Growing up, Hollister was where it was at. The cologne that they drenched everything in daily would waft around the mall; you didn’t need a map to find the store. You’d smell it. Today’s kids will never know the euphoria of walking into the mall and being hit with the smell of teenage California dreams,…
“Workers have always been exploited, but that rate of exploitation — measured by the productivity wage gap we talked about earlier — is increasing exponentially for millennials.” That’s a line from a piece I recently read where Vox.com’s Sean Illing interviewed Malcolm Harris, author of Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials.…
Abortion is a Natural Offshoot of Socialism “What am I gonna do? What’ll I say??” said Tracey Lord in the film “High Society,” during the scene where she’s decided to call off her wedding. “Your father will make an announcement,” replies her mother, “Anything special you want me to say?” “Oh, thank you. No,” replies…
Thousands of years ago, the Israelite people demanded a king. At that time, God ruled his people directly and used the prophet Samuel to communicate with them. When they decided they were tired of this arrangement, the Israelites called Samuel an old man with rebellious sons (how nice) and demanded that he be replaced with…
In the fall of 2012, an elderly California man named Jay Leone found himself the victim of a home invasion. As he sat, ordered to stay still as the thief rifled through his things, the man remembered he had a gun in the bathroom. Leone convinced the thief—a drug addict felon named Samuel Cutrufelli—to let…
The definition of insanity—or so they say—is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. (And for the record, no—Albert Einstein didn’t say it. But I’ve digressed.) I’m reminded of a story I read recently to my young daughter where Winnie the Pooh tries to bury a pot of honey in…
As a high school student, I had the distinct pleasure of getting to know many exchange students through the programs at our community’s schools. Our family even had the chance to host two—one from Finland, and another from Brazil. Over the years we’ve all kept in contact as we’ve started our own lives around the…
I want to challenge you. Could the United States—the beacon of freedom, economic and military superpower, and perhaps history’s greatest anomaly—ever fall as far as Venezuela? Before we get back to that, let me give you a brief crash course in what South American friends are currently enjoying. There’s no food. Imagine being so…
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy’s signature “You Might Be a Redneck” routine was running through my head these last few days as I thought about Venezuela and socialism. No really, I promise there’s a connection. His classic routine goes through the tell-tale signs of redneck-ness: “If you have a complete set of salad bowls and they all…
What do Robert Redford and a couple of big name universities have in common with Domestic Terrorists? As it so happens, one is hiring them; the other is making movies about them. The movie, entitled “The Company You Keep,” film stars Robert Redford as a former Weather Underground militant hiding his identity from the FBI.…
A Future Free 