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Racial Unrest is Tame Compared to a Century Ago 0
- Culture
- May 18, 2016
There is a powerful perception in the United States that race relations are deteriorating. A recent Gallup poll revealed that this view is shared by blacks and whites. Thirty-five percent now say they worry about race relations “a great deal,” up more than 100 percent from just four years ago. This angst is no doubt
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Should Students be Taught to Argue Rationally?0
- Culture
- May 18, 2016
Critical thinking has become a buzzword in today’s education system – and for good cause. Effective reasoning skills are essential in the fast-paced information world in which we live. But are students actually learning how to be critical thinkers? Or do teachers really even know how to train students in effective reasoning? If college students
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Don’t Find Yourself, Overcome Yourself 0
- Culture
- May 18, 2016
Selves are not found; they are created. That’s the perennially valid message of some ancient Chinese philosophers, according to the book The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life, by Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh, a journalist with a PhD in East Asian history who studied under Puett. Puett, a Professor
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18 Ways Lord of Rings is Christian Allegory 1
- Entertainment
- May 18, 2016
Tolkien described The Lord of the Rings as “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work.” Is it possible to summarize this dimension of Tolkien’s magnum opus in fewer than 600 words? You better believe it! The connections between The Lord of the Rings and Christianity are numerous. There is a connection symbolically between the One Ring and Original Sin and, therefore, between Mount Doom and Golgotha.
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Are Unmarried Cohabiting Parents as Effective as Married Ones?0
- Culture
- May 18, 2016
In recent years, it has become commonplace for young couples to live together and start a family before officially entering their names on the marriage register. But according to a recent chart compiled by Forbes, American couples are not the only ones choosing the cohabitating form of parenthood: “In countries around the world, increasing numbers
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3 Non-Medicating Ways to Reduce Anxiety in Our Children 0
- Culture
- May 18, 2016
It’s no secret that anxiety has been on an upward climb in the U.S. in recent years. According to Psychology Today, this is particularly true of young people, for “five to eight times as many high school and college students meet the criteria for diagnosis of major depression and/or anxiety disorder as was true half
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Racial Unrest is Tame Compared to a Century Ago 0