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Christians Need Not View the Secular World as ‘Utter Darkness’0
- April 1, 2016
When it comes to Christians’ views of secular society, there have historically been two predominant options. One stresses the radical incommensurability of Christianity and the world—that the Christian view of the world and its values share nothing in common with the secular world. That Christianity is “light” and the world outside is utter darkness. (Many
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8 Highly Insightful Quotes from Neil Postman0
- Culture
- April 1, 2016
1. “Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and commercials.” 2. “At its best, schooling can be about how to make a life, which is quite different from how to
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5 Famous April Fools’ Jokes0
- History
- April 1, 2016
Love it or hate it, April Fools’ Day is here. In fact, Yahoo got an early start yesterday on the dubious holiday with a false report that Trader Joe’s is closing all its stores, causing bargain-hunting food lovers across the country to keen. To get you into the “festive” spirit of the day, the Washington
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Why You Should Read Almost EVERYTHING Written by One Author0
- Education
- March 31, 2016
The overwhelming emphasis in education today is on diversity. No, I’m not just speaking about the ideology of diversity so often attacked by conservatives. In this post, I’m principally speaking about the diversity in teachers and materials. The modern ideal is for students to switch out teachers each year—and beginning in middle school or high
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Why FDR was against Public Employee Unions0
- Economics
- March 31, 2016
In the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, the Supreme Court announced a 4-4 vote on March 29, 2016. The tie was due to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. For teachers unions around the country it was a great victory that would have likely not happened. Here is how The New York Times describes
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When Socialism Works0
- Culture
- March 31, 2016
Because of Bernie Sanders’s campaign for the presidency, many Americans are asking if “democratic socialism” is possible. Can there be a form of socialism that really includes the voices of all the people? In a March 17 feature at FEE.org, economist Sandy Ikeda offered some strong reasons to doubt it (see “‘Democratic Socialism’ Is a
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This Mother Taught Her Children to Read at a 12th Grade Level in ONE Day!1
- Education
- March 31, 2016
When it comes to education, learning to read is probably at the top of everyone’s list in terms of importance. Yet learning to read has become a long and arduous process through which parents and teachers hope and pray their students will make it. The long and arduous process of learning to read raises the
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The UN’s Ridiculously Biased Human Rights Report0
- Politics
- March 31, 2016
Via Anne Bayefsky at Fox News: According to the United Nations, the most evil country in the world today is Israel. On March 24, 2016, the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) wrapped up its annual meeting in New York by condemning only one country for violating women’s rights anywhere on the planet
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Survey: Parents Are Going Into Debt to Spoil Their Children0
- Family
- March 31, 2016
Parents have a moral obligation to care for their children’s needs to the best of their abilities. But what happens when parents endanger their children’s basic necessities for the sake of their children’s wants? According to a recent article on a T. Rowe Price survey in the Financial Advisor, that is a situation that almost
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