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  • 4 Reasons Congress Doesn’t “Act” on Gun Violence

    4 Reasons Congress Doesn’t “Act” on Gun Violence0

    The recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida, has again created a debate over whether or not the country needs additional gun control laws. Rather than wading into that debate, perhaps we should explore why so little progress is made on this issue. After each of the recent mass shootings or school shootings we have seen

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  • 4 Reasons Colonists Rebelled Against Britain (Besides High Taxes)

    4 Reasons Colonists Rebelled Against Britain (Besides High Taxes)0

    Americans today tend to look at the War of Independence in terms of patriotic slogans. “No Taxation without Representation!” “I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” “Give me liberty or give me death.” “Don’t Tread on Me!” Through this lens, the Revolutionary War was an inevitable conflict brought about

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  • 4 Questions Every Intelligent Reader Should Ask

    4 Questions Every Intelligent Reader Should Ask0

    There’s no denying that the literacy levels in the U.S. are a bit alarming: 14 percent of adults can’t read. Only 13 percent of adults can read at a proficient level. 27 percent of adults didn’t read a book in the last year. 50 percent of adults can’t read a book written at an 8th grade

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  • 4 Proven Ways Fathers Improve Their Child’s Education

    4 Proven Ways Fathers Improve Their Child’s Education0

    • June 19, 2015

    If you could name one piece of advice your father gave you about education, what would it be? I asked myself this question the other day when I realized that Father’s Day was fast approaching. One particular phrase of my father’s immediately jumped to my mind: “Every day is a school day.” “How cliché,” you might

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  • 4 Problems With the New Climate Change Report

    4 Problems With the New Climate Change Report0

    If you’re like me, you’re happy the White House released the latest version of the National Climate Assessment on Black Friday. Publishing the 1,700-page report the day after Thanksgiving saved me from unwanted dinner conversations about our planet’s impending climate doom. But if your aunt calls you up this week spouting claims of mass deaths,

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  • 4 Political Causes America’s Largest Teachers’ Union is Pushing that Have Nothing to do with Education

    4 Political Causes America’s Largest Teachers’ Union is Pushing that Have Nothing to do with Education0

    Every year the approach of July signals the annual National Education Association (NEA) conference. As the nation’s largest teachers’ union, the topics discussed and decisions made at this event likely have a greater bearing on what’s taught in schools than many realize. To get a flavor for the type of topics which have been on

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