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Food Stamps and Soda Pop: A Bureaucratic Mess?0
- Culture
- February 23, 2017
Should welfare recipients be able to buy unhealthy foods like soda and sweets on the government’s dime? That question was debated last week by lawmakers on Capitol Hill. According to CBS News: “Debate about how food-stamp benefits are spent was sparked by a November report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which found that households
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Should Homeschoolers Be Allowed to Play Public School Sports?0
- Education
- February 23, 2017
Years ago, I was privy to an instance where a young, middle school girl was encouraged to join the swim team at her local neighborhood school. There was only one problem. The girl was homeschooled, a status which made her automatically ineligible to join the team and participate in the sport. But times have changed,
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4 Questions Every Intelligent Reader Should Ask 0
- Culture
- February 22, 2017
There’s no denying that the literacy levels in the U.S. are a bit alarming: 14 percent of adults can’t read. Only 13 percent of adults can read at a proficient level. 27 percent of adults didn’t read a book in the last year. 50 percent of adults can’t read a book written at an 8th grade
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Is it Ethical to Encourage Teens to Get Abortions and Profit From it?0
- Culture
- February 22, 2017
As the parent of young children, I’m in the habit of looking over everything my kids read or watch. It’s not that hard; I buy every book and they’re really only allowed to watch the PBS show Daniel Tiger, and an Amazon show called Tumble Leaf. Before letting them watch either show, I screened a
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Should Students Be Punished for Recording their Professors?0
- Education
- February 22, 2017
Recently a conservative student at Orange Coast College in California was suspended for video-recording his professor going on a liberal rant last November. The professor, Olga Perez Stable Cox, was supposed to be teaching a human sexuality course, but instead went on a tangent about the country being in a state of “civil war” and
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Can Grammar Be Racist? The University of Washington Thinks So 0
- Culture
- February 22, 2017
Grammar is “racist,” according to the professional staff, tutors, and the Director of the writing center at the University of Washington at Tacoma. To combat this perceived racism they promise to “emphasize the importance of rhetorical situations over grammatical ‘correctness.’” Forget learning how to write correctly, now a “big part” of the work of writing
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Food Stamps and Soda Pop: A Bureaucratic Mess?0