Heather Wilhelm

A person uses a mobile device on July 30, 2019, in downtown Chicago.

Commentary: There’s a nasty world out there, and your kid should not have easy access to it by smartphone

December 19, 2019 at 3:22 a.m.

Ah, parenting in the internet age: It's an experience full of mystery and wonder! Whether you're at the local school, a youth sporting event or a kid's birthday party, it's...

When did everyone start dropping F-bombs?

May 31, 2019 at 9:17 p.m.

One of my favorite 1960s anecdotes comes from legendary broadcaster Larry King, who tells of attending his first roast at New York City's Friars Club. There, French actor Maurice Chevalier...

‘Captain Marvel’ and today’s exhausting feminism

May 31, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

Gird your loins, America, for I have a bone-rattlingly powerful tale to tell: In case you haven’t heard, there is a new movie in theaters, and it will reportedly change...

Without Twitter, the frenzied display of snap judgments and public shaming over a confrontation between Catholic high school teens and a Native American man in Washington, D.C., would likely have vaporized before it was even a twinkle in a writer's eye.

Twitter is a monster truck designed to veer out of control

May 31, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

About a week ago, seemingly eons ago, deep in the heart of the Texas hill country — a delightful spot with rock-canyon walls where cellphone service is often dicey or...

So long, masculinity, you’re a relic of unenlightened times

May 31, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

This week, the American Psychological Association delivered some sad news for fans of “traditional masculinity.” According to the organization’s new “Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Boys and Men,” the “harmful”...

Parents, resist the madness of organized sports for children

May 31, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.

Brace yourselves, parents of America, for I’m about to drop an uncomfortable truth bomb: If you’re stressed-out, over-scheduled and fun-starved — and if none of these three problems relates to...

Fashion magazines have morphed into a relentless and insufferable leftist acquaintance you'd quite frankly rather avoid.

The scary politics of fashionistas

May 31, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

One Saturday morning years ago, back when certain sectors of our culture were at least a teensy bit less preachy and tiresome and insufferable than they are now, I sat...

The embarrassing spectacle of ‘Betomania’

May 31, 2019 at 9:17 p.m.

Attention, journalists of America: Time is running out! You have under three weeks left to publish your last batch of over-the-top pre-election puff pieces on Texas Democrat/cross-country liberal sensation/wing-and-a-prayer Senate...

After overrunning police barricades, protesters chant as they block the doors to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington while demonstrating against the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh on Oct. 6, 2018.

How to tell if you’re part of a mob

May 31, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

During the final, torturous week in which our nation collectively lost its marbles over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, I happened to be out of the...

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., has falsely suggested that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is "going after birth control," an assertion factually shot down by PolitiFact and The Washington Post.

Save the Democrats! Vote Republican

May 31, 2019 at 9:24 p.m.

If you’re a longtime Republican voter, you’ve likely by now heard the growing and insistent and highly concerned media refrain: Republicans who truly care about America will vote for Democrats...

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