Why You Should Read a Book This Year
Way back when, in The Federalist, I delved into the question of, “Why read?’. I actually started with the premise that we overemphasize books, given the utter trash some people read and the wealth of...
View ArticleWhy I’m Reading 100+ Books This Year and How I’m Going to Do It.
Because of smartphones, our brains have been trained to scroll down short news articles and posts in a manner that is not conducive to retaining information. We need to get back to books, whether in...
View Article“Opting Out” of the Workforce Does Not Bind You to the Home
“Prepare yourself: Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary...
View ArticleReviewing The Orville
When I was little, I used to write fanfiction about my favorite shows. (It was as “good” as you’d expect from a 12 year old.) For those unfamiliar with the nerdy world of fanfic, it sometimes is an...
View ArticleReviewing The Expanse
Note: I put my poli sci degree to use here. And, for funsies, I tried to look at The Expanse from a conservative perspective. Now that I follow the authors on Twitter, I know they would be horrified...
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My books of 2019
I read about 195 books last year. Some of those, to be fair, included narrative podcasts.
View ArticleWhy I Make My Kids Take Risks
No one would describe me as a risk taker. I don’t go on roller coasters, and I will never jump out of an airplane. I’m scared, in fact, of simple things, like getting on ice skates. However, a...
View Article5 Things to Know About the Great Homework Debate
In August 2016, a second grade teacher really hit a nerve. Brandy Young, as many of you likely know by now, teaches at a Texas elementary school, and passed out a note at the school’s Meet the...
View ArticleMy American Assimilation Story
When I was 17, I won an essay contest for writing about how the concept of the melting pot is over and how we are, instead, a “bubbling stew of recognizable, though diverse, ingredients whose flavors...
View ArticleI Said What I Said: An open letter to my racist alma mater
Recently, a group of alumni from the school I went to from Kindergarten to 12th grade sent an open letter to the school administration asking it to take steps to acknowledge its racist history (it was...
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