Motherhood’s supposed ‘horror show’
Mother's Day is approaching quickly, and ladies, you know what that means: It's time to buy your own darn gifts and book your own darn brunches and maybe even start...
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Only the strident survive
"I am not prone to anxiety," historian Niall Ferguson recently wrote in The Times of London. "Last week, however, for the first time since I went through the emotional trauma...
Today’s sad feminism — and two breaths of fresh air
In recent days, two impressive women dominated American headlines. The first was Southwest Airlines pilot Tammie Jo Shults, hailed for her "nerves of steel" after guiding a crippled plane to...
In praise of ‘slacker’ parenting
It is a wonder of human nature — and a phenomenon observed throughout the ages — that even in the midst of relative peace and sometimes mind-boggling prosperity, people still...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Balderdash
In the wake of the March for Our Lives — a nationwide protest for increased gun control in response to the horrific high school shooting in Parkland, Fla. — a...
Is tribalism really on the rise? Meh.
“By now we all understand that America is in the grip of political tribalism,” Yale professor Amy Chua wrote last month in The New York Times. “We lament and condemn...
The growing attack on boys
International Women’s Day on March 8 came and went, as it tends to do, with great media fanfare. The day, originally cooked up at the 1910 International Women’s Socialist Conference,...
Messing with Texas, yet again
If you want to get your left-leaning friends all fired up — and maybe, if they’re political junkies, even veering into the territory of delirious excitement — start talking about...
The Twitterazation of gun politics
If you watched CNN’s emotionally charged town hall presentation on gun violence Wednesday night — titled “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” — I’m sorry. No, really....
The great Bernie Sanders/messy car correlation
Across the sprawling highways and quiet suburban streets of America, a disturbing phenomenon has taken hold. Perhaps you have noticed it yourself. Perhaps, more troubling, you are a perpetrator. It’s...