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  • Should Old Age Determine Who We Vote For? The Case of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.

    Should Old Age Determine Who We Vote For? The Case of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.4

    An old woman is sitting at a bar when an older man enters, shuffles across the floor, and sits down beside her. “So,” he says, “Do I come here often?” When I read that joke online, my first thought was of 81-year-old Joe Biden. Those words might have stumbled right out of his mouth, and

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  • Should Muslim Immigrants be Required to Assimilate?

    Should Muslim Immigrants be Required to Assimilate?1

    Sure, accept Muslim immigrants… but they should prepare to be assimilated. That seems to be the general message of James Kirkup in his editorial today for The Telegraph titled “Yes, Muslims are different. No, we shouldn’t accept that.” His piece was in response to a British politician’s recent statement that attempts to integrate Muslims into

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  • Should Mothers Be Paid to Stay Home?

    Should Mothers Be Paid to Stay Home?0

    An editorial from The New Zealand Herald this month states that a proposal to pay New Zealand stay-at-home mothers has merit, commenting: “many parents who return to paid careers when their child is still very young cite financial necessity. It would be interesting to see what their decisions would be if it were possible to

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  • Should More Schools Start Student-run Businesses?

    Should More Schools Start Student-run Businesses?0

    The idea of apprenticeship as an alternative to college has gained acceptance by leaps and bounds in recent years. After all, who wouldn’t like the lower cost, the hands-on training, and the practical aspect of the concept? The question is, why does a student have to wait until he has completed high school to begin

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  • Should More Children Be Introduced to Gardening?

    Should More Children Be Introduced to Gardening?0

    Some close friends of mine regularly invite children from an inner-city program to their hobby farm. The kids always have a blast doing all the things that farm kids do: chasing chickens, running by the garden, through the orchard, and so on. After one of these outings, my friends were driving the children back to

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  • Should More Americans Return to Gardening?

    Should More Americans Return to Gardening?0

    • August 24, 2015

    Thriftiness is a highly admired quality… but have you ever noticed how hard it is to be thrifty in a grocery store? Food prices seem to be continually high and rose again in July for the sixth month in a row. According to the USDA, a moderate-cost meal plan for a family of four is

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