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  • How Last Night’s Debate Proved the Dumbing Down of America is Real

    How Last Night’s Debate Proved the Dumbing Down of America is Real0

    Like many Americans, I tuned in last night to catch part of the first presidential debate. Part way through, I had a horrifying “the emperor has nothing on” moment when I realized that neither candidate seemed to know what he/she was talking about.  The content was so low on substance, that I decided to check

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  • How Junk Studies Are Used to Show Racism

    How Junk Studies Are Used to Show Racism0

    On March 23, 1989, a room full of reporters and scientists was buzzing in anticipation of an announcement of a breakthrough that, if it panned out, would propel humanity into a new era of unlimited pollution-free energy. The University of Utah’s vice president for research introduced two scientists, Dr. Stan Pons, and Dr. Martin Fleishman. The scientists

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  • How John Dewey ‘Deadened the Souls’ of America’s Children

    How John Dewey ‘Deadened the Souls’ of America’s Children0

    The story of American public education begins with Horace Mann. It was Mann who popularized the idea that American schools should teach all students, be non-sectarian, and tax-supported. A little less than a half-century passed between Mann’s death and the advent of John Dewey. That half-century may well be the most dynamic period of American History.

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  • How Johann Sebastian Bach Taught His Students

    How Johann Sebastian Bach Taught His Students0

    March 21st marks the birthday of one of the greatest composers of all time: Johann Sebastian Bach. Beyond being a great composer, Bach was also a great teacher who raised many pupils to be masters of their craft. According to Bach’s first biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Bach’s success as a teacher resulted in part from

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  • How Jefferson Fostered Rational Thinking in Politics

    How Jefferson Fostered Rational Thinking in Politics0

    April 13 marked the birthday of American hero Thomas Jefferson. Best known for his role in penning the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson also held the rare and prestigious post of President of the United States. His path to the White House, however, was long and contentious, a fact referenced numerous times during the equally bitter

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  • How J.R.R. Tolkien Used Middle-Earth to Reveal Who We Are

    How J.R.R. Tolkien Used Middle-Earth to Reveal Who We Are0

    In his famous essay on fairy stories, J. R. R. Tolkien asserted that one of the most important facets of fairytales is that they hold up a “Mirror of scorn and pity towards Man”. The fairy story, Tolkien wrote, “may be used as a Mirour de l’Omme” (mirror of man), as something that shows us

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