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Slavoj Zizek: Don’t Mock Trump, Propose an Actual Vision 0
- History
- February 13, 2017
A minority of those on the Left have responded to Trump’s election with rational reflection and a critical look at some of their positions that were rejected by voters. However, the majority of the Left seem to be throwing a collective temper tantrum and resorting to all-too-familiar Alinskyite tactics to disparage Trump. Slovenian philosopher
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Tennessee Admits One Third of High School Grads Didn’t Complete Their Coursework 0
- Culture
- February 13, 2017
In recent years, schools, educators, and other policy makers have pointed to the nation’s rising graduation rates as proof that America is fixing its education problems and is on the path to prosperity. But some have wondered if those graduation rates are artificially propped up by dumbed down standards. That suspicion was affirmed over the
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Diversity Can Inhibit Learning and Cognitive Growth, Study Says 0
- Culture
- February 10, 2017
Diversity, like equality of opportunity, is one of those positively valued, ‘sacred cow’ concepts in higher education. Yes, some have criticized it for only encompassing racial, ethnic and gender identity, not ideological persuasion. Others have objected that diversity is a vehicle for brainwashing students with liberal values. Nevertheless, the concept has survived in almost every
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Rational Discourse: Has Relativism Caused Its Decline?0
- Culture
- February 10, 2017
This morning a friend sent me a BBC video clip describing the common scenarios conservative students face on liberal campuses. At first blush, the quest to turn these students into victims – through scenes of furtive eyes and choked voices – seems to be the primary mission of the BBC. But cutting through the
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The FDA Carefully Manipulates the News You Receive 0
- Culture
- February 10, 2017
How “The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it,” said Neil deGrasse Tyson, the American astrophysicist and science communicator. Which is true as far as it goes; it doesn’t apply to press releases from scientists and science agencies. Jason Young, the US Food and Drug Administration’s acting
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Why We Should Stop Drugging Our Kids 8
- Culture
- February 10, 2017
Maybe it’s time to stop drugging our children. A new study from the Medical Journal of Australia has found that the youngest kids in any given class are twice as likely to be receiving medication for behavioral disorders as the older kids in the class. And the proportion of boys receiving such medication was three
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