Kurt Vonnegut’s 1961 short story “Harrison Bergeron” stands apart as one of dystopian literature’s most poignant works, making up for its brevity in striking social commentary. The tale is set in the United States, year 2081. The newly ratified 211th,…

The Founding Fathers wanted the American people to live under the rule of law, not of men. The left seeks the opposite. It advances arbitrary government under the guise of “equity,” which results in a tyranny that treats the innocent…

On December 1, 1969, we senior ROTC guys gathered in front of a dorm TV to watch the Vietnam War draft lottery. We’d already taken our enlistment oaths and completed our six-week basic training at Fort Sill. Come summer, we’d…

Inconsistency is, it seems, part of what makes us human. Nonetheless, some inconsistency is still rather striking. Take, for instance, the modern American liberal who spends so much time and effort hailing the virtues of “diversity” yet who spends even…

In his September 6 article “All Men Are Created Equal,” Shmuel Klatzkin contends that when the Founders declared “All men are created equal,” they meant that “[w]e are equally granted the rights to life, to liberty, and to property and are…

Before the Declaration of Independence enumerates the basic human rights that are unalienable, it states that “All men are created equal.” As a British critic of that time put it, that does not seem to be the truth in the…

Black Lives Matter activists have claimed that Facebook has failed to provide a platform supportive of racial justice.  Instead of a race-neutral platform, Facebook should attempt to elevate marginalized voices, said Brandi Collins-Dexter, senior campaign director at Color of Change,…

Seventy-one years ago this month — in January 1948 — a black, 17-year-old high school dropout left home. The last grade he had completed was the 9th grade. He had no skills, little experience, and not a lot of maturity….

Here’s a cute little item from the New York Times this past weekend: “Is Your Script Gender-Balanced? Try This Test.” Is your script…what? “Gender-balanced” — meaning representative of male and female presence and importance in whatever screenplay you are concocting; because…