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  • Are Schools Designed to Keep Kids from ‘Learning Too Much’?

    Are Schools Designed to Keep Kids from ‘Learning Too Much’?0

    In a recent article, Martin Cothran noted that literacy is becoming a thing of the past in today’s schools. There are, he explained, two reasons why this is happening. The first is that fewer books are being read. The second is that the books that are read are of poorer quality – not the classic

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  • Are Rights Anything More Than Legal Conventions?

    Are Rights Anything More Than Legal Conventions?0

    We live in an age of human rights. The language of human rights has become ubiquitous, a lingua franca used for expressing the most basic demands of justice. Some are old demands, such as the prohibition of torture and slavery. Others are newer, such as claims to internet access or same-sex marriage. But what are

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  • Are Republicans the Party for the Rich?

    Are Republicans the Party for the Rich?0

    I grew up in a Republican family in a blue-collar town on the Wisconsin River. Our town produced paper, wrestlers, and Blue Dog Democrats. Every four years, during the bitter presidential election cycle, I heard these five words a lot: “Republicans are for the rich!” I first heard the rejoinder in third-grade, when the blue-blooded

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  • Are Race, Class, and Gender Tainting Our View of History?

    Are Race, Class, and Gender Tainting Our View of History?0

    A popular trend in recent months has been the removal of the names and monuments of those who supported slavery in America’s past. Such removal is undoubtedly driven by tense race relations, with some wanting to soothe their “white guilt” over past wrongs, and others seeking justice for the ancestors who were on the receiving

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  • Are Public Schools in Decline? Survey of Teachers Says Yes.

    Are Public Schools in Decline? Survey of Teachers Says Yes.4

    Eighty-two percent of teachers say that the general state of public K-12 education has gotten worse over the past five years. This is according to a new Pew Research Center survey conducted in October and November of 2023. That’s not the only shocking statistic from the survey, either, which overall offers a grim statistical map

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  • Are Progressives More Biased Than Conservatives?

    Are Progressives More Biased Than Conservatives?0

    It’s no secret that university faculties these days—at least in the humanities and social sciences—are overwhelmingly “progressive” in outlook. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, founder of Heterodox Academy, argues that such lack of political diversity can measurably harm the quality of research, at least in his own field. But as one might expect, progressives tend to

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