Gerard Keiser

Recent Stories

• COLUMN: Find your own meaning of good

  April 25, 2011

  People pay millions to listen to a person ramble for hours about how to do good, how to be good ...
• COLUMN: U.S. culture reflected in overly violent language

  April 4, 2011

  All the war-like imagery used in our political debates rips the out the heart of citizens’ ability to think clearly ...
• COLUMN: The news is not necessary for life

  March 21, 2011

  Most of the news is worthless.
• COLUMN: A little Lent is good for the student's soul

  March 7, 2011

  Lent begins this Wednesday. The ancient and venerable 40 days is celebrated with prayer, fasting and good deeds in preparation ...
• COLUMN: Robin Hood effect proposed

  February 22, 2011

  Even the stingiest congressman seems uninterested in closing our $1.6 trillion federal deficit anytime soon. So Scott Adams, most famous ...
• COLUMN: Scientific method has its flaws

  February 8, 2011

  Recent studies suggest that the majority of recent studies are false, according a December article by Jonah Lehrer published in ...
• COLUMN: Anonymity in modern relations

  January 25, 2011

  Our generation must have some phobia about saying both names aloud. This supremely useful species of noun, its fancifully derived ...
• COLUMN: Let's put the Great Society to work

  November 12, 2010

  Some long-term recipients of unemployment benefits in Britain will soon be told they either must do 120 hours of community ...
• COLUMN: Do democracy a favor — vote 'no' to sloppy voting

  November 1, 2010

  Please don’t vote if you’re not interested. I don’t mean you should gorge on collective irresponsibility by saying, “my vote ...
• COLUMN: Raise an aristocracy for a brainier U.S.

  October 15, 2010

  Supply-siders assert that giving tax cuts and scrapping estate taxes will boost spending and help the economy. Opponents fear the ...