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One Recommendation for Being a Good Debater 0
- Culture
- November 12, 2015
Quite often we approach a debate as gladiatorial matches in which the goal is to utterly eviscerate our opponents. But is that always best? Do we lose a little bit of our own humanity when we see individuals or even friends and family members as people to destroy in a discussion? It’s true that they
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5 Historic Quotes for Veterans Day 1
- Culture
- November 11, 2015
Many years ago, my little sister was given a school assignment to write a thank-you to a veteran. In her childish scrawl, she sent a thank-you card and picture to our grandfather, who served in World War II. That card hung on his refrigerator until the time our family cleaned out his house following his
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20 Colleges That Might Actually Be Worth It 0
- Education
- November 11, 2015
American students are increasingly questioning the value of college. According to a recent survey conducted by Gallup and Purdue University, nearly 40% of U.S. college graduates say their education wasn’t worth the cost. And they may very well be right. On the other hand, there still exist colleges where the money you fork over for
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Why You Should Stay in Your Hometown 0
- Culture
- November 11, 2015
On the whole, it would appear to be for the best that the great majority of human beings should go on living in the place in which they were born. —T.S. Eliot, Notes towards the Definition of Culture Americans have never learned to cherish permanence. Alexis de Tocqueville once said that an American will build
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What Teddy Roosevelt Might Have Said About Those Starbucks Cups 0
- History
- November 11, 2015
I’ve ignored most of the controversy over Starbucks dropping holiday-themed designs on its cups because, well, it’s stupid, and probably media-fabricated. It’s not that I don’t lament the decline of communally celebrated feasts; it’s just that I wasn’t really depending on a Seattle-based coffee company to revive the sanctity of Christmas… with cups decorated with
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Is Common Core Math Causing Students to Fall Further Behind?0
- Education
- November 11, 2015
Every few months it seems that another story pops up concerning some child’s confusing Common Core math homework. For examples, check out the three famous ones below: As authors Katharine Beals and Barry Garelick explain in The Atlantic, homework questions such as these are an attempt to have children understand the concepts behind
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One Recommendation for Being a Good Debater 0