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  • Huxley Predicted the Future of Education

    Huxley Predicted the Future of Education0

    Sensible and reasonable people often disagree on the purpose of education.  As we’ve seen, men as renowned as Cicero and Benjamin Franklin believed the primary purpose of education was to build character and virtue in pupils. Moral education of this kind is likely to be palatable to most people—at least when a society enjoys general homogeneity

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  • Studying Philosophy Doesn’t Necessarily Make One Smarter

    Studying Philosophy Doesn’t Necessarily Make One Smarter0

    Does studying philosophy improve one’s thinking, and thus make one more employable? Some top and not-so-top philosophy departments, concerned by the threat of declining enrollment and funding cuts, would have you believe it does. But Neven Sesardic, who has taught philosophy at universities around the globe and can boast some impressive publications, says that there’s

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  • 10 Small Events that Changed the Course of History

    10 Small Events that Changed the Course of History1

    In his book Napoleon’s Hemorrhoids and Other Small Events that Changed History, Phil Mason documents dozens of small happenings over the centuries, many of which seemed insignificant at the time, that seemed to change the course of history. As stated in the book, one of its purposes is to prove that “…significant historical events are

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  • War with North Korea Would Be Sheer Madness

    War with North Korea Would Be Sheer Madness0

    The war drums are beating again, this time for the Korean peninsula. And if a conflict occurs, no one believes it would be a cakewalk. Total casualties almost certainly would be in the hundreds of thousands; the destruction throughout highly industrialized South Korea would be unimaginable. It is a sequel no sane person wants to

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  • Gardening: An Overlooked Path to STEM Education?

    Gardening: An Overlooked Path to STEM Education?0

    Like most children, I began my formal schooling at age five. At the same time, I also began learning in another, less formal school: the school of nature. This less formal schooling commenced when my best friend gave me a small zucchini plant in a decorative tin mug. I planted it in a corner of

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  • Why Students Can No Longer Work Their Way Through College

    Why Students Can No Longer Work Their Way Through College0

    As a current senior at a private college, I know firsthand how expensive the cost of college is today. For the upcoming 2017-2018 academic school year, the full sticker price of attending my school is $53,950. Wow. Many could criticize me for picking a pricier private college instead of a cheaper public one, but when

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