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  • New Is Not Always Better: Why There’s Wisdom in Tradition

    New Is Not Always Better: Why There’s Wisdom in Tradition0

    Imagine a scientist who decided to reject every scientific experiment or study that had come before him and would trust only scientific principles that he demonstrated with his own experiments. Naturally, he would completely handicap himself. In his arrogance, he’d accomplish very little with his science, since he’d be hard at work re-demonstrating every scientific

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  • New Houses Are Getting Smaller — But They’re Still Much Larger Than What Your Grandparents Had

    New Houses Are Getting Smaller — But They’re Still Much Larger Than What Your Grandparents Had0

    The average square footage in new single-family houses has been declining since 2015. House sizes tend to fall just during reccesionary periods. It happened from 2008 to 2009, from 2001 to 2002, and from 1990 to 1991. But even with strong job growth numbers in recent years, it looks like demand for houses of historically

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  • New Hippocratic Oath Calls on Physicians to Respect ‘Autonomy and Dignity’ of Trans Patients

    New Hippocratic Oath Calls on Physicians to Respect ‘Autonomy and Dignity’ of Trans Patients0

    The World Medical Association (WMA) General Assembly recently approved revisions to the Declaration of Geneva, the modern physician’s pledge that succeeded the Hippocratic Oath. The revisions, the most expansive makeover of the declaration in its 70-year history, followed two years of information gathering, interviews with medical experts, and internal deliberations. Among the changes the WMA

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  • New Harvard Study Is Good News for Homeschoolers Once Again

    New Harvard Study Is Good News for Homeschoolers Once Again0

    Researchers at Harvard University just released findings from their new study showing positive outcomes for homeschooled students. Writing in The Wall Street Journal last week, Brendan Case and Ying Chen of the Harvard Human Flourishing Program concluded that public school students “were less forgiving and less apt to volunteer or attend religious services than their

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  • New Hampshire Is Fighting Back to Defend the Electoral College

    New Hampshire Is Fighting Back to Defend the Electoral College0

    New Hampshire legislators have introduced an election bill that would be completely unacceptable under normal circumstances. But these are not normal times. Constitutional institutions, especially the Electoral College, are under attack. Extraordinary action may be needed. Thus, some New Hampshire legislators have proposed to withhold popular vote totals at the conclusion of a presidential election. The numbers

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  • New Federal Program Takes Aim at the College Textbook Racket

    New Federal Program Takes Aim at the College Textbook Racket0

    College students will keep more money in their pockets thanks to a new US$5 million pilot program approved as part of the $1.3 trillion appropriations bill that President Donald J. Trump signed on March 23. The new grant program, administered by the U.S. Department of Education, will support the creation or improved use of open

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