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How to Spot Misleading Statistics in the Gun Control Debate 1
- Culture
- September 24, 2018
The academic debate over gun control consists mainly of a war of statistics. New studies come out every few weeks, and as a result, both sides are constantly locking horns over the validity or invalidity of this-or-that study in this-or-that country. For those who aren’t formally trained in data analysis, this debate can seem impossible
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Why It Matters That Bert and Ernie Are Friends, Not Lovers 0
- Culture
- September 24, 2018
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Free Student Seminar: Is College Worth It?0
- Culture
- September 21, 2018
Generations of Americans have been told that college graduates earn more than non-college graduates. This may have been true in 1998, but is it still true in 2018? In Seattle’s booming IT industry 25% of employees don’t have a Bachelor’s! Today’s college grads often leave school with a student loan burden so massive it effectively
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Can Shakespeare Save Civilization?0
- Education
- September 20, 2018
Perhaps an apology might be necessary for the sheer audacity of beginning any essay with such a question and with such a seemingly absurd claim. Of course, Shakespeare cannot save civilization, at least not on his own. Perhaps we should rephrase things a little, asking a slightly different question: Can Civilization be Saved without Shakespeare?
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Should College be Free?0
- Economics
- September 20, 2018
Fall is here. That means many things are on their way down, including bank accounts as parents write tuition checks. Is anything going up? Maybe interest in “free” college. How often are we told by our friends on the left that we ought to follow the lead of Europe, specifically western Europe? Pretty often, by
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How Public Pension Liabilities Are Becoming Public Threats 0
- Economics
- September 20, 2018
In most states, people tend to worry about things like education or the economy. In Oregon, public pensions are suddenly at the forefront of political discussions. Why? Because the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) in Oregon is more than $25 billion in the hole. Of course, Oregon is hardly the only state deep in the
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