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  • The Question That No One Asks or Answers

    The Question That No One Asks or Answers39

    Years ago, a preschooler used to annoy me to no end whenever I visited his parents. It wasn’t what he did, but what he said, or rather asked. Here’s a typical example of our dialogue. To get the full effect, try to imagine his question delivered in a drawn-out monotone: “I think I’m going out

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  • The Quest for the Best: Is it in the Eye of the Beholder?

    The Quest for the Best: Is it in the Eye of the Beholder?2

    The claim that beauty is in the eye of the beholder is an expression of philosophical relativism. It confuses and conflates goodness, truth and beauty with preference, prejudice and opinion. Preference has a kinship with prejudice and is often kindled by it. It can distort our ability to see beauty. Many young people prefer rock

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  • The Pushback Against Preschool

    The Pushback Against Preschool0

    With reports coming out that typical preschool programs can actually be a detriment to a child’s academic and social success, perhaps it’s not surprising that parents are looking for alternatives. One recent alternative is outdoor preschool. According to The New York Times, outdoor preschool pushes back against society’s trend toward obesity, electronics, and standardized academics,

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  • The Push to Give Elsa a Girlfriend

    The Push to Give Elsa a Girlfriend0

    From its launch in late 2013, the Disney box office sensation Frozen has been widely read as an allegory of LGBT experience. Heroine Elsa is a princess like no other. The special power that has to be hidden is her suppressed lesbian nature and its potential to provoke a social revolution. Her passionate song, “Let It

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  • The Push to End the Department of Education Is Gaining Momentum

    The Push to End the Department of Education Is Gaining Momentum4

    Ending the Department of Education may seem like a radical idea, but it’s not as crazy as it sounds.

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  • The Pursuit of Happiness Rightly Understood

    The Pursuit of Happiness Rightly Understood0

    On the day C.S. Lewis died, his last written work was already in press with the Saturday Evening Post. “We have no ‘right to happiness,’” Lewis declared in the essay, by which he meant that we have no moral right to trample the rules of justice to gratify our impulses. Lewis did concede that the idea

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