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  • Why Modern Man Doesn’t Feel at Home

    Why Modern Man Doesn’t Feel at Home0

    The average American moves about 12 times in his life, changes jobs every 4.6 years, and commutes about 15 miles to work each way. In addition, the areas in which most of us live change dramatically and rapidly due to urbanization and development. According to philosopher Roger Scruton, this hyper-mobility is causing modern man to feel displaced: “[I]f we are

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  • Why Modern Education is Doomed to Die

    Why Modern Education is Doomed to Die0

    One of the great transitions in education in the past fifty years has been the increased emphasis on the so-called STEM subjects – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – and a corresponding diminishing of the place of the traditional liberal arts or humanities, especially literature, history and philosophy. This has been due in part to

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  • Why Modern America Might Have the Most Equality It Ever Had

    Why Modern America Might Have the Most Equality It Ever Had0

    • September 14, 2015

    We hear a lot about equality these days: equality in income, education, marriage, gender, race, class – the list could go on. Judging by many of the complaints which come from various interest groups, one would assume that the inequality of Americans is actually increasing as time goes on. But are things really that bad?

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  • Why MLK’s Vision of Love as a Moral Imperative Still Matters

    Why MLK’s Vision of Love as a Moral Imperative Still Matters0

    2017 was a year of increased conflict in the United States. Many diverse communities were forced to confront a range of challenges related to anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia and anti-immigrant feelings. These challenges strike at the heart of what it means to live in a multicultural, democratic society. Yet, it is not the first time America

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  • Why MIT Is Reinstating Its SAT/ACT Requirement

    Why MIT Is Reinstating Its SAT/ACT Requirement0

    In case you missed it, on Monday MIT announced that they would be reinstating their SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles. Like many universities, MIT had ditched the tests during the pandemic. Even prior to the pandemic, however, there had been a widespread push to abandon these tests to enhance diversity. “Data shows tests like

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  • Why Minimal Sleep is Not a Badge of Honor

    Why Minimal Sleep is Not a Badge of Honor0

    “I need you to make sure that I don’t walk into any walls or trip on the stairs,” one of my friends recently informed me. Her reason? She was running on about three and a half hours of sleep and was struggling with the simple task of walking. I hadn’t gotten much more sleep than

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