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Is conspicuous consumption the cause of plummeting birth rates?0
- Culture
- April 6, 2016
Keeping up with the Jones can drive families into debt and make them envious and miserable. But it could also be an important driver of low fertility rates, according to a mathematical model developed by anthropologists and published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. “The areas were we see the greatest declines in
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Study: Grammar Nazis are Jerks 0
- Culture
- April 6, 2016
We’ve all been in one of those Facebook conversations battles that involves words flying off our fingers almost as fast as the brain can process them. When the battle turns nasty, we’ve likely been tempted, at one time or another, to demonstrate our intellectual superiority by mocking our counterpart’s poor grammar. (“Ha, you jackass! You
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Chicago Public Schools has a $1 billion deficit!?!0
- Economics
- April 6, 2016
Once again, the Chicago Public Schools made national news with another strike by teachers and administrators, who shut the district down for the day. The Chicago Teachers Union called it a “Day of Action: Fight for Funding Rally & Protest March” and described the efforts as follows: In this unprecedented strike for political demands and
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Why Big Government Wants to Micromanage Your Parenting 0
- Culture
- April 6, 2016
How many minutes is too long to leave a child in a car alone? Before answering that question, I bet you want a lot of additional information. How hot is it? Or is it very cold? How’s the neighborhood? Are you parked close to the street and near traffic? Can you see the car from
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People Should Be Able to Argue without Getting Nasty 0
- Culture
- April 6, 2016
“My brother, Cecil Edward Chesterton, was born when I was about five years old; and, after a brief pause, began to argue. He continued to argue to the end…. I am glad to think that through all those years we never stopped arguing; and we never once quarreled.” These words from G. K. Chesterton’s autobiography
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Study: 1 in 4 College Freshmen Need Remedial Education 0
- Culture
- April 6, 2016
In recent years, the expressed goal of the education system has been to ensure that every child is college- and career-ready. That goal has enjoyed a measure of success, particularly as college enrollment rates rose from 26% to 41% between 1980 and 2012. But landing a spot in college doesn’t necessarily mean students are ready
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