It’s now the 7th day (as of January 3rd) of anti-government protests in Iran. The protests have been largely led by the brave millennial generation in Iran. These protests are nothing like the political protests or rallies millennials and generation Z experience in America. Instead of a rallying cry for campus “safe spaces” the youth of Iran are sending a cry calling for human rights. It’s a courageous stand that could bring the wrath of the Iranian regime on them. The protes

We don’t fully understand in America what it would be like to live under an oppressive government. This is a sobering reminder. Otto Warmbier is a 21 year old college student attending the University of Virginia. He was visiting North Korea with a tourism agency when he was arrested for removing a political propaganda banner from a hotel. He pleaded for mercy and forgiveness but North Korea proceeded to sentence him to 15 years of hard labor for his crime against the state. T

This is mind blowing. You and I are facing a potential massive infringement on our liberty. This letter from Apple is shocking. I’ve included the important parts of their article here. Basically the FBI is ordering Apple create a new version of the IOS software that would allow them to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession. “Specifically, the FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and

I promised that I would address the things that makes America great so now I would like to turn to what I think makes America great. There are things about this country that are great on a metaphysical level and things that are great on a more personal and subjective level. As St. Thomas would say, those metaphysical goods are “common goods;” things that are infinitely shareable. Examples of these common goods would be love, justice, truth, life, virtue, and liberty. These ar

Recently, my social media feeds have been lighting up with discussion about a fascinating micronation called Liberland. As Matthew Humphries of Geek.com reports, “With the advent of modern communication and means of travel, it seems unlikely there is any area of the world left unclaimed by one nation or another. But such land does, or in fact did exist within Europe, and one man has just made his claim to it and created a brand new European nation.” Liberland claims to be a s

On February 26, 2015, five unelected bureaucrats in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on the issue of net neutrality – whether the government should regulate the Internet like telephone companies. Three of them voted for net neutrality, and two of them voted against it. Assuming the court system upholds the decision, three unelected bureaucrats have now successfully overhauled the entire behemoth Internet industry. Three people. Let that sink in for a little b

There are many times in our court system when the right decision is made for the wrong reasons. Recently it was ruled by the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals that the famous cross found in the rubble of the World Trade Center attacks, would beable to remain outside the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. Those who desired otherwise, a group called the American Atheists, were suing because of the alleged unconstitutionality of the cross’ location. The court ruled that

Today – the news seems simply depressing (as it often does). I don’t want to think about the economy, the various wars in different parts of the world, or hear the right and the left banter one more time. I’m sick of it all. There could be two reasons this has happened: One maybe I’m burnt out from hearing too much of it, or I’m too consumed into my plush life to care. As I opened up my news tabs I quickly realized it was the later. This headline caught my attention. Radical

By a European millennial who clearly recognizes the difference. European countries like the UK, France and Germany are considered part of the “Free West.” No doubt, compared to a lot of downtrodden third world nations, these countries would be considered “free.” What then is the difference between the so called “freedom” in Western Europe and the freedom in the United States of America – or is there any difference at all? President Lincoln explained this difference back on Ap