The Sad Death of “Roadside America”
The story of an offbeat tourist attraction (and ginormous model railroad) in Pennsylvania
Read more...Category Archives: Social values
How New Solar Power Projects Support the Homeless
Solar power plays a key role in a project that gave permanent housing to the homeless in New Mexico.
Read more...The Third-World Flavor of America’s Love Affair with the Military
The dangers of undue deference to men in military uniforms.
Read more...Think US Evangelicals Are Dying Out? Well, Define Evangelicalism …
Evangelicals are becoming less church-going, which means their numbers are probably under-estimated.
Read more...COVID-19 Has Exposed the Fragility of Our Food System—Here’s How We Can Localize It
The pandemic has shown the need to localize food production. Farms from Northern California to Canada are creating regional food systems.
Read more...The Oregon Republican Party Issues a Condemnation (and a Reader Query)
Soliciting reader help on identifying the ethnographics of the diehard Republican.
Read more...Say It Ain’t So, Joe: Character Clause May Bar Any Candidate from Election to Baseball Hall of Fame This Year
An expansive interpretation of a character test is excluding baseball’s top performers from induction into the Hall of Fame; should it?
Read more...Why Does Inequality Produce High Crime and Low Trust?
Why bad conduct is more prevalent in societies with high inequality.
Read more...Why Martin Luther King Day Should Matter
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s true legacy.
Read more...Lessons From the 6 January Capitol Insurrection
Musing about the drivers of the Capitol seizure.
Read more...Michael Olenick: Nothing Godly About Racism or Fascism: Where Evangelicals Went Way Wrong
The evangelicals’ long history of outsized influence on the Republican Party.
Read more...Let Them Eat Cake: COVID and Food Donations
The pandemic has reduced food security and hunger is widening. Food donations are often vulnerable to a Marie Antoinette mindset.
Read more...The Insurrection at the Capitol Challenged How US Media Frames Unrest and Shapes Public Opinion
An illustration of how media framing manipulates viewer reactions.
Read more...Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Wave of Mental Illness
A sobering look at the further decline in mental health among the young.
Read more...The ‘Gateway Drug to Corruption and Overspending’ Returns to Congress. Are Earmarks Really That Bad?
Democrats go for more better pork, aka earmarks.
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