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Of Laundry Lessons and College 3
- Education, Culture, Family
- August 22, 2022
Forgive the long quote coming up, but it is instructive. (And wild!) The president of Hamilton College, David Wippman, and his colleague, Cornell University American Studies professor Glenn C. Altschuler, have somehow been peeking in on the discussions parents are having online about their kids off at college. These Facebook groups can be truly helpful
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The Real War of Our Time Is Humans vs. ‘Humanity’2
- Culture, History, Literature
- August 19, 2022
These days, a diverse crowd of activists, comprised of some of the world’s wealthiest elites down to college kids, see themselves as saviors blessed with the omniscience to rescue humanity from its grievous faults and sins. To fight “global warming,” for instance, climate change advocates demand the elimination of fossil fuels, the consumption of insects
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The Five Cities With the Highest Inflation in America 0
- Economics, Politics
- August 19, 2022
My wife and I recently were out for our morning walk and she commented on how weird inflation is. Some prices are sky high, she observed, while others have barely budged. A carton of eggs is up 33 percent over the last year, while tomatoes haven’t changed at all. Airline flights are through the roof, but the
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Bringing the Fun Home: Five Family Outings for Tight Budgets 5
- Family, Culture, Entertainment
- August 18, 2022
In 1987, a beaming New York Giants quarterback was the first person publicly asked what soon became a well-known question: “Phil Simms, you’ve just won the Super Bowl! What are you doing next?” “I’m gonna go to Disney World!” Simms said. Many average Americans couldn’t give Simms’s answer today. The reason isn’t Disney’s “woke” policies,
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Learning Styles Don’t Actually Exist, Studies Show 2
- Education, Science
- August 18, 2022
Are you a visual, auditory, reading/writing, or kinesthetic learner? For millions of students, this question has become so familiar that they already have an answer ready to go. Some identify as visual learners, which means that, in theory, they learn best by seeing concepts in pictures and diagrams, perhaps on a blackboard or in a
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The Counter-Repudiation That’s on the Way 8
- Culture, Politics, Western Civilization
- August 17, 2022
Philosopher, writer, and teacher Roger Scruton labeled our age “the culture of repudiation” in his 1998 book An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Modern Culture. Though I am oversimplifying here, his basic premise was that academics and other influential writers and thinkers had given up defending, much less advancing, Western thought and culture. Many, in fact,
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