According to English teacher Tim Donahue, academic inflation is as real as economic inflation. In the 1960s, around 15% of grades given at colleges were “A.” As of 2017, it…
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The Mayflower Compact and What “City on a Hill” Meant
According to modern retellings, the American story is one long tale of violence and oppression, with founders who should be universally condemned as hypocrites, thieves, and racists. Of course, our…
Women Forced to Fight Men in Jiu-Jitsu
Back in September, jiu-jitsu athlete Taelor Moore fought an opponent who was not only more than 60 pounds heavier than her, but was a male. She was not warned she…
The Insanity of Denying Free Will
In his book Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton observed that even insane explanations for the world can have a perverse consistency. A madman who thinks he’s the king of England has a…
An Avowed New Atheist is Considering Christianity and the Growth of Homeschooling in America
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a former Muslim, and now it appears she’s also a former atheist as she considers the merits of Christianity. And homeschooling is growing by leaps and…
What ADF Really Does
Last month, National Public Radio joined the growing fearmongering and dogpiling aimed at the Alliance Defending Freedom. The Fresh Air interview was hosted by Terry Gross and featured David Kirkpatrick,…
What Is Medicine For?
In their 2021 book The Way of Medicine: Ethics and the Healing Profession, Duke University professor of medical humanities Farr Curlin and philosophy professor Christopher Tollefsen argued that the Western…
Case Dismissed, Finnish Parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen Exonerated
The lawsuit against a member of the Finnish Parliament accused of violating a law prohibiting “War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity,” has been dismissed. Päivi Räsänen’s crime was quoting Bible…
Woman Sues American Academy of Pediatrics for Fraud and Malpractice
Last month, 20-year-old Isabelle Ayala filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, accusing the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) of civil conspiracy, fraud, and medical malpractice. Ayala claims to have been pressured by…
Canada to Legalize Killing Drug Addicts
In roughly five months, it will be legal in Canada for doctors to kill patients struggling with mental illness or drug addiction who choose the country’s so-called “Medical Assistance in…