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The Oldest Rhetorical Trick in the Book 0
- Education
- January 20, 2017
In his brilliant 1956 collection, Minority Report, H.L. Mencken stated: If you were against the New Deal and its wholesale buying of pauper votes, then you were against Christian charity. If you were against the gross injustices and dishonesties of the Wagner Labor Act, then you were against labor. If you were against packing the
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Obama’s Going to Get Paid 0
- Politics
- January 20, 2017
Today President Barack Obama will leave the White House after two terms in office. In spite of the toll that the stress of being the POTUS takes on one—their hair usually turns gray while in office—I’m sure there will be some sadness on Obama’s part. But that sadness may soon diminish, because the fact is,
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Students Arrested for Sharing Copies of U.S. Constitution 1
- Culture
- January 20, 2017
Sometimes I think we must be living in an Alice-in-Wonderland world. At least, it sure seems like it if we judge from the number of times we’re forced to cry “Curiouser and curiouser!” because of the cognitive dissonance which abounds around us. Take the incident at Kellogg Community College in Michigan which recently came to
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Why Americans Need to Give Trump a Shot 0
- History
- January 20, 2017
Donald J. Trump was sworn in as America’s 45th president on Friday. Tens of millions of people watched the ceremony, which took place on the National Mall amid a sprinkling rain. Many no doubt watched the event with excitement, others with fear. I’ll admit that I felt both of these emotions as I watched Trump
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How Teachers Are Doing Violence to Books 0
- Education
- January 19, 2017
My friend’s daughter attends a local school with a classical curriculum, where they are now reading Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Many people would hear this and immediately laud the school for its rigor and devotion to the Great Books. But predictably, as my friend’s daughter told me, the teacher is guiding students through the text
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British Study Explains What Public Schools Can Learn From Private Ones 0
- Education
- January 19, 2017
It’s always been considered important to train children in the hard, concrete, academic skills such as math, science, and reading. But in recent years, teaching “soft skills” – attitudes such as determination and persistence which affect a student’s future social promotion – has also become the domain of the school system. Recognizing this trend, researchers
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The Oldest Rhetorical Trick in the Book 0