Blog 3 Columns

Are We Discouraging Mothers from Their Most Important Work?0
- Culture
- May 9, 2016
Late last year, Pew Research came out with a report on the state of two-income families. One of the most striking observations was the fact that a high percentage of full-time working mothers say they feel rushed and believe they are not spending adequate time with their children. Ninety percent of full-time working mothers say
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3 Things U.S. Schools Can Learn from Finland 0
- Education
- May 9, 2016
Fulbright Scholar William Doyle once again wrote about his experiences as a U.S. transplant in the Finnish education system. According to Doyle, Finland – a nation whose high scores on the international PISA exam have amazed many – has a number of practices from which the U.S. education system might benefit. A few of these
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How These Cute Creatures Confound Evolutionary Theory 0
- Science
- May 7, 2016
We often hear that opposing the “scientific consensus” on this-or-that topic is benighted. Sometimes it can be that. But sometimes it isn’t—especially when scientific findings themselves contradict an established scientific consensus. For at least a century, biologists have believed that the more “genetic diversity” there is within a species, the better able that species is to adapt to environmental change, and thus thrive
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Would Math Scores Improve if Schools Taught Logic?0
- Culture
- May 6, 2016
According to The New York Times, Eugenia Cheng isn’t the run-of-the-mill mathematician who sits in a classroom all day surrounded by formulas and numbers. Instead, Dr. Cheng believes in making math come alive through hands on experience – like cooking. To accomplish this purpose, Dr. Cheng released a cookbook (How to Bake Pi) which uses
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The one Trump comparison you haven’t heard yet 0
- History
- May 6, 2016
The race for the Republican presidential nomination has provided pundits with ample opportunity to claim that we have reached an all-time low in terms of fractiousness, divisiveness and vulgarity. Not so. A quick look to the Classical world lays to rest such a naive assumption. Politics under any system of government is always a dirty
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Is too much ‘stuff’ affecting our ability to be content?0
- Culture
- May 6, 2016
It is common to hear people talk about the huge expense of raising children. Yet, most figures reported about how much it costs to raise a child are based on what parents actually spend, not what children actually need – which is a pretty big distinction. We all know that a reliance on ‘things’ won’t
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Cartoonist Fired After Poke at Big Ag CEOs 0
- Culture
- May 6, 2016
Rick Friday, the longtime cartoonist whose drawings had appeared in the Iowa-based publication Farm News for more than two decades, drew his final cartoon for the publication last week, he said. In a Facebook message posted April 30, Friday suggested he was fired because his cartoon “insulted” someone affiliated with one of the corporations mentioned
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Can We Really Know Ourselves?0
- Literature
- May 6, 2016
“This above all: To thine own self be true.” – Polonius (From Hamlet) “Every man has forgotten who he is. One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God; but thou shalt not know thyself.” – G. K. Chesterton On this very
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Bullying Video Goes Viral Days after U.S. City Votes to Fine Parents for Child Bullying 0
- Culture
- May 6, 2016
The city council of Shawano, Wisconsin, recently passed an ordinance that will allow the city to fine parents whose children are caught exhibiting “bullying behavior.” Via Fox59 Indianapolis: Under the new ordinance, parents will be warned if police determine their child bullied another child. Parents have 90 days to address their child’s behavior. If their child
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Are We Discouraging Mothers from Their Most Important Work?0