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  • How a Texas Highway Turned One College Professor Away From Socialism

    How a Texas Highway Turned One College Professor Away From Socialism0

    Socialism is the flavor of the day, especially among young people. In both 2010 and 2018 youth support for socialism measured at 51 percent. Although it has remained steady, support for its opposing ideology ­– capitalism – fell from 68 percent to 45 percent over the same time period. Given the college activist environment, can these young

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  • How a study about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was doctored, adding to pain and stigma

    How a study about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was doctored, adding to pain and stigma0

    The public relies on scientists to report their findings accurately and completely, but that does not always happen. Too often, researchers announce only their most favorable outcomes, while keeping more disappointing results well out of sight. This phenomenon, first identified by the psychologist Robert Rosenthal in 1979, is called the “file drawer problem.” Although it

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  • How a Stint With COVID Changed My Perspective

    How a Stint With COVID Changed My Perspective0

    I was stricken with COVID last month. You probably expect me to now explain how awful it was, how I laid around in bed, suffering in agony, and was nearly carted off to the hospital. But that would be a lie. The real story? I had some congestion, did lots of sneezing, and was quite

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  • How a Simple Cup of Tea Can Change Your Life

    How a Simple Cup of Tea Can Change Your Life6

    Traditional living is all the rage right now. Instagram and Facebook are full of ideas about how to make traditional living a part of life. Let’s simplify it. One does not need to own 20 acres of land or have a Jersey cow. One can be traditional anywhere and at any stage in life, whether

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  • How a Scottish Self-Help Book Made Toyota Great

    How a Scottish Self-Help Book Made Toyota Great1

    Toyota is the best-selling car brand in the world, and the Toyota Corolla is the best-selling model in the world. This is the improbable story of how a 19th century book by a Scottish author fueled Toyota’s global dominance in the car industry. The Toyota story belies the deceptive message of Bernie Sanders and other politicians like him who proclaim

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  • How a Mother’s Voice Shapes Her Baby’s Developing Brain

    How a Mother’s Voice Shapes Her Baby’s Developing Brain0

    It is no surprise that a child prefers its mother’s voice to those of strangers. Beginning in the womb, a foetus’s developing auditory pathways sense the sounds and vibrations of its mother. Soon after birth, a child can identify its mother’s voice and will work to hear her voice better over unfamiliar female voices. A

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