Times are changing, pecking orders evolving, but the chickens aren’t pleased. After all, they take pride in being the inspiration for this universally applicable ranking measure. Ranked positions in all species have existed since their evolution, but it was chickens who gave it its name, ...
A most American of movies, "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," is a morality tale about what happens when intimidation goes unanswered. The Clanton gang marauds through Tombstone, flashing their guns and humiliating townspeople. Feeding on fear, their bullying escalates as decent people avoid ...
Monday marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday honoring a man best remembered for urging Americans to judge one another by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. It is a legacy rooted in a specific historical struggle -- one that culminated in the ...
The debate over children and social media is often framed as a question of parental control or technological inevitability. It should not be. At its core, this is a moral question about what kind of society we are shaping, what we choose to protect, and what we are willing to sacrifice in the ...
Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, it's become obvious that the president loves tariffs. In fact, he really, really loves tariffs. To paraphrase 50 Cent, Donald Trump loves tariffs like a fat kid loves cake. One year into his second term, we've witnessed Trump unleash wave ...
Donald Trump has a painting of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, but as he tries to browbeat Denmark into coughing up Greenland, maybe he should add a portrait of a Jackson acolyte -- James K. Polk. If cold-eyed American expansionism is the theme, there are fewer better representatives than ...