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  • David McCullough on What’s Wrong with History Education Today

    David McCullough on What’s Wrong with History Education Today3

    Some of you have read historian David McCullough’s books, which include 1776, John Adams, and Truman. At the very least, you’ve seen his books on the shelves at Barnes & Noble. In an interview conducted by the Wall Street Journal in 2011, McCullough had some very interesting critiques of modern history education, which I share below.

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  • David Cay Johnston: Journalism a Bastion for ‘Trust Fund Kids’

    David Cay Johnston: Journalism a Bastion for ‘Trust Fund Kids’0

    In a recent Salon.com interview, investigative journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston declared that the real problem with today’s journalism is not ideological bias or fake news. Instead, it’s the myopia journalists suffer from as a result of attending elite prep schools, growing up with silver spoons in their mouths and living off

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  • Dave Chappelle’s Poignant SNL Monologue Goes Viral

    Dave Chappelle’s Poignant SNL Monologue Goes Viral0

    Funnyman Dave Chappelle has become one of the most successful comedians in the world largely for his unflinching comedic style, which often blends racial politics and humor. Chappelle delivered on that front this past weekend in his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, with jabs at white privilege and inner-city violence. But it was his poignant

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  • Dave Chappelle and the Public Thirst for ‘Sticks and Stones’

    Dave Chappelle and the Public Thirst for ‘Sticks and Stones’0

    Sticks and stones might not break your bones, but Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special will likely hurt your feelings. Defending Louis C.K’s questionable home practices, and Kevin Hart as “four tweets shy of being perfect,” Chappelle takes 65 minutes to launch stones through the window of PC culture, right onto the heads of his audience.  The

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  • Data Show California Is a Living Example of the Good Intentions Fallacy

    Data Show California Is a Living Example of the Good Intentions Fallacy0

    During a speech at Harvard several years ago, Charlie Munger related a story about a surgeon who removed “bushel baskets full of normal gallbladders” from patients. The doctor was eventually removed, but much later than he should have been. Munger, the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, wondered what motivated the doctor, so he asked a surgeon who

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  • Data on Amazon Rainforest Fires Tell a Much Different Story Than Social Media

    Data on Amazon Rainforest Fires Tell a Much Different Story Than Social Media0

    “Our House Is on Fire” It is hard to miss the news reports on the fire in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Millions of people are calling for immediate action on social media and, with a limited amount of prior knowledge, there is little surprise that much of what is being reported is inaccurate. A

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