An international student from China who gave the student address at the University of Maryland’s commencement ceremony is facing a backlash in her home country after her speech went viral. Yang Shuping, an international student from China, praised the United … Continue reading
Why do people break their promises? It’s a question worth asking, because promises are so often broken. Read the news. Find a politician who does NOT break his or her promises, and you’ve found a politician rarer than a dinosaur. … Continue reading
Nineteen people have been confirmed dead and around 50 others are injured following reports of multiple explosions after an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester in the North of England on Monday Evening. Greater Manchester Police originally said there had been … Continue reading
In his address to the Arab-Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, President Trump said the fight against terrorism “is not a battle between different faiths, different sects, or different civilizations. This is a battle between those who seek to obliterate human … Continue reading
Many otherwise healthy and admirable people, when they become aware of “feeling sorry” for themselves, squelch it right there. In some ways that’s a good thing, of course. But here’s the problem: You ought to have empathy and compassion for … Continue reading
Some are claiming that the “urge” to have children is “natural”, and that replacing children with pets is unhealthy. Now everybody wants to get on the bandwagon of calling choices they dislike psychiatric disorders. Look at the following from an … Continue reading
“The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and … Continue reading
President Donald Trump: This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history! With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special councel appointed! Exactly … Continue reading
It appears that Donald Trump’s presidency is over. Did I miss something? So we’ll soon have President Pence? Or maybe just skip the middleperson, and install President Hill to her rightful throne, at once? Let’s try to piece it all … Continue reading
In an article entitled, “What the Self-Esteem Movement Got Disastrously Wrong,” Dan Sanchez, of the Foundation for Economic Education, writes: The self-esteem movement is … widely blamed for its influence on American schools and families. In the name of building … Continue reading
Is health care a right? No way. If health care were a right, then the person providing the medical care would have to be a slave. For you to say, “I have a right to health care” means, at the … Continue reading
“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” — Mark Twain