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Iowa: Who do you think will win?0
- Politics
- February 1, 2016
Obviously, the 2016 presidential election campaign season has already been a doozy. Donald Trump has shocked all of the usual pundits by climbing to the top of the polls and seemingly is staying there. Meanwhile, Ted Cruz is nipping at his heels trying to take the lead. On the Democrat side, Bernie Sanders has risen
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How Should We Interpret a Rise in Euthanasia?0
- Culture
- February 1, 2016
BioEdge reports that legal acts of euthanasia have risen each year since Belgium’s right-to-die law was passed in 2002. 2013 saw the total jump to 1816. In 2014, it was 1924. And the figures for last are 2021 acts of euthanasia. What’s going on? It’s unlikely that the increase can be accounted for by a
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Carol Burnett: ‘Cleverness’ in Entertainment is Becoming Extinct0
- Culture
- February 1, 2016
Over the weekend, famed comedienne Carol Burnett received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Before receiving the award, Burnett gave a brief interview to The Hollywood Reporter, offering an interesting critique of the entertainment industry in the process: “Funny is funny. I dare anyone to look at Tim Conway and Harvey
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Another Lesson from Rome: Taxation, Bureaucracy, and the Rich vs. Poor0
- Culture
- February 1, 2016
Parallels in history are never perfect, nonetheless lessons can be learned. In Mediaeval History: Europe from the Second to the Sixteenth Century (1935), Carl Stephenson, a professor of history at Cornell University, provides a captivating account of Rome’s decline in the late 3rd century as seen in monetary policy, taxation, and how the burden was
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6 Lesser-Known Historical Sites in Rome0
- History
- February 1, 2016
In my junior year of college, I had the fortune of studying abroad in Rome for six months, which afforded me enough time to wander the city and visit many of its sites. I of course saw the most visited sites in Rome: the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, the Sistine Chapel, and the
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‘Wild Skepticism’ has Run its Course0
- Culture
- February 1, 2016
It’s not hard to find or be exposed to thoughts and opinions that reflect the deeper intellectual chaos of our times. If one senses the fog created when rational thought is taken to absurd extremes, the passage below from G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy will probably resonate. If not, then the passage will probably make little sense and
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Thomas Paine: School Choice Supporter?0
- Education
- January 29, 2016
We hear a lot these days about giving parents the right to choose the school or education which best fits their child’s needs, even if that school is a private institution. But is school choice only a modern idea, dreamed up solely by the religious right whose schools are hurting for business? Hardly. As history
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Tech Exec: Digital Companies Need Liberal Arts Majors0
- Economics
- January 29, 2016
According to an ancient maxim, change is the only constant. That idea is somewhat behind Rally Health executive Tom Perrault’s article in today’s Harvard Business Review. In the title he contends that “Digital Companies Need More Liberal Arts Majors.” Most digital companies today limit their hiring to those who have degrees or experience in a
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School: No more Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas0
- Culture
- January 29, 2016
Bruce Vento Elementary School, a public school in St. Paul, MN, is planning to end traditional school holidays according to the Star Tribune: “Celebrations of Valentine’s Day and the other ‘dominant holidays’ are ending at one St. Paul elementary school, according to a letter from the principal addressed to families. Principal Scott Masini of Bruce
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