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It’s terrorism, but the vibe out there is strange.0
- Culture
- December 4, 2015
At this point, there is an odd sort of quiet on social media regarding the San Bernardino shootings. The list of what’s currently trending at mid-day on Friday after all of the revelations that indicate that the shooting was an act of terrorism is quite curious: Planned Parenthood funding, Scott Weiland, Iowa, Facebook, and Laquan
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Is the U.S. an “Artificial Union”?0
- History
- December 4, 2015
Over 1,500 years ago, St. Augustine wrote his De Civitate Dei (“The City of God”) as the Roman Empire was on the verge of eventually falling to Odoacer in 476 A.D. In Book 19 of it, Augustine famously defined a society or “people” as a “multitude of rational creatures associated in a common agreement as
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What Happened to Doing Good Things in Secret?0
- Culture
- December 3, 2015
Yesterday, the internet was filled with praise for the story of a woman who bought a cake (pictured above) decorated by an employee with autism. NBC News reports: “Lisa Sarber Aldrich of Grand Rapids wrote on Facebook that she went to a Meijer grocery store to pick out a cake when she asked a ‘bakery-looking
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The Wise Men Know What Wicked Things Are Written on the Sky0
- Culture
- December 3, 2015
The end of the twentieth century of the Christian era is not far distant, and all about us things fall apart. There comes to my mind the last drawing from the pencil of William Hogarth, who died in 1764: it is a sufficient representation of the state of civilization today. Hogarth’s final drawing is known
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How One Teacher Discovered That iPads in the Classroom are a Bad Idea0
- Education
- December 3, 2015
In the last few years, countless school districts have passed initiatives to get iPads in the hands of every student. The rationale is that access to technology will improve learning and shrink achievement gaps between white and non-white students. But as teacher Launa Hall discovered, iPads in the classroom actually deter learning and other important
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High School Curriculum 200 Years Ago vs. Today2
- Education
- December 3, 2015
Has the curriculum in America’s high schools been “dumbed down”? The question is often asked, but many lack anything beyond anecdotal evidence to compare past curricula with the present. So, to make an initial, humble offering for the sake of comparison, I thought I would post the curriculum of the first public high school
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Have Americans Forgotten How to Make Friends?0
- Culture
- December 3, 2015
Have you ever heard of paying someone to be your friend? If not, prepare yourself, for renting a friend or hiring a person to “snuggle with” is a rising new business. According to The Atlantic, “Samantha Hess and Becky Rodrigues are paid to hug people. Cuddlers for hire, they will hold clients close, in a
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10 Rather Sobering Quotes from Joseph Conrad0
- History
- December 3, 2015
1. “Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.” 2. “It is not the clear-sighted who lead the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm mental fog.” 3. “A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.” 4.
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Virtual reality is coming. Is that a good thing?0
- Culture
- December 2, 2015
The Financial Times has an interesting piece celebrating the developments afoot in the virtual reality (VR) sector. According to Roy Taylor, a vice-president of the chipmaker AMD: “’VR is happening here on a scale and with an energy you can’t believe,’ he said. ‘The universities are pouring millions of dollars into it. I don’t think
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