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Parents Can’t Depend on Schools to Teach Virtue 0
- Education
- January 4, 2017
All parents wish the best for their kids. However, too many parents today think only of material well-being and future “success,” while forgetting moral education or pushing it off on the schools. But according to Aristotle, if children aren’t taught to love the good and hate the bad from a young age, it will be
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College Shouldn’t Be Considered the Only Option for Success 0
- Culture
- January 4, 2017
One of the first big education stories to hit headlines in 2017 was the announcement that New York state will be offering free college to its residents this fall. According to The Washington Post, this offer of governor Andrew Cuomo’s stems from the fact that college is now viewed as a necessity: “‘College is a mandatory
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For Americans, Work-Life Balance Is Becoming More Elusive 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2017
Many of us want more time with our families, for engaging in sports and leisure activities and even for an occasional vacation on a remote tropical island. Instead we decide to spend more time at work. Whether it’s for economic reasons or pressure from our boss to finish that big project ahead of schedule, indulging
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Has Society Forgotten How to Be Responsible?0
- Culture
- January 3, 2017
Every once in a while a story surfaces about a returned library book overdue by an obscene number of years. The incident is usually laughed over and the fine forgiven – much to the relief of all of us who secretly wonder what “overdue” items we might have hiding in our own houses. Over the
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Why Technology Advanced So Quickly the Past 200 Years 1
- Culture
- January 3, 2017
It’s generally believed that, compared with previous human history, technology has advanced exponentially since the Industrial Revolution 200 years ago. But why? That’s a question I’ve frequently wondered about, and one that Lewis Mumford sought to answer in his 1934 classic Technics & Civilization. His answer might be summed up in the phrase coined by
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Be the Master of the Thrift Store 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2017
Brand new Cole-Haan leather shoes, just my size: $5. Four matching framed prints of old Roman coins: $4. Ralph Lauren windowpane-checked three-button suit: $20. Waist-length mink coat: $32. Real pearl and rare stone necklace: $3.50. Hand-painted wine carafe imported from Israel: $2. Twinkie warmer circa 1983: $1.50. I’m talking thrift store here, as in Goodwill.
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Parents Can’t Depend on Schools to Teach Virtue 0