“Fat acceptance” campaign digital equivalent of fat people who avoid stepping on a scale. “Fat acceptance” activists are demanding Facebook remove the pre-written “I’m feeling fat” status messages users routinely select after eating a large meal because it encourages “fat shaming.” A “fat acceptance” group called Endangered Bodies claims the status message is hurtful to […] Continue reading →
A new poll shows pain robs us of sleep, setting off a vicious cycle in which sleep deprivation leads to more pain. The U.S. is a country of gaps. The wage gap. The wealth gap. And now, the sleep gap.
The dividing line: pain. Having chronic or fleeting pain in the prior week caused 57 […] Continue reading →
It’s not surprising that the Democratic establishment has tried to stop Rep. Trey Gowdy at every turn as he investigates the Benghazi terror attack. However, this sort of thing doesn’t get the South Carolina representative down. In fact, if his responses are any clue, such opposition invigorates him. Take the Democratic whining about Gowdy’s intent to subpoena […] Continue reading →
Justin Haskins As the epic struggle against Common Core rages on in school districts, towns, and states across the nation, a deeper, more insidious threat rests beneath the surface of national education standards that threatens to reverse decades of progress made by thousands of American charter schools. Countless articles, testimonies, and videos now exist detailing […] Continue reading → Seasonal affective disorder (also called SAD) is a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year. If you’re like most people with seasonal affective disorder, your symptoms start in the fall and may continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. Less often, seasonal affective disorder causes […] Continue reading → As we gather with family and friends this week to mark the Fourth of July, let us keep in mind the defining value that sets this nation apart – the founding principle that stands as our greatest cause for pride and celebration: that every American deserves an equal opportunity to achieve a happy and fulfilling […] Continue reading → In a year when California Democrats are worried about motivating their voters, Gov. Jerry Brown heard another unwelcome message Saturday: some environmentalists, a core Democratic constituency, are bristling over his administration’s policies on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Appearing at a Democratic convention in Los Angeles, in his first major campaign speech since formally declaring his […] Continue reading → A fortnight ago, my column focused on how Philadelphia’s schoolteachers have joined public-school teachers in cities such as Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Columbus, New York and Washington in changing student scores on academic achievement tests. Teachers have held grade fixing parties, sometimes wearing rubber gloves to hide fingerprints. In some cases, poorly performing students were […] Continue reading → What Putin Got Right It’s a sad day for the United States when the president of any other country, but especially Russia, can outmaneuver our president and successfully claim the moral high ground on anything. But that’s exactly what happened thanks to President Obama’s feckless “foreign policy by gaffe” – if you can even it […] Continue reading →
Sally Zelikovsky When I awoke this morning and looked at myself in the mirror, I realized that I had undergone a fundamental transformation — a Kafkaesque metamorphosis. I was no longer myself. I had become…a racist. I didn’t do it to myself. I’ve always been sensitive to race. I don’t support racism or racists. I’ve […] Continue reading → In her new book, “The End of Men,” Hanna Rosin says we are on the verge of matriarchy. Rosin doesn’t exactly celebrate the demise of men, but she is puzzled by men’s reluctance to let go of old gender roles: “The women take on new roles with gusto, while the men take them on […] Continue reading → Director, writer, narrator and star of the explosive 2016: Obama’s America documentary Dinesh D’Souza talks to Alex about the unexpected success of his movie, the notions behind the film’s assertions and his personal motivation to make it. http://youtu.be/OZyiKXIHqFU The film attempts to dissect Obama’s rapid ascension to the White House in 2008 after only two […] Continue reading →
There is a longstanding tradition on the political left to attack contemporary conservatives by comparing them to the right�s leaders in the past. That means that Republicans who were reviled by liberals during their lifetimes are sometimes treated kindly in retrospect because it serves the political purpose of diminishing the reputations of their successors. But […] Continue reading → As Israelis and their government continue to debate the merits of an attack on Iran�s nuclear facilities, the contempt for American foreign policy realists for the idea the Jewish state might decide to act in its own defense is considerable. Contempt for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak seems to be the […] Continue reading →