(Photo: David McNew/Reuters)  A big concern with immigration is the political impact of the potential cultural change. Many conservatives posit that immigrants from non-Anglophone countries inherently do not culturally adapt to the center-right political culture in the US and therefore conservatives are behooved to limit immigration in order to retain the unique, and… Read More Immigration & California

Originally posted on The Reformed Layman:
Now that it has become clear that the Republican candidate will be Donald Trump and that the Democrat candidate will be Hillary Clinton, the accusations have already begun against all who have said they will not vote for either candidate.  “A vote for a third party or refraining from…

In the last essay, I wrote about the value of cultural assimilation, as well as the role that culture plays in both negative and positive policy outcomes. Given this fact, it seems that Europe, and soon America, will face a major challenge. As the Near East becomes more unstable, the pressure to accept more refugees will… Read More The Refugee Crisis & Why America is Different: Part II

Not a long one today but I’ve always been interested in the last hold outs of any dead culture or long ago civilization. Stories of Ishi, the last of the Yahi Indians, where the remnants of Nazi Germany fled to, or the last defenders of Roman civilization in Britain have always interested me. Something about… Read More The Last of the Romans

  While watching Broadchurch with my wife last night, it struck me how it proved Pinker’s thesis on violence true. To unpack that statement, allow me to back up a moment. For those who are unaware who Steven Pinker is, he is a Harvard professor of psychology, with a focus on evolutionary psychology and linguistics.… Read More The Measure of Violence: Broadchurch & Pinker

It always takes me time to get into Christmas. I don’t know what it is. Perhaps the celebratory hangover from Thanksgiving or the usual cynical complaints about crass commercialism. Usually I don’t really start to realize it’s Christmas until the late teens of December. But like a reluctant convert, once I can acclimate myself to… Read More Christmas: Salvation is Here