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  • Should Life Be Happy or Meaningful?

    Should Life Be Happy or Meaningful?0

    It’s the never-ending question – even if it is rather a subconscious one. What makes for a good life? We all strive for happiness, but does that do the trick? According to this article from Time, the type of life we are after is one that is meaningful, not happy. Does that indicate that people

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  • Should Jury Duty Be Taken from the Common Man and Given to Professionals?

    Should Jury Duty Be Taken from the Common Man and Given to Professionals?0

    Like many of us, G. K. Chesterton was once called upon for jury duty, and like any good writer, he turned that experience into an essay. But he didn’t turn the essay into a detailed account of his experience. Instead, he simply let his readers know that he had “never stood so close to pain

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  • Should Institutions Continue to Make Reparations for Slavery?

    Should Institutions Continue to Make Reparations for Slavery?0

    What do you do if you’re a contemporary institution realizing that it owes its very existence to having once profited from chattel slavery? A long and rich story in last Saturday’s New York Times describes, among other things, how in 1838, the Jesuit priests running what is now called Georgetown University sold off the plantation

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  • Should Immigrants be Required to Learn English?

    Should Immigrants be Required to Learn English?0

    One of the most popularly cited silly laws in my home state is a prohibition on crossing state lines with a duck atop one’s head. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on whether you see it from the perspective of the duck or the individual wearing said duck, this so-called law is bogus. An urban legend. There are,

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  • Should I Grade-skip My Gifted Child?

    Should I Grade-skip My Gifted Child?0

    The American school system puts students in grades based on age. However, for a large number of students, being with same-age peers in the classroom does not work. A recent report from Johns Hopkins University shows that about two out of every seven children are ready for a higher-grade curriculum. These children are not learning

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  • Should Homeschoolers Be Allowed to Play Public School Sports?

    Should Homeschoolers Be Allowed to Play Public School Sports?0

    Years ago, I was privy to an instance where a young, middle school girl was encouraged to join the swim team at her local neighborhood school. There was only one problem. The girl was homeschooled, a status which made her automatically ineligible to join the team and participate in the sport.  But times have changed,

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