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  • Class Struggle and the End of Identity Politics

    Class Struggle and the End of Identity Politics0

    As the Democratic party in the United States gears up for the 2020 presidential campaign, and a host of candidates announce their entry into the fray, some have observed a (class?) struggle between what might be called the Old Left (the sort of democratic socialism associated with Bernie Sanders) and the New Left (the identity

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  • How Storytelling Could Revitalize U.S. History Scores

    How Storytelling Could Revitalize U.S. History Scores1

    Whatever I teach, I teach storytelling because it is an expression of human creativity that provides perspective. Stories help us understand our world by showing us that random events surrounding our lives only seem random, but are in fact connected. Stories enable us to perceive a higher level of meaning. Fiction such as J.R.R. Tolkien’s The

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  • Three-Quarters of Parents ‘Adulting’ for Their Grown Children

    Three-Quarters of Parents ‘Adulting’ for Their Grown Children0

    I ran across a fascinating little chart in the New York Times the other day. It described the percentage of parents who take on responsibilities that their adult children should be doing. Some of the more unbelievable ones include wake-up calls (15 percent), contacting a child’s employer (11 percent), and contacting a professor to discuss

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  • 7 Reasons Why the Equality Act Is Anything But

    7 Reasons Why the Equality Act Is Anything But0

    Most Americans don’t want a nationwide bathroom requirement, health care mandate, or “preferred pronoun” law based on gender identity, but congressional Democrats seem to think it’s time to impose them. Nancy Pelosi delivered Wednesday on her promise to introduce the so-called Equality Act, which would elevate sexual orientation and gender identity to protected classes in

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  • Is It Time to Dump the SAT?

    Is It Time to Dump the SAT?0

    Several years ago, a bright 25-year-old told me about her time tutoring those taking the SAT tests in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She worked hard to prep young people for these college admissions tests, demanded much of her students, and set the bar high for herself and them.   One young man, a wealthy foreign-born

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  • Lawmakers Want to Give Voting Rights to Teens They Treat Like Toddlers with Compulsory Schooling Law

    Lawmakers Want to Give Voting Rights to Teens They Treat Like Toddlers with Compulsory Schooling Law0

    Newly-elected US Rep. Ayanna Pressley caused a stir this month when she filed an amendment to lower the legal federal voting age from 18 to 16. While Pressley’s amendment failed to pass, the action brought attention to the place of teenagers in society. Regardless of how we may feel about the role of the voter,

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