Marked by heavy layers of black clothing, comically tall boots, eccentric eyeliner, and coils of silver chains, goth subculture emerged in 1970s Britain as an offshoot of the punk movement. Since then, both subcultures have mainstreamed radical, anti...
A statement by President Donald Trump on November 1, 2018: “Mass, uncontrolled immigration is especially unfair to the many wonderful, law-abiding immigrants already living here who followed the rules and waited their turn. Some have been waiting f...
The first mental illness attributed to women, and one of the most prolific for four millennia, was so-called “female hysteria.” An amalgamation of symptoms that would be considered both mood and personality disorders in the modern Diagnostic and ...
A recent post at The New Inquiry does a commendable job of pinning down the strange political vantage point that is inhabited by the political meme. The writer, one Nathan Jurgenson, conducts a ...
A recent post at The New Inquiry does a commendable job of pinning down the strange political vantage point that is inhabited by the political meme. The writer, one Nathan Jurgenson, conducts a ...
Image obtained from Wikipedia. As is traditional in an election year, most of the normal legislative agenda has been suspended in favor of campaigns and partisan posturing. The GOP is largely running on the economy, which is sure to be a winning is...
Image obtained from Wikipedia. As is traditional in an election year, most of the normal legislative agenda has been suspended in favor of campaigns and partisan posturing. The GOP is largely running on the economy, which is sure to be a winning is...
Last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York cited his profound disappointment in both presidential candidates. Bloomberg, an ex-Republican who promotes gay marriage and big business alike and remained an undecided voter in the 2008 election, doesn...
Last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York cited his profound disappointment in both presidential candidates. Bloomberg, an ex-Republican who promotes gay marriage and big business alike and remained an undecided voter in the 2008 election, doesn...
Lately, the degree to which discourses of “objectivity” have dominated our political theatre is astounding. Everywhere one turns, he or she is confronted by a variety of appeals to some qualification outside the bound of “politics” and “par...
Lately, the degree to which discourses of “objectivity” have dominated our political theatre is astounding. Everywhere one turns, he or she is confronted by a variety of appeals to some qualification outside the bound of “politics” and “par...
In the past year, we’ve heard President Obama and Governor Romney talk about everything from Libya to the London Olympics. However, public education has been noticeably absent from our nation’s discourse. A topic that has been included in nationa...
In the past year, we’ve heard President Obama and Governor Romney talk about everything from Libya to the London Olympics. However, public education has been noticeably absent from our nation’s discourse. A topic that has been included in nationa...
It’s the first day of kindergarten. Aren’t you cute? You, five years old, walk out the door to school, maybe for the first time – excited, impatient, catatonic or crying hysterically. You’ve walked past your neighborhood school hundreds of ti...
It’s the first day of kindergarten. Aren’t you cute? You, five years old, walk out the door to school, maybe for the first time – excited, impatient, catatonic or crying hysterically. You’ve walked past your neighborhood school hundreds of ti...
Cranbrook Kingswood is an elite boarding school that sprawls out across several acres in the lush outskirts of Detroit, its students hailing from all corners of the globe. It boasts an award winning, LED-lit natatorium, a wood-paneled basketball cour...
Cranbrook Kingswood is an elite boarding school that sprawls out across several acres in the lush outskirts of Detroit, its students hailing from all corners of the globe. It boasts an award winning, LED-lit natatorium, a wood-paneled basketball cour...
The man himself Hello BPReader! Welcome to Bastiat. For some reason the people who run this fine publication decided to give every editor of the magazine a pew to preach from on the website. So, here’s my timid step into the fray with a view th...
The man himself Hello BPReader! Welcome to Bastiat. For some reason the people who run this fine publication decided to give every editor of the magazine a pew to preach from on the website. So, here’s my timid step into the fray with a view th...
We’ve heard a lot about campaign finance this election cycle. But what actually is it and why should we care? Let’s get caught up on the history first. Campaign finance on the Federal level essentially began in the 1880s, but was largely ineffect...
We’ve heard a lot about campaign finance this election cycle. But what actually is it and why should we care? Let’s get caught up on the history first. Campaign finance on the Federal level essentially began in the 1880s, but was largely ineffect...
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For a variety of reasons it is difficult to backcountry camp in Zion National Park. Of course, the town of Springdale, Utah provides many quaint (or not-so quaint) lodging options for park visitors. Then again, something about being in one of ...
For a variety of reasons it is difficult to backcountry camp in Zion National Park. Of course, the town of Springdale, Utah provides many quaint (or not-so quaint) lodging options for park visitors. Then again, something about being in one of ...
We all know them. Slips of the tongue we wish we could take back. For candidates, gaffes are their worst nightmare. They capture the news cycle and distract campaigns, and have been damaging to both President Obama and Governor Romney this election s...
We all know them. Slips of the tongue we wish we could take back. For candidates, gaffes are their worst nightmare. They capture the news cycle and distract campaigns, and have been damaging to both President Obama and Governor Romney this election s...