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  • Can Tweets Have a Negative Effect on the Economy?

    Can Tweets Have a Negative Effect on the Economy?0

    Think before you speak. This is the first lesson political advisors teach rookie politicians. Unfortunately, President Trump has always turned a deaf ear to the advice of those around him. Trump never refrains from expressing his views openly (especially on Twitter,) no matter the impact his words may have on the economy. Trump’s verbal incontinence

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  • Can Trump and McConnell Fill a Supreme Court Seat in Six Weeks?

    Can Trump and McConnell Fill a Supreme Court Seat in Six Weeks?0

    United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Sept. 18, thrusting the acrimonious struggle for control of the Supreme Court into public view. President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have already vowed to nominate and confirm a replacement for the 87-year-old justice and women’s rights icon. This contradicts the justification the

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  • Can Today’s Schools Measure Up to This Class Schedule from 1918?

    Can Today’s Schools Measure Up to This Class Schedule from 1918?0

    • September 1, 2015

    Have you ever wondered how one-room school teachers managed to teach eight grades at the same time, while also managing to give students a pretty high-quality education? The chart below sheds some light on the answer to that question. Published in the 1918 Minnesota Course of Study for Elementary Schools and Manual for Teachers, this

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  • Can Thinking About Death Make You Happier?

    Can Thinking About Death Make You Happier?0

    It seems paradoxical, but it may be true: regularly thinking about your own death can make you happier. At least, that’s what Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute claims. In an op-ed for the New York Times he writes, “[T]his meditation on death is intended as a key to better living. It makes disciples aware

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  • Can the Virtue of Simple Living be Rediscoverd in a Postmodern World?

    Can the Virtue of Simple Living be Rediscoverd in a Postmodern World?0

    The good life is the simple life. Among philosophical ideas about how we should live, this one is a hardy perennial; from Socrates to Thoreau, from the Buddha to Wendell Berry, thinkers have been peddling it for more than two millennia. And it still has plenty of adherents. Magazines such as Real Simple call out

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  • Can the Pursuit of “Efficiency” Ever Be Wrong?

    Can the Pursuit of “Efficiency” Ever Be Wrong?0

    When the machine gun gained popularity in the 1890s, people were so horrified by its power that some hoped its very existence would prevent wars. Only a short time later the machine gun would be used to kill millions in World War I. As a piece in The Atlantic explains, Hiram Maxim built the first

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