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China Will Now Allow Couples to Have a Whopping Two Kids0
- Politics
- October 29, 2015
The all-beneficent People’s Republic of China is lifting its infamous one-child policy in favor of a two-child policy. As you can guess, the reason is largely due to the aging population of China. The Washington Post reports: “The nation’s fertility rate — 1.4 children per woman — is far below that of the United States and many
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13 Quotes from John Dewey You Can Probably Agree With0
- Education
- October 29, 2015
1. “Familiarity breeds contempt, but it also breeds something like affection. We get used to the chains we wear, and we miss them when removed.” 2. “The quality of mental process, not the production of correct answers, is the measure of educative growth.” 3. “The source of whatever is dead, mechanical, and formal
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Was Hungary Right to Build a Wall?0
- Culture
- October 28, 2015
As the world watches the continuing migrant crisis in Europe, Hungary has quietly gone rogue by building a massive fence to keep people out of its country. The question is, did Hungary actually get it right? The Atlantic reported on October 16, 2015: Hungary will close its border with Croatia at midnight in an attempt
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Uh Oh: U.S. Student Test Scores Drop0
- Education
- October 28, 2015
For the first time in 25 years, U.S. student scores on the national standardized test have dropped. As USA Today reports, “The latest results of the biennial tests, given to thousands of students and nicknamed ‘The Nation’s Report Card,’ show a first-ever drop in math scores for the randomly selected students in both fourth- and eighth-grade students
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Ben Franklin never forgot this conversation with his father…0
- Culture
- October 28, 2015
When Benjamin Franklin was a boy he was very fond of fishing; and many of his leisure hours were spent on the margin of the mill pond catching flounders, perch, and eels that came up thither with the tide. The place where Ben and his playmates did most of their fishing was a marshy spot
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11 Sobering Quotes from Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn0
- Culture
- October 28, 2015
1. “The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.” 2. “From ancient times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end.” 3. “Untouched by the breath of God, unrestricted by human conscience, both capitalism and socialism are repulsive.” 4. “Truth eludes us if
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Yes, We Need Standardized Tests0
- Economics
- October 27, 2015
While nobody really likes standardized tests, they do serve a purpose. That’s why calls to do away with them, particularly by teachers union lobbyists, should be met with skepticism. In Minnesota, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports, “The Legislature has made a raft of changes to public school testing in recent years, including eliminating high school
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This Feminist is SO NOT a Caitlyn Jenner Fan0
- Culture
- October 27, 2015
When one PC agenda collides with another, this is what it looks like. Germaine Greer, a famous feminist with a potty mouth, is “not about to walk on eggshells” regarding transgender Caitlyn Jenner potentially being named Glamour’s “Woman of the Year.” That’s apparent from some of Greer’s, er, more controversial statements about the transgender
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Should the Government Stop Making Nutrition Recommendations?0
- Politics
- October 27, 2015
Yesterday, you were probably saw some scare headlines about the World Health Organization’s (WHO) announcement of a link between meat and cancer. Their report “classified the consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans,” and processed meat “as carcinogenic to humans.” As Ed Yong of The Atlantic and others clarified, however, the WHO’s findings
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