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  • Debunking Seven Persistent Myths About Homeschoolers

    Debunking Seven Persistent Myths About Homeschoolers0

    In the last fifty years, homeschooling in the United States has grown from a tiny movement composed primarily of conservative Christians and John Holt “unschoolers” to its present size of around 1.69 million students. Despite these numbers, and despite the fact that most Americans are familiar with the concept of homeschooling, some misconceptions continue to

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  • A Nordic Paradox: Higher Gender Equality, More Partner Violence

    A Nordic Paradox: Higher Gender Equality, More Partner Violence0

    Which countries lead the world in gender equality? If you don’t know the answer to that you must. have been living in North Korea. Everyone else knows that it’s the Nordics: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. On average across these countries, three out of every four working-age women are in employment; gaps between the

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  • When the Tassle Isn’t Worth the Hassle

    When the Tassle Isn’t Worth the Hassle0

    Graduation season has become somewhat poignant for me. I can’t help but smile when I step through the sliding doors of a box store and find myself looking at a display of cards, balloons, and festive pastries. Hats off to the grads! The tassle is worth the hassle! They’re such happy sentiments. I haven’t donned

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  • Should Hikers Pay for Their Own Rescue?

    Should Hikers Pay for Their Own Rescue?0

    If a hiker gets lost in the wilderness, should she bear the costs of her own rescue?  The recent ordeal of a woman lost in a Maui forest for seventeen days brings this issue once again to public attention. State-funded rescue operations were called off after three days of effort because of the expense, but

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  • Inverting the Wisdom of the Ages

    Inverting the Wisdom of the Ages0

    “They have called the people happy, that hath these things,” says the psalmist, thinking of tall sons and lovely daughters, great herds of sheep, fat oxen, and full granaries, “but happy is that people whose God is the Lord.” We have inverted that wisdom, and placed a severe limit on the one item in that

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  • Are We Outsourcing Our Brains to Google?

    Are We Outsourcing Our Brains to Google?0

    “The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works — no civil discourse, no cooperation, misinformation, mistruth…. I feel tremendous guilt.” – Charmath Palihapitiya, former vice president of Facebook user growth This past March, I came across John Hawkins’ online article at PJ Media, “Fifteen Devastating Quotes That Show How Dangerous

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