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This Family’s 7 Kids All Enrolled in College by Age 12?!?0
- Education
- January 5, 2016
Today’s students are on a much more delayed educational schedule than in times past. Before the 20th century, students used to enroll in college around the age of 15. The Harding family of Alabama is witnessing to the previously more expedited educations in a remarkable way: their first seven children all enrolled in college by
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The Danger of Executive Action 0
- Culture
- January 5, 2016
We’ve come to a place in our political discourse when government action often is perceived as more important than respecting the traditions and institutions upon which that very government derives its authority. Many Americans are impatient with the process required by our system of checks and balances. The recent announcement by President Obama regarding his
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Waking Up During the Night Used to Be Normal 0
- History
- January 5, 2016
For many people today, waking up in the middle of the night is incredibly frustrating, stressful, and is often labeled as insomnia. But apparently, for people in the past, it was part of their normal routine. As Business Insider reports (using excerpts from Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep), Virginia Tech historian Roger Ekrich
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Pew Releases List of “Most Striking Findings” in 2015 0
- Culture
- January 4, 2016
The Pew Research Center studies the trends that shape our world. They took a look back at 2015 and compiled their most striking findings. Here’s a list of 10 of their findings we think you may find interesting: 1. “Just 19% of Americans say they can trust the federal government always or most of
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Obamacare Spurring a Return to Health Care Co-ops 0
- Culture
- January 4, 2016
With the arrival of January 1st, many Americans are experiencing more than the turn of the New Year; they’re also experiencing major hikes in their insurance premiums. As Slate’s Helaine Olen puts it, “The bill for the health care expansion is coming due … [and] more than a few are likely to be annoyed.” But
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What American Education Has in Common with the Dark Ages 0
- Education
- January 4, 2016
The period of the “Dark Ages” is synonymous with cultural deterioration in the West. It is typically applied to those centuries following the fall of the Roman Empire at the end of the 5th century, and is regarded as a time when education dramatically declined. In his classic Education and Culture in the Barbarian West,
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This Family’s 7 Kids All Enrolled in College by Age 12?!?0