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  • Is the School Day Inefficient?

    Is the School Day Inefficient?0

    • August 25, 2015

    Is the public school’s institutional approach to education inefficient? The life of Denver high school junior Nick Bain suggests it certainly is. According to NPR, last school year Bain recognized the assembly-line process that he was being subjected to in the classroom and “decided to write down what he was doing every 15 minutes” while

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  • Is the Red Wave Back?

    Is the Red Wave Back?0

    In the dog days of summer, as President Joe Biden’s average approval rating plummeted to historic lows amid an intense flurry of national setbacks, policy blunders and rhetorical “gaffes” (otherwise known as palpable senility), most in the punditry class began to predict an imminent “red wave” of Republican electoral dominance in November’s midterm elections. The

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  • Is the Racial Gap in Suspensions Due to Racism?

    Is the Racial Gap in Suspensions Due to Racism?0

    Black students are suspended from school at a higher rate than white students. To many people, this might seem unremarkable, given the higher black crime rate, and the fact that black kids are more likely to come from struggling single-parent households that fail to instill discipline. As even the liberal Brookings Institution has noted, “black

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  • Is the Price of a Republic Constant Discord?

    Is the Price of a Republic Constant Discord?0

    The election is barely over and already one thing seems clear: the peace and quiet we were hoping for do not seem to be on the horizon. Instead we seem to be facing even more discord and strife. While such trends are disconcerting, they shouldn’t be surprising. According to 19th century philosopher William Paley, these

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  • Is the Pope Right About the Human Heart Being ‘Fundamentally Good’?

    Is the Pope Right About the Human Heart Being ‘Fundamentally Good’?9

    Is the Pope Catholic? This humorous rhetorical device has long been used to answer a question with an emphatic “yes!” But after comments made by Pope Francis during a recent 60 Minutes interview, a lot of people are now asking the question for real. “We are all fundamentally good,” Pope Francis told Norah O’Donnell during

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  • Is the Pope Infallible? It depends.

    Is the Pope Infallible? It depends.0

    Since Pope Francis has seemingly jumped into the American presidential election with his comment about Donald Trump and building a wall on the southern border of the United States (see below), it’s worth clarifying what the Catholic Church actually teaches on papal infallibility. “‘A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be,

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