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Do Children Really Need ‘More Rigorous’ Pre-Schools?0
- Culture
- August 7, 2017
My grandmother taught kindergarten. In the ‘40s, before her own baby boomer children arrived, she spent weekday mornings singing ABCs and writing 123s with neighborhood children in the living room of her small suburban home. Kindergarten back then was very different from today. For one, it was fun. For another, it was part-time and low-key.
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Logic is More Important than Ever – So Why Don’t Schools Teach it Anymore?2
- Education
- August 7, 2017
One of the great ironies of our age is that schools have stopped teaching logic in an age when it’s more necessary than ever. We live in a time defined by vast information, mass marketing, and propaganda. It’s been 70 years since Dorothy Sayers observed that by teaching young men and women to read but
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The Real Reason Women Bully Each Other at Work (And Everywhere Else)0
- Culture
- August 7, 2017
In a recent article written for The Atlantic, Olga Khazan asks, “Why do women bully each other at work?” In the article’s body, she details several studies and personal stories from women who have found their work environments to be quite hostile because the other women there behaved meanly toward them. One of the
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Who is Winning the Gender War: Boys or Girls?0
- Education
- August 7, 2017
Recent headlines have made much to-do over the gains – or setbacks – of transgender students. With this focus, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s happening with the two original genders: boys and girls. For many years, we’ve been told that it is females who are falling behind in the war between the sexes.
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The Road to Serfdom: We’re Probably on It 0
- Culture
- August 7, 2017
On both sides of the political aisle, frustration with Washington, D.C., has been palpable and growing for many years. Several years ago, President Obama himself stated, “The American people overwhelmingly believe that this town doesn’t work well.” The more the frustration grows, the more the people seek someone strong enough to wrestle our government out of
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Is Exorcism Real?0
- Entertainment
- August 4, 2017
Experts say exorcism is “thriving” in the United States in recent decades, which is perhaps what prompted CNN to profile an academic regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities on exorcism. Dr. Richard Gallagher, an Ivy League-educated psychiatrist who teaches at Columbia, is the man exorcists call when they need help. Here is a brief
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Do Children Really Need ‘More Rigorous’ Pre-Schools?0