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  • The Main Purpose of Education in a Republic

    The Main Purpose of Education in a Republic0

    When it comes to education, it seems everyone has a different idea as to the best course of action: Do we keep Common Core or ditch it? Should we test more, or do we have too many tests already? Should they learn critical thinking or should they be taught to memorize facts? And on it

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  • The Main Goal of Schools is Not Education, It’s Conformity

    The Main Goal of Schools is Not Education, It’s Conformity1

    Over the weekend, I had an interesting chat with a friend about her daughter’s preschool program. She confessed to me that she couldn’t wait until the school year was over, for the preschool program dominated their lives. The schedule, she explained, interfered with other outside learning opportunities. At the same time, one of the main

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  • The Magna Carta Offered More Property Protection Than Modern U.S. States

    The Magna Carta Offered More Property Protection Than Modern U.S. States0

    Eight dollars and 41 cents. About the cost of a Chipotle burrito. That’s how much Uri Rafaeli owed the treasury in Wayne County, Michigan, for property taxes. To get that $8.41, the county took his house and sold it for $24,500 (or about 3,000 burritos.) They kept every penny for themselves. There is a word

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  • The Magical Narrative: The Power of Stories

    The Magical Narrative: The Power of Stories0

    Necessity is the mother of invention. So is desperation. It was nine o’clock in the morning, and I had volunteered to entertain five grandchildren, ages eight and under, for two hours so that a daughter-in-law might complete some paperwork. As I trudged up the stairs, coffee mug in hand, I wondered what I could do

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  • The Madness of Competing COVID-19 Projections

    The Madness of Competing COVID-19 Projections0

    As we think about the influence of computerized epidemiological models on our lives these days, we might think back to the old joke, “If you’re a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail.” The hammer, of course, is big data, and we humans are the nails. That is, since we’ve created a digital layer

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  • The Lynch Mob Comes for Citizen Trump

    The Lynch Mob Comes for Citizen Trump0

    “The president of the United States summoned this mob, assembled this mob and lit the flame of this attack.” So alleged Liz Cheney, third-ranking Republican in the House, as she led nine GOP colleagues to vote for a second impeachment of Donald Trump. The House Republican caucus voted 19-1 against impeachment. House Democrats voted lockstep, 222-0,

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