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  • U.S. Students Cheat Far Less Than International Ones

    U.S. Students Cheat Far Less Than International Ones0

    Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article on the prevalence of cheating at American colleges and universities. What I found surprising about the article was the fact that foreign students, particularly those from China, were found to be more likely to cheat than their American counterparts: “A Wall Street Journal analysis

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  • U.S. Students Are Using the Tactics of Kim Jong-un

    U.S. Students Are Using the Tactics of Kim Jong-un0

    North Korea is perhaps the most miserable country on earth. An almost 100 percent command economy combined with an extremely repressive regime has produced unimaginable suffering for its people. Dysfunctional mindsets have terrible consequences. Rather than seeing the North Korean mindset as a cautionary tale, some American students—abetted by college administrators—seem to have adopted it.

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  • U.S. Schools Using Greek and Latin to Boost Reading Skills

    U.S. Schools Using Greek and Latin to Boost Reading Skills0

    When The Nation’s Report Card released the 2015 reading scores for high schoolers, the public got confirmation of what it has long feared: student achievement has been gradually declining in recent decades.   But is it possible that those scores could be improved by reintroducing Greek and Latin into school curriculum?   According to a recent article

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  • U.S. Policy: Cheer Ukrainians On—and Keep Us Out!

    U.S. Policy: Cheer Ukrainians On—and Keep Us Out!0

    After Friday’s NATO summit refused to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said the allies’ failure to “close the skies” to Russian military aircraft gives “a green light for further bombing of Ukrainian cities.”   “All the people who will die starting from this day will … die because of you,” said

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  • U.S. Mayor Gives Panhandlers Jobs

    U.S. Mayor Gives Panhandlers Jobs0

    The Washington Post last week published a story about a unique initiative in Albuquerque that puts panhandlers to work. There’s a Better Way, a program initiated by the Mayor Richard Berry, offers $9 an hour (plus free lunch) to panhandlers who are dispatched around the city on beautification projects. The results, so far, look pretty good. Via

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  • U.S. Life Expectancy Fell With COVID V*x Rollout

    U.S. Life Expectancy Fell With COVID V*x Rollout2

    The portion of the U.S. population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 rose from 0 percent at the outset of 2021 to 63 percent by the end of the year. Yet, the CDC recently estimated that average U.S. life expectancy fell by 0.9 years in 2021. This is in addition to a 1.8 year decline in 2020—and

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