In a recent Washington Post article, author Sarah Hamaker described how many young adults no longer know how to do simple, basic skills: Colleges and employers alike are reporting that young people can’t do life’s most basic tasks. With all of our emphasis on academics and what it takes to get into college, essential life
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An interesting article in The Washington Post caught my eye this morning. As author Jennifer Patterson explains, she and her husband did something unusual this year when they allowed their daughter to skip second grade. Such a decision, Patterson goes on to explain, was based on her daughter’s desire to be challenged in her schoolwork.
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You may wince at the crass behaviour of Donald Trump, roll your eyes at Caitlin/Bruce Jenner’s portrait on the cover of Vogue, or lament the legalization of same-sex marriage — but there is something even more painful about these events. We don’t know how we got here from there. Without sugar-coating the past, a bare
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A large portion of the world’s population lives in conditions that are hard to fathom for people in developed countries. Many of those living in extreme poverty would gladly move to the United States, the European Union or Australia if given a chance. In light of this, how should rich countries design and enforce their
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Justice Clarence Thomas has earned a reputation for saying very little on the Supreme Court bench. He made an exception on Wednesday evening at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation. Thomas, who was confirmed in 1991 after a messy confirmation, described Washington, D.C, as a ‘broken’ place: [T]his city is broken in some ways.
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Many people believe that the nation’s college campuses have become hotbeds of sexual assault. In June, after a student at Stanford University was convicted of rape but given a light sentence, Vice President Joe Biden wrote an open letter to the female victim: You were failed by a culture on our college campuses where one in five
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