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Why The Fourth Of July Is Still Worth Celebrating

Posted June 30, 2017

This weekend people around the country will be gathering together with family and friends, organizing cook-outs, traveling to sun-drenched beaches, in short, enjoying themselves in ...

Is Social Media Taking Over Your Life?

Posted June 29, 2017

It is easy to lose yourself in social media without realizing it. If you feel sometimes that your life consists entirely of going from Facebook to Whatapp to SnapChat to Twitter, y ...

The Pleasure Of Hating

Posted June 23, 2017

There is no end of commentary on the venom and vitriol that is so characteristic of contemporary politics. Though history shows that current American politics remain tame compared ...

Is Lezing Out Cheating?

Posted June 21, 2017

This question occurred to me after speaking with one of the bartenders at my local café-bar the other day. She is quite an attractive woman: young, tall, long honey brown hair, a ...

Making Sense Of Cultural Appropriation

Posted June 16, 2017

Cultural appropriation refers to members of a larger, wealthier, and more powerful group taking ideas, art, and artifacts from people of a historically oppressed and marginalized g ...

Is A Discrete Romance Still Possible?

Posted June 15, 2017

There may be a number of reasons why you prefer to pursue a discrete—not to say secret—romance. It isn’t a case of being ashamed of your crush. Indeed, she may also want the ...

Your Money In Britain—After The Election

Posted June 9, 2017

Tired, hungry, shocked, exuberant—this describes my general condition as I write this. Nearly every commentator and pollster, with the exception of YouGov and Survation, called i ...

Why Free Speech Is Worth Fighting For

Posted June 8, 2017

Free speech on college campuses is in danger. As a college man, you may have only taken a passing interest in the issue, but things have come to such a head that the ability of any ...

How To Become A World-Class Wit

Posted June 2, 2017

It has occurred to me lately that there is an abundance of comedy, a great deal of snark, a surfeit of indignation, and an endless mine of hate in the public sphere. But there is v ...

Is Friendliness Possible With All Your Political Opposites?

Posted June 1, 2017

This may be one of the most pressing questions of our time. Some weeks ago I wrote about hypocrisy and the forces that push us toward it. That article was concerned mostly with bei ...