Perspectives Blog

If you were an alien dropped from outer space to the U.S. last week and you watched the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, you might assume these conventions have been discussing two different countries entirely. You might even decide there are two different Donald Trumps and...

Though the answer is vitally important to our freedom and our way of life, this isn’t a question most Americans would ever consider. So what’s more important? Perhaps your first reaction is that democracy should always prevail. But should majority opinion always be what drives our laws?...

This week, FBI Director Comey issued a public statement about Hillary Clinton's use of private email servers while she was secretary of state. He did not recommend a formal indictment, but he said Clinton and her team were ”extremely careless" with classified material. Are these...

The danger of nuclear weapons may not be a fun thing to talk about, but it is critical to our future. Let's start talking about it. Our good friend, Joan Blades , agrees, and she is starting the conversation in living rooms across the country. She invited John Gable, our founder, to...

Should bathrooms be gender-neutral? In recent months this question has been the subject of countless articles, television discussions and national magazine covers. The people at the Broadway show Kinky Boots have even produced a video featuring their take on the argument. This is an issue...

This week, after securing a majority of the pledged delegates nationwide and winning more primaries, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be the presumptive U.S. presidential nominee of a major political party. Today, after a meeting with Senator Sanders, President Obama publicly...

It’s been a tough media week for the front-running presidential hopefuls. While Trump University has begun receiving strong media scrutiny , many headlines this week focused on Hillary Clinton’s email server controversy. The Inspector General released a new report on the matter and...

Last Friday, the Obama administration called for public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms consistent with their chosen gender identity, saying that Title IX, which outlaws sex discrimination in public schools, covers gender identity . There is an implication that...

As the only GOP candidate left standing , Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee this week, which led the media to speculate in earnest on his chances of becoming our next president. We’re sharing a range of perspectives on this today. For example, we noticed...