Adam Ellwanger

1 month ago | theblaze.com | Adam Ellwanger

No one wants to be called a coward. But fear is a natural and important human emotion. It gives us caution and hesitance in situations that pose a danger to oneself or others. Nevertheless, fear must be rational, and it must be controlled. Being afraid of the wrong things — or being excessively afraid of things that pose trivial risks — can be crippling. Despite being a core component of human experience, fear is stigmatized in our society. Americans, in general, tend to be risk-takers.

1 month ago | jamesgmartin.center | Adam Ellwanger

In 2023, the Supreme Court rendered a 6-3 decision that effectively outlawed affirmative-action policies in college admissions, finding in favor of groups representing qualified students whose applications were rejected at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. But, as he often does, Chief Justice John Roberts left a loophole. It allows colleges to continue their discriminatory admissions policies if they desire, and Roberts made sure to point at it in the decision.

1 month ago | fairfieldsuntimes.com | Adam Ellwanger

In 1985 – when I was 7 – the young kids in my neighborhood had a “swear club.” To join, the initiate had to hide behind a tree with the assembled members and say every swear word he knew. It was less common for children our age to encounter profanity back then. There weren’t many parents who routinely used profanity around kids, and other adults would clean up their speech when children were in earshot.

1 month ago | post-gazette.com | Adam Ellwanger |John Waters

Leftists have long celebrated those bold enough to “speak truth to power.” But as the American Left consolidated its control of the country’s most powerful institutions, they have become increasingly intolerant of those speaking truth to power — at least when the power is theirs. Years before he ran for office, Donald Trump cultivated a style of speaking that was brash, blunt, and (in his opinion) totally honest. “I tell it like it is,” Trump said repeatedly on the campaign trail in 2016.

2 months ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Adam Ellwanger

A frequent lament of pundits and politicians alike is that the American people (and some of their elected officials) refuse to “focus on the issues.” At the same time, however, such critics like to attack the public for investing too much time and concern in what they call “fringe issues.”These two lines of attack reveal implicit assumptions on the part of elites. First, they (correctly) posit the existence of legitimate and illegitimate political concerns.