doing this to ourselves. He blamed liberalism, in its modern and not classical definition, for an erosion of Read the full article…
McGowan: Diversity? Plato Has a Few Questions
by Richard J. McGowan, Ph.D. Plato’s dialogue, “Meno,” begins abruptly. Meno asks Socrates, “Can ethics be taught?” I followed Plato’s approach. On the first day of class, I asked my students, “Can ethics be taught?” They wrote that “Ethics and moral standards depend on the individual and their upbringing,” “Morals are not absolute in that they Read the full article…
Morris: Stepping Away From Nation-Building
by Leo Morris On CBS-TV’s Sunday Morning this week, a former Army sergeant who left parts of both arms and legs in Afghanistan came on and tried to say something positive in the face of our ugly retreat from that country. He talked about being “angry, hurt, depressed and hopeless” after his injuries but finding solace in Read the full article…
