Martin Cothran
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Past articles by Martin:
The Intolerance of the Tolerant
If you're going to be intolerant, it's not a good look to do it in the name of tolerance. → Read More
Glenn Youngkin’s Simple Playbook for Winning Virginia
Keeping it local and campaigning on issues voters care about did the trick for Glenn Youngkin. → Read More
Elites Make Blue-Collar Workers Into Human COVID Shields
Governments' lockdown policies not only don't make economic sense, they exploit the working class as human shields in the fight against COVID-19. → Read More
The Grim Reader: Five Plague Related Stories for Quarantine
Five classics to enjoy at home. → Read More
America’s Celebrity Culture Explains Why Harry and Meghan’s Flight Is Predictable
Being American, Meghan Markle probably expected life as a British royal to be the same as the Hollywood she was used to. That's not the case. → Read More
Should “They” Really Be the Word of the Decade?
The American Dialect Society said some interesting things about the English language. Folks outside of gender studies departments probably don't agree. → Read More
The Grievance-Mongers Should Leave Thanksgiving Alone
Is Thanksgiving, as the American left would frame it, merely a holiday celebrating the oppression of the Native Americans by European settlers? → Read More
There’s a Reason the Names of These Great Thinkers are Etched in Stone
Should we start replacing great western thinkers and writers such as Plato and Homer? Do they really deserve a place in our curriculum anymore? → Read More
There’s a Reason the Names of These Great Thinkers are Etched in Stone
Should we start replacing great western thinkers and writers such as Plato and Homer? Do they really deserve a place in our curriculum anymore? → Read More
There’s a Reason the Names of These Great Thinkers are Etched in Stone
I'll trade you one queer theorist, one native American novelist, a Chinese writer, and five feminists for six Greeks and two Romans. → Read More
Fake Meat Is Just Part of the Movement Toward Artificial Everything
In the brave new world of artificial everything, anything is possible. → Read More
The Gender Charade Facing the Supreme Court
It was announced this week that the U.S. Supreme Court would be considering a lower court decision that redefined the word "sex" to mean "gender identity." → Read More
The Rights Glut
When someone talks about someone having "rights" what do they mean? → Read More
Why is America Divided?
There's a major difference between today's politics and the politics of yore. → Read More
What's Really Wrong with American Schools
The most destructive player in the modern education establishment is teachers' colleges. → Read More
Why Johnny Still Can't Read
Thousands of children are still languishing in schools that apparently don't know how to teach the most basic of all academic skills: reading. → Read More
'Justice' is the 'Word of the Year.' But What is 'Social Justice'?
Merriam-Webster has picked the word 'justice' for 2018. But are we practicing the wrong definition of the word? → Read More
A Perfect Solution to the Statue-Toppling Problem
Schools ought to teach history, not protest it. → Read More
When It Comes to Children's Books, It's Time to Put the Propaganda Away
Put the propaganda aside. There is a right way to familiarize students with important social issues through real literature. → Read More
Is Football Becoming Too Nice?
Football's reputation is worse than the reality. → Read More