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  • Failure to Teach Cursive is Becoming a ‘Security Issue’

    Failure to Teach Cursive is Becoming a ‘Security Issue’0

    While volunteering in a program for inner city children this past weekend, I was charged to work with a little girl who seemed to be around 9 or 10 years-old. We quietly worked side by side for a few minutes, each making a copy of the day’s writing assignment, until the little girl looked at

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  • Beauty is Not Purely Subjective

    Beauty is Not Purely Subjective0

    “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” This ancient adage has become a motto for modern man, as it seemingly affirms his hope that taste is purely subjective. People today want to watch what they want, read what they want, and listen to what they want without any comment or judgment from others. But

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  • A lot of people don’t want to live like us

    A lot of people don’t want to live like us0

    Too often in the West, do we assume that almost everyone really wants to live as we do, with our system of government and our cultural freedoms? Consider our regular promotion of democracy and human rights as examples. What are now promoted as expanded human rights, often things that would be considered socially liberal in

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  • You Can Judge a School by Its Book List

    You Can Judge a School by Its Book List2

    How can parents determine where their child will learn the most and become a well-rounded and knowledgeable citizen? Writing in the early 20th century, British educator and author Charlotte Mason left us with a simple and sound answer to this question: examine school book lists. “Most of us can get into touch with original minds

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  • Where are the ‘People of Color’?

    Where are the ‘People of Color’?0

    These days, it’s usually Donald Trump being attacked for being a “racist” and charged with stirring up “angry, white male” voters. But if you look at both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton events, they appear to be overwhelmingly stirring up whites, too. If you don’t believe it, just take a look at some of the

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  • Those with Student Loan Debt: Do They Only Have Themselves to Blame?

    Those with Student Loan Debt: Do They Only Have Themselves to Blame?0

    Man goes to college. Man takes out loans to pay for college. Man graduates and is surprised to discover how burdensome it is to pay back those loans. It’s a familiar story repeated in outline by Samual Garner in a highly-read piece for Slate this week. But Garner’s story has this one unique detail: he graduated

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  • Should Muslim Immigrants be Required to Assimilate?

    Should Muslim Immigrants be Required to Assimilate?0

    Sure, accept Muslim immigrants… but they should prepare to be assimilated. That seems to be the general message of James Kirkup in his editorial today for The Telegraph titled “Yes, Muslims are different. No, we shouldn’t accept that.” His piece was in response to a British politician’s recent statement that attempts to integrate Muslims into

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  • Long-lost Beatrix Potter Tale Uncovered

    Long-lost Beatrix Potter Tale Uncovered0

    My relationship with Beatrix Potter goes way back. I got to know her in second grade when the school English curriculum took me through her famous stories one by one. Although finding the definitions for the vocabulary words and answering the comprehension questions – in COMPLETE sentences, mind you – were a daunting task, I

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  • Is Hillary’s Feminism Hurting Her Campaign?

    Is Hillary’s Feminism Hurting Her Campaign?0

    In a recent article for Salon Magazine, Democrat social critic Camille Paglia suggests that Hillary Clinton’s inability to gain popularity with the male electorate may be the result of her particular brand of feminism: “As a career woman, Hillary is rooted in second-wave feminism, which began with Betty Friedan’s co-founding of the National Organization for

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