Perhaps the most foundational rule of logic is the law of noncontradiction. It is a fairly simple concept most famously articulated by Socrates and says that something cannot be both itself and its opposite at the same time. For example, someone cannot be both hungry and satisfied, just as something cannot be both dry and […]
San Francisco leaders’ idea of governance is to funnel billions of dollars to unaccountable far-left nonprofit groups. If you can believe it, that strategy hasn’t been working. San Francisco relies on nonprofit groups to deliver social services to the tune of some $1.4 billion per year. Despite this, the city’s Board of Supervisors has only […]
Including both national elections and Republican primaries, I’ve had four chances to vote for former President Donald Trump. I’ve never done it. I’ve never even been tempted to. I could rattle off the names of 100 people I’d prefer for the job. The reason isn’t complicated: I simply don’t believe that a man who lacks […]
Eighty years ago, the fascist forces of Nazi Germany had occupied France, Belgium, and Luxembourg since June 1940. Four years later, on June 6, Allied forces led by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower landed on the beaches of Normandy in northern France, beginning the massive effort to roll back the armies of Hitler back into Germany. D-Day, […]
The dreadful events that have afflicted colleges this spring are symptoms of a mortal disease, contracted long ago and metastasizing now. If it is not cured, it means destruction, not only for colleges, but for the societies that need them. The disease is mortal because it affects the central purpose of college. The word college […]