Hurricanes Harvey & Irma: Responding to the Second Disaster We’re all responsible for helping survivors recover from disaster
The primary focus during a disaster is on life-saving measures like search and rescue and sheltering, for obvious reasons. The flashing lights of response and rescue teams are all-consuming. The laser focus on saving lives... Read More
Urgent Need or Religious Exceptionalism? Texas Churches Sue FEMA for Reimbursement
Three Texas churches are suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for excluding them from public assistance after they aided the community during Hurricane Harvey. The conservative non-profit law firm the Becket Fund (notorious for... Read More
The Failures of Conservatism in Higher Education
During my college application process, I kept a chart that showed the average high and low temperatures in January at each of the schools I was considering. I figured if I got to pick where... Read More
Dragon Con: Where Everything Goes and All Are Accepted
For many people in the United States, Labor Day weekend has come to represent the final opportunity for beach vacations and cookouts, the last days of summer, and the beginning of a new school year.... Read More
Poor Excuses: The Relationship between Poverty and White Nationalism
In his infamous “fine people on both sides” press conference following the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Trump offered a solution for America’s persistent struggle with racial violence. “If we continue to create jobs... Read More
Generalizing about Generations: Our Favorite Pointless Pastime
A few months ago I attended a lunch seminar put on by my local chamber of commerce. The topic was “the multi-generational workforce.” The lecture itself was tedious, as the speaker went through slide after... Read More
There’s Only One Way to Look at Trump’s “Both Sides” Argument
At his campaign-style rally last night in Phoenix, Arizona, Donald Trump devoted, according to the Washington Post, “more than sixteen minutes to re-litigating his response to the horror in Charlottesville.” The president reread the statement... Read More