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  • Carol Burnett: ‘Cleverness’ in Entertainment is Becoming Extinct

    Carol Burnett: ‘Cleverness’ in Entertainment is Becoming Extinct0

    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. Poor

    Another Lesson from Rome: Taxation, Bureaucracy, and the Rich vs. Poor0

    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 Rome

    6 Lesser-Known Historical Sites in Rome0

    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 Course

    ‘Wild Skepticism’ has Run its Course0

    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?

    Thomas Paine: School Choice Supporter?0

    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 Majors

    Tech Exec: Digital Companies Need Liberal Arts Majors0

    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 Christmas

    School: No more Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas0

    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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  • More Companies Recognizing That College Degrees are Unnecessary

    More Companies Recognizing That College Degrees are Unnecessary0

    Due to the rising costs of college, some American students are beginning to wonder if a college degree is really worth it. But many students trod the college path anyway, fearing that employers won’t glance at their resume without a B.A.  Fortunately for students in the U.K., some companies are beginning to recognize the folly

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  • Mississippi Might Bring Back the Firing Squad

    Mississippi Might Bring Back the Firing Squad0

    Mississippi is in a bind. Apparently, it needs to find other ways to execute death row inmates. According to the Huffington Post, due to a shortage of lethal injection drugs, Mississippi’s attorney general is asking that the state be allowed to execute people by firing squad, electrocution, hanging or nitrogen gas when the drugs are

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