Perhaps, there is nothing that infuriates me more than an argument against racism that itself is inherently racist. I am about 40 years old, but in my short life I have tasted the harsh reality of racism. I know what racism is, and I know what it isn’t. When I grew up in central Louisiana, there was...
“Time and tide wait for no man.” This famous phrase comes from Chaucer’s medieval Canterbury Tales, but a more modern version could just as easily say, “A child’s education waits for no policy.” Telling a student in a failing public school that they shouldn’t be able to transfer to a good private school down the...
15,000. I’d like for you to take a minute to consider the meaning of that number. The number 15,000 could easily represent the number of heart beats the average person has in about five minutes. 15,000 could be the number of days lived by someone who is 41 years old. For this article 15,000 represents...
I’ve heard it said that “the only thing we learn from history is that we don’t learn from history.” As I consider the enigmatic issue and the paradoxical problems that loom before me, I think the question at hand is often very simple. Take, for instance, “gender-affirming care.” I believe the appropriate question for this issue...
Currently, officials in China have communicated to the world that their citizens are carefully “socialized” to fit the greater culture of the Chinese landscape. For instance, the Uyghur Muslim people, who have staunchly resisted Chinese culture and philosophy, have been targets of China’s “socialization.” When the world decided to look deeper into the “socialization” program,...