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  • Why Shakespeare Is Still Relevant

    Why Shakespeare Is Still Relevant0

    On the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, all lovers of the beauties of the English language and all lovers of the glories of great literature will be in celebratory mode. Here at Aquinas College in Nashville we’re having an all-day Shakespeare Celebration with actors and academics brushing shoulders with college and high-school

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  • Why Self-Discipline Must Be Selfish

    Why Self-Discipline Must Be Selfish0

    Today’s the day. The day you get serious about your work, your studies, your finances, your health, your life. Commence adulting. You start strong, like you always do. You set up your to do list. You make headway on a project. But then, insensibly, as the day wears on, you start slipping. By the next

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  • Why Security Measures Won’t Stop School Shootings

    Why Security Measures Won’t Stop School Shootings0

    When deadly school shootings like the one that took place on Valentine’s Day in Broward County, Florida occur, often they are followed by calls for more stringent security measures. For instance, after the Jan. 23 case in which a 15-year-old student allegedly shot and killed two students and wounded 16 others at a small-town high

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  • Why Science Badly Needs Philosophy

    Why Science Badly Needs Philosophy0

    It isn’t uncommon for scientists to try to use philosophers for target practice. The trouble is that the ones who tend to know the least about what they criticize (which is most of them) end up shooting wide of the mark. Not only that, but philosophers tend to fire back. Prominent scientists such as physicist

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  • Why Schools Shouldn’t Teach Generic Critical-Thinking

    Why Schools Shouldn’t Teach Generic Critical-Thinking0

    Being an air-traffic controller is not easy. At the heart of the job is a cognitive ability called ‘situational awareness’ that involves ‘the continuous extraction of environmental information [and the] integration of this information with prior knowledge to form a coherent mental picture’. Vast amounts of fluid information must be held in the mind and,

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  • Why Schools Should Teach Rational Discourse

    Why Schools Should Teach Rational Discourse0

    The day before the 2016 election, the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran a revealing story on the state of rational discourse in today’s schools. The story centered on two young men – Elijah Rockhold and Sam Buisman – from the public high school in Chanhassen, a suburb of the Twin Cities. Although Rockhold and Buisman are

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