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Birth Rates Increased in Schools That Gave Out Condoms 0
- Culture
- June 23, 2016
When I was an undergraduate, I recall a few of my roommates going to the campus health department and returning with (literally) a garbage bag full of condoms. (No one in our house was exactly a Casanova, but hey – they were free.) That was nearly 20 years ago. Today the discussion has changed. Earlier
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Why Are So Few Millennials Entrepreneurs?0
- Culture
- June 23, 2016
There’s a popular trope right now that a ton of young people are founders and entrepreneurs. Thanks to a handful of young founders with a disproportionate impact (ala Mark Zuckerberg) and cultural figures like HBO’s Silicon Valley, you can easily trick yourself into believing that entrepreneurship is all the craze among young people. Hacker meetups, entrepreneurship clubs
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Why Do U.S. Schools Focus So Much on Self-Esteem?0
- Education
- June 23, 2016
When it comes to education, the U.S. system isn’t the one countries look to as a model to emulate. At least they shouldn’t, considering that the U.S. places 17th in reading, 21st in science, and 26th in math in international matchups. But according to The Atlantic, there is one country that is doing well in
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Australia’s Gun Control ‘Success’ Story 0
- Education
- June 23, 2016
Australia’s gun control law is a great success, if you haven’t heard. I learned this from a dozen memes that appeared in my Facebook news feed, a conversation with my neighbor, and a slew of media stories. This NBC story, for example, was published as I started writing this story. It features a John Hopkins
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What Is the Cause of our Angry Politics?0
- Culture
- June 22, 2016
Everyone agrees that there is something different about today’s angry politics. The ordinary issues that have shaped the political debate for years have largely remained the same. The economy is still in bad shape, terrorism remains a top concern and the deficit is still growing as fast as ever. The mood of the nation, however,
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PEW: Republicans and Democrats REALLY don’t like each other 0
- Culture
- June 22, 2016
Pew Research has come out with a new study on the presence of partisanship in America, and it’s not very encouraging. The report noted: “For the first time in more than two decades of Pew Research Center surveys, majorities of partisans have not only an unfavorable view of the other party, but a very unfavorable
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