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  • Diversity Ideology Killed the University. Now, It’s Choking Out Civilization.

    Diversity Ideology Killed the University. Now, It’s Choking Out Civilization.0

    In 1903, during America’s darkest period of hate, W. E. B. Du Bois heartbreakingly affirmed his intellectual affinity with Western civilization. “I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not. Across the color line I move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas,” Du Bois wrote in “The Souls of Black Folk.” “I summon Aristotle and

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  • Schools Are Tracking Your Child’s Mental Health—Whether You Like It or Not

    Schools Are Tracking Your Child’s Mental Health—Whether You Like It or Not0

    • September 24, 2018

    A worrying trend is emerging in schools across the country. With increasing regularity, school districts are tracking students’ mental health and raising flags if a screening shows something amiss.   Student mental health tracking is often framed in terms of safety or prevention, arguing that all kids should be screened to identify the few who

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  • How to Spot Misleading Statistics in the Gun Control Debate

    How to Spot Misleading Statistics in the Gun Control Debate1

    The academic debate over gun control consists mainly of a war of statistics. New studies come out every few weeks, and as a result, both sides are constantly locking horns over the validity or invalidity of this-or-that study in this-or-that country. For those who aren’t formally trained in data analysis, this debate can seem impossible

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  • Why It Matters That Bert and Ernie Are Friends, Not Lovers

    Why It Matters That Bert and Ernie Are Friends, Not Lovers0

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  • Free Student Seminar:  Is College Worth It?

    Free Student Seminar: Is College Worth It?0

    Generations of Americans have been told that college graduates earn more than non-college graduates. This may have been true in 1998, but is it still true in 2018? In Seattle’s booming IT industry 25% of employees don’t have a Bachelor’s! Today’s college grads often leave school with a student loan burden so massive it effectively

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  • Can Shakespeare Save Civilization?

    Can Shakespeare Save Civilization?0

    Perhaps an apology might be necessary for the sheer audacity of beginning any essay with such a question and with such a seemingly absurd claim. Of course, Shakespeare cannot save civilization, at least not on his own. Perhaps we should rephrase things a little, asking a slightly different question: Can Civilization be Saved without Shakespeare?

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