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  • Teachers Fed Up with Undisciplined Students

    Teachers Fed Up with Undisciplined Students0

    According to George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times, an increasing number of teachers may be pondering an exit from the profession, and are reluctant to encourage others to follow in their footsteps. Their reasons for such feelings were varied, but the looming elephant in the room was the lack of respect and poor discipline

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  • A Trump-esque President in a Catholic University?

    A Trump-esque President in a Catholic University?0

    Mount St. Mary’s University, near Baltimore, is the nation’s second-oldest Catholic university. Faced with financial trouble, the Board of Trustees saw fit a few years ago to hire a businessman, Simon Newman, to fix the problem. But Newman’s style, and now his very mission, have created a huge kerfuffle. He has made numerous administrative changes,

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  • How Air Combat Changed Roald Dahl

    How Air Combat Changed Roald Dahl0

    As an adult rereading Roald Dahl’s works, such as James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, you may be surprised by just how dark they can be at times even though they’re written for children. Dahl certainly had a knack for writing about the macabre or darker sides of life,

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  • Doctor: Physicians Don’t Care About Their Patients Anymore

    Doctor: Physicians Don’t Care About Their Patients Anymore0

    Not long ago, a family member of mine had a short stay in the hospital. His doctor, although not assigned to visit him on his rounds, saw that he had been admitted and insisted on adding him to his schedule. The reason? He had developed a friendship over time with my family member, and as

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  • Study: Clutter Linked To Overeating

    Study: Clutter Linked To Overeating0

    Happy? Eat to celebrate. Sad? Eat to comfort. Bored? Eat for the heck of it. It’s a well-established fact that people eat for all sorts of non-hunger related reasons, particularly emotional highs and lows. But, a new study suggests that environment may be playing a bigger role in how much we eat than we had

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  • NPR Questions Bernie Sanders’ Free College Plan

    NPR Questions Bernie Sanders’ Free College Plan0

    The presidential election is over eight months away and already the nomination process has seen surprising twists. The most recent is the rising popularity of Bernie Sanders. Young people are one of Sanders’ most supportive demographic groups, and his offer of free public college might partially explain why. But as NPR’s Anya Kamenetz reports, Sanders’

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