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  • Professor: Yes, Homeschooling is Changing in America

    Professor: Yes, Homeschooling is Changing in America0

    As children head back to school, an increasing number of their homeschooled peers will be starting their academic year as well. Homeschooling in the United States is growing at a strong pace. Recent statistics indicate that 1.5 million children were homeschooled in the United States in 2007. This is up significantly from 1.1 million children

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  • Why the Liberal Arts (Sadly) Are Becoming Meaningless

    Why the Liberal Arts (Sadly) Are Becoming Meaningless0

    Steven Pearlstein, in a recent article for the Washington Post, complained that modern parents were preventing their children from majoring in the liberal arts for fear that those who study history, literature or philosophy would have less chance of finding a well-paid job than those majoring in science, technology, engineering or math, the so-called STEM

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  • Obamacare Now has a Transgender Mandate?

    Obamacare Now has a Transgender Mandate?0

    Ethical challenges to Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act: ? Abortion ? Euthanasia ? Sterilisation ? Contraception And, forging ahead, Obamacare may be forcing doctors to perform gender transition procedures. Last year the Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interpretation of Obamacare’s Section 1557. This forbade discrimination on the basis of “sex”.

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  • The Economist: Why Cursive is Making a Comeback

    The Economist: Why Cursive is Making a Comeback0

    Last week, I bought an item at the store, swiped my card, and then signed my name on the electronic notepad at the register. But while such an occasion is a regular occurrence, I came away with a unique experience: my electronic signature actually looked normal. The thought passed through my mind that technology must

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  • Should We Stop Segregating Students by Age?

    Should We Stop Segregating Students by Age?1

    It’s commonly believed by Americans that allowing students to skip grades is unhealthy for their social and emotional development. However, an article in this month’s Scientific American suggests the opposite. The article describes the work of the “Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth” (SMPY), which over the past 45 years has identified 5,000 gifted individuals and

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  • Will de Blasio’s Universal Pre-K Hurt Kids Instead of Help?

    Will de Blasio’s Universal Pre-K Hurt Kids Instead of Help?0

    Given the recent interest in starting universal preschool programs in states and cities around the country, it’s perhaps no surprise that The Atlantic highlighted the one begun by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio. As The Atlantic describes it, de Blasio’s preschool program is the great equalizer which gives the same goods and services

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