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Why Johnny Still Can’t Read 1
- Education
- February 1, 2019
In 1955, prompted by the reading problems experience by the child of a friend, Rudolf Flesch wrote the book Why Johnny Can’t Read. The book became a huge bestseller and is still in print today. Flesch realized that the reason many children were not learning to read was because of method of reading instruction
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Toxic Masculinity: The Alpha Straw-Man 0
- Culture
- February 1, 2019
According to the intelligentsia, many, if not most, males today are diseased. The etiology of this illness is prolonged exposure to the toxic substance of traditional masculinity. No one is safe. The substance is everywhere, embedded in our traditions and media, and has been for generations. There is an epidemic of emotionally stunted barbarians contaminating
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Equality for All Women… Except for Working Mothers?0
- Culture
- February 1, 2019
Earlier this week researchers from Essex University made what might be considered a rather obvious announcement: working mothers are stressed. I can almost hear mothers around the world yelling, “This is news?! We could have told you that without an academic study.” As the research reveals, working women with one child are 18 percent more
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Why Elites Hate Border Walls 0
- Culture
- January 31, 2019
Remember the old acronym WWJD? It stood for “What Would Jesus Do?” and was adapted to any number of public figures, one of whom was the late Senator Paul Wellstone (WWWD). I’d like to propose a new acronym in the same vein: WWCW. Yes, WWCW does translate to “What Would Chesterton Write.” Given that, W(hat)
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Red Flag Laws: Life-Saving or Authoritarian?0
- Politics
- January 31, 2019
Red Flag laws have spurred quite a bit of controversy. This legislative movement seeks to create a process to remove firearms from the homes of people who are rumored to be dangerous to themselves or others. The proponents of such laws cite this as a possible way to help combat mass shootings and suicides. However,
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How Nostalgia Drives Both Political Parties 0
- Culture
- January 31, 2019
Every day, we’re confronted by headlines that reveal the ever-widening chasm between left and right in America. What’s driving this hyperpolarization? And are there any solutions? Thanks to a stimulating conversation with National Affairs editor Yuval Levin of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and independent scholar and economist Arnold Kling, I’m learning that there are some pretty
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Why Johnny Still Can’t Read 1