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  • A Modest Proposal to Break Up Higher Ed

    A Modest Proposal to Break Up Higher Ed0

    Many today regard America’s college system as broken, and would like to see it broken up. As the argument goes, too many kids are being pushed toward college only to receive a substandard education that leaves them with a crushing amount of debt. In my opinion, the biggest obstacle to accomplishing the breakup of the

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  • Notre Dame Prof Calls Higher Ed Today ‘Bullshit’

    Notre Dame Prof Calls Higher Ed Today ‘Bullshit’0

    Every week it seems like we hear from a professor who has become disillusioned with the higher education system. The latest one is Christian Smith, professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Last week, his jeremiad against the modern university appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Smith’s beginning two paragraphs set the

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  • Can Something Be ‘Good’ or ‘Great’, Even If You Hate It?

    Can Something Be ‘Good’ or ‘Great’, Even If You Hate It?0

    I don’t really care for C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. I sympathize with the allegory Lewis was trying to present throughout the series, but I felt that it was too overt in places, and took away from the overall narrative. To me, it was distracting. But even though I didn’t personally enjoy the Chronicles of

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  • The 10 Habits of Logical People

    The 10 Habits of Logical People0

    Becoming a logical person is not just a matter of memorizing and applying formulas, or learning how to tell the difference between a valid and an invalid syllogism. Rather, it involves cultivating intellectual habits and skills that, though they may seem simple and obvious, are only achieved after years of struggle and education. In his

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