The Loneliness Epidemic: Causes and Cures

I was chatting with a financially ultra-successful friend today about all of the people he knows who are outwardly doing very well, but at one point or another and even currently, are struggling with anxiety, depression, loneliness, and various other modern ills. And some of these people even have large families! I was reminded that […]
From High Social Trust to Low

We’ve gone from a high to a low social trust society. Either from ignorance or malice, some people like to portray those who favor a strong border as xenophobic. In reality, the desire for a defined national community could come from many legitimate places- a desire for meaningful and participatory citizenship could be one reason, […]
Wards of the State

More and more Americans are becoming wards of the state. I never thought I would say this, because generally I don’t believe widespread welfare programs are a good idea in the long term (they encourage people not to work and to not be industrious), but I see no other way than to help a large […]
No Man Is An Island

“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were: […]