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Understanding the Logic of our Cultural Chaos 0
- Culture
- June 13, 2016
Ruth Benedict was a cultural anthropologist who studied the Japanese extensively in World War II. She reflected on her findings in The Chrysanthemum and the Sword. These days, many individuals have a sense of a culture in turmoil, of societal chaos. Everything seems to be in a state of flux and there is a great
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Homeschool Grads: More Unique and Innovative?0
- Culture
- June 10, 2016
Like many news outlets at this time of year, The Boston Globe recently profiled several young high school students preparing for the pomp and circumstance of graduation. But The Globe took a different angle than normal and stepped inside the world of a homeschool graduation ceremony: “‘Pomp and Circumstance’ played softly from computer speakers hooked
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Can You Solve 5 Elementary School Math Questions?0
- Education
- June 10, 2016
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Study: Chivalry Not Dead After All 0
- Culture
- June 10, 2016
If you asked the American public if chivalry is still alive and well, many would likely give an answer in the negative. A 2010 Harris Poll confirmed this idea when it found that more than 80 percent of Americans agreed with the statement, “Women today are treated with less chivalry than in the past.” But
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Harvard Prof: Democracy Doesn’t Work Without Religion 0
- Culture
- June 10, 2016
John Adams once said that the U.S. Constitution “was made only for a moral and religious people.” He seems to have an ally in Harvard professor Clay Christensen, the scholar behind disruptive innovation theory. Christensen, a Rhodes Scholar and the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at the college’s business school, appeared in a
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Study Linking Authoritarianism to Conservatives Retracted 0
- Education
- June 10, 2016
Conservatives are from Mars, liberals are from Venus. So announced the headline of an article in The Atlantic back in 2012 that was based on a number of peer-reviewed studies. But are they really? The preferred narrative in academic and media circles would have you believe they are. Thus, in 2012, a study the article
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