George Gilder, an architect of supply-side economics, is the author of the worldwide bestseller “Wealth and Poverty,” perhaps the definitive moral case for capitalism. Released during the first year of the Reagan administration, the book sold over a million copies. A former speechwriter for George Romney and Richard Nixon, Gilder also wrote books critiquing feminism...
Author: Katy Bachelder (Katy Bachelder)
Manti Te’o, Catfish, and culture in the age of online hoaxes
By now you’ve heard that Notre Dame football star Manti Te’o has a fake dead girlfriend. Did he perpetrate a hoax or fall victim to one? Did the media fail to do its job? These are interesting and important questions, but the most troubling revelation may be what the story reveals about ourselves. The online...
National Review offering free digital subscriptions for students
National Review is making digital subscriptions free for all college students with a valid ‘.edu’ email address, the magazine announced earlier this month. “We have always wanted to get National Review to young people,” Publisher Jack Fowler said. National Review, founded by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955, is a flagship publication of the conservative...
Why President Obama won re-election:
Only five incumbent presidents in the last 100 years have lost re-election, and Gov. Romney couldn’t garner the momentum to make President Obama the sixth. Still, I was surprised that the Republican base didn’t turn out for our nominee. Romney will endure much criticism in the coming weeks, and I think it’s important to reiterate...
Elections have consequences: women, sex, and voting
“Y our first time shouldn’t be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy,” Lena Dunham says in a new campaign ad for President Obama. The minute-long YouTube clip features the star of the popular show “Girls” as she explains why young voters, particularly women, “are ready” to vote for Obama....
