The suicide rate for the 1,200 Marines who deployed together — most now out of the military — is nearly four times as high as for young male veterans as a whole and 14 times as high as that for … Continue reading
Have We Failed Our Veterans?
Category: Daily Dose of Reason
It’s So EASY Being a Progressive
Hundreds of employees at the University of California at Berkeley are getting schooled in basic economics, as the $15 minimum wage just cost them their jobs. Too bad liberal elites “fighting for $15” don’t get it. A week after California … Continue reading
Ted Cruz, Dildos and the Awful Concept of “Historical Rights”
Political correctness can come from the left or the right. When it comes from the right, we should call it “religious correctness.” But the underlying principles are the same. Like the political correctness of the left, the religious correctness of … Continue reading
Why It’s No Longer “The Economy, Stupid!”
Columnist Ed Butowsky recently wrote an insightful, although slightly naïve, column. In that column, he says: Bill Clinton was right. It’s the economy, stupid! Wouldn’t you think he’d have told his wife? It looks to me like he didn’t, because … Continue reading
It’s Good to Have Enemies (Churchill)
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. — Winston Churchill
Researchers Say Meditation Cures Racial Prejudice: Science or Silliness?
Can meditation eradicate racial prejudice? Are Shirley MacLaine and Mark Zuckerberg right, that mind-altering calmness and unconditional, unthinking love could bring about world peace and knock the terrorists flat? New research has supposedly found that just seven minutes of loving-kindness … Continue reading
Cheer Up (Thomas Paine)
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. — Thomas Paine
“Putting Others Before Self”: A Cliché, Not a Standard
My recent article on the lost virtue of manners resulted in a lot of responses. The overwhelming majority were positive. A particularly insightful reader said this: At the base of any political system is the issue of, “Are we individuals … Continue reading
Bill Nye: The Tyrant Guy
American leftism/progressivism is the established way of thinking. It did not win by reason or persuasion; merely by default, or in the absence of any principled, rational alternative. The leftist agenda of a weak defense; unsustainable national debt; fostering dependence … Continue reading
Why the Left Loves John Kasich … For Now
Left-wing tabloid New York Daily News has endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Its editorial board described the Ohio Republican as someone who “marries a small government outlook with can-do effectiveness. … On the ideological spectrum …[Kasich] meets the tests of Republican … Continue reading
What Would a Constitutional Convention in 2016 Look Like?
Almost half of registered Democrats think the Constitution needs to be updated, according to the results of a new poll. A YouGov survey about the Constitution included a question of whether there should be another Constitutional convention to update the … Continue reading
It’s Risky Not to Take Risks!
Avoidance of risk is a major cause of personal problems.We hear a lot of talk about depression. What is depression? A lack of energy, motivation or purpose. What kills purpose? Very often, a habitual tendency to avoid risks. There’s actually … Continue reading