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  • Passing the Torch of American History to Our Children

    Passing the Torch of American History to Our Children27

    Having promised in my previous article to provide means and resources for sharing our American past with our elementary school-aged children, let’s jump right into that home-grown classroom. We’ll look at resources first, then ways to bring the people and events of our nation’s past alive for kids. The Best of Times Never have parents

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  • Passing Out Copies of Constitution Could Get You in Trouble at This College

    Passing Out Copies of Constitution Could Get You in Trouble at This College0

    A college policy that led to the arrests of a student and two supporters of a conservative group for passing out copies of the Constitution on a Michigan campus is getting its day in court. A lawyer with the First Amendment legal aid group Alliance Defending Freedom was set to argue in court Tuesday for

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  • Pass a test to vote?

    Pass a test to vote?0

    In the wake of the Parkland school shooting, calls to extend voting rights to high school students under the age of eighteen have suddenly risen to prominence. One of the main arguments used by advocates is that adults are making rules about guns while the kids are doing the dying. Rhetorically, it’s a noteworthy line

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  • Pass a Literacy Test to Vote?

    Pass a Literacy Test to Vote?0

    • August 19, 2015

    The above image is a literacy certificate which one of our staff members brought to the office. The certificate belonged to her father, who emigrated from Germany in the 1920s. It took him five years to become a citizen and two more years to pass the literacy test that used to be required for immigrants

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  • Pascal on Why Living in the Present Is So Difficult (Yet so Important)

    Pascal on Why Living in the Present Is So Difficult (Yet so Important)0

    Philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) is most famous for “Pascal’s Wager,” the argument that human beings “bet” with their lives on the existence of God.  Yet Pascal’s celebrated book of philosophical musings Pensées (in which the Wager appears) is chock full of keen insights about the human condition—many as timely now as when they

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  • Partisanship and the Reason Each Side Thinks the Other Side is Crazy

    Partisanship and the Reason Each Side Thinks the Other Side is Crazy0

    To some liberals, Donald Trump’s inauguration portends doom for the republic; to many conservatives, it’s a crowning moment for the nation that will usher in an era of growth and optimism. It’s as if each side is living in a different country – and a different reality. In fact, over the last few months, a

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