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  • Subprime Loans Are Back, Proving We Have Learned Nothing from 2008

    Subprime Loans Are Back, Proving We Have Learned Nothing from 20080

    For as often as the phrase “history repeats itself” is used, it’s shocking how rare it is for mankind to actually learn from its mistakes. This year marks a decade since the housing crisis rocked the American economy to its core. Its implications were so far-reaching, many are still recovering from the devastation today, making

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  • Stylish Sins: Transgenderism and the Contemporary Church

    Stylish Sins: Transgenderism and the Contemporary Church8

    “The church’s response to those who identify as transgender,” Andrew T. Walker writes, “must be, immediately and with integrity, ‘You are welcome here. You are loved here.’” This position reflects the broad inclinations of contemporary evangelicals, who generally seek to intentionally love and welcome those in the transgender movement. Though scripturally grounded churches may disagree with much

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  • Stupefying the Privileged

    Stupefying the Privileged3

    A recent discussion with a friend of mine turned to COVID and its effects on her children, particularly in the ways the schools responded to the situation. COVID, she explained, really escalated the use of screens in school. Before COVID, politicians and others could commonly be heard extolling the need for every child to have

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  • Studying the Climate Doesn’t Make You an Expert on Economics and Politics

    Studying the Climate Doesn’t Make You an Expert on Economics and Politics0

    In response to the Trump administration’s announcement that it was pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord, some of his critics declared that anyone who likes “science” would have supported the accord. Not surprisingly, Neil deGrasse Tyson rushed to declare that Trump supported the withdrawal because his administration “never learned what Science is or how

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  • Studying Shakespeare Brings School 40% Jump in Test Scores

    Studying Shakespeare Brings School 40% Jump in Test Scores0

    America’s student scores in reading, math, and science are nothing to write home about. At best, 21 percent of 4th-graders are proficient in math. At worst, only 21 percent of 12th-graders are proficient in science. Not a pretty picture. But a recent experiment at a British secondary school may offer a way for American schools

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  • Studying Philosophy Doesn’t Necessarily Make One Smarter

    Studying Philosophy Doesn’t Necessarily Make One Smarter1

    Does studying philosophy improve one’s thinking, and thus make one more employable? Some top and not-so-top philosophy departments, concerned by the threat of declining enrollment and funding cuts, would have you believe it does. But Neven Sesardic, who has taught philosophy at universities around the globe and can boast some impressive publications, says that there’s

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