Blog 3 Columns

Chicago Cops’ New Motto? ‘Stay Fetal’0
- Culture
- January 19, 2016
Cop blogs can give you a fascinating insight into what’s going on behind the badge. If you want to get a glimpse of the realities and politics of police work in Chicago, check out Second City Cop, which gets about half a million pageviews each month. Some of it is rather humorous, like this request
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Australian Schools Brought Back Greek and Latin – and Are Seeing Amazing Results!0
- Culture
- January 19, 2016
In 2015, less than 40% of American 4th and 8th-graders achieved proficiency in reading. Public schools have been trying to boost these numbers for years, but have had little success. But news out of Australia may offer a new way to boost not only America’s reading proficiency, but math and science proficiency, as well. How?
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‘Pilpul’ describes what happened to academic writing 0
- Education
- January 19, 2016
At one point in Chaim Potok’s classic The Chosen, David Malter—the father of the main character Reuven—discusses the decline of Jewish scholarship in the eighteenth century. In the discussion, he uses a term that accurately describes much of modern academic writing—“pilpul”: “Jewish scholarship was dead. In its place came empty discussions about matters that had no
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Young Whites ODing at an Alarming Rate 0
- Culture
- January 18, 2016
In a data analysis, the New York Times has discovered that young whites (aged 25-34) are dying from drug overdoses at an alarming rate—five times the rate of 1999. This statistic, coupled with decreasing black young adult death rates, has worked to shrink the once enormous difference between black and white death rates by two-thirds.
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Wisdom from the Supremely Quotable G.K. Chesterton 0
- History
- January 18, 2016
1. “Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.” 2. “To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.” 3. “Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.” 4. “I object
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The Implications of NYC’s New Transgender “Guidelines”0
- Politics
- January 18, 2016
Just before Christmas, the City of New York issued new “guidance” for enforcing a 2002 law prohibiting “discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression.” Some conservative websites interpreted the new guidelines to mean that merely addressing a “transgendered” person by a pronoun of the “wrong” gender could result in a $250,000 fine for
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Louis CK’s Refreshing View on Politics 0
- Culture
- January 18, 2016
There are those who disagree with you and consider it a duty to willfully ignore any point you might have. And then there are those who disagree with you but are willing to listen, and on some issues, might even be open to changing their minds. Comedian Louis CK falls into this latter category.
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If You Want a Family, Think Real Hard About What You Study in College 0
- Education
- January 18, 2016
According to the Pew Research Center, mothers today have more schooling than ever before. But, as mom and author Kendra Tierney writes, considering the ultimate value of that schooling is important if you plan to have a family. In 1960, just 18% of mothers with an infant had any college education. Today, that percentage stands
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Homeschoolers Sued For Letting Their Children Play Outside During the Day 0
- Education
- January 18, 2016
Outdoor play is declining and causing a number of negative consequences for America’s children. Recognizing this, many parents and teachers are doing all they can to encourage youngsters to get outside and let loose. Unfortunately for Andrew and Kelly Count in Texas, the efforts to get their children outside are being met with a “neighborly”
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Chicago Cops’ New Motto? ‘Stay Fetal’0