Blog 3 Columns

How Technical Education Helps Male Students Earn More 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2019
Job prospects for young men who only have a high school diploma are particularly bleak. They are even worse for those who have less education. When young men experience joblessness, it not only threatens their financial well-being but their overall well-being and physical health. Could a high quality and specialized technical education in high school
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What SEALs and Caesar Teach About Slowing Down 0
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
With the exception of some entomologists, few people are fans of cockroaches. We may admire the beauty of a butterfly, the industry of an ant, and the intricacy of a spider’s web, but show us a cockroach, and we’re ready to roll up that magazine we’re reading and swat away. In 1975, I rented a
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Middle-Aged Men Are Part of the Loneliness Epidemic, Too 0
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
Chronic loneliness is an increasing concern, and apparently not just among the elderly and social-media crazed millennials. A recently released YouGov survey finds that almost one in five men in the UK say that they have no close friends. The findings also show that men generally lead more solitary lives than women, who appear to be better at
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How This Entrepreneur Went From Door Man to Running a Three Billion Dollar Hotel Empire 1
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
Alan Fuerstman is the embodiment of the American Dream. He’s the founder of Montage Hotels & Resorts, a California-based luxury hotel and resort company that has a portfolio of $3 billion. He was listed on the Haute 100, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, serves on advisory boards, and gives back
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Downton Abbey: Making Goodness Fashionable 0
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
Downton Abbey stunned the film industry this month by pulling in over $31 million at the box office opening weekend, exceeding forecasts by more than 50 percent and making it the largest opening in distributor Focus Features’ history. Clearly the lives and times of the Crawley family and their servants have not lost their appeal
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NYC Seeks to Curb Speech About Illegal Aliens 0
- Culture
- September 28, 2019
New York City is seeking to use an overly broad ordinance against discriminatory harassment to restrict speech about illegal aliens, such as use of the word ”illegal alien” to describe workers or tenants. That violates the First Amendment. Its Commission on Human Rights is targeting such speech in recent ”immigration guidance.” The Commission states, ”Even an employer’s
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What Our Founders Really Thought of Slavery—and Why the New York Times Is Wrong 0
- Culture
- September 27, 2019
For those who want to fundamentally transform our nation, the first order of business is to thoroughly discredit our past. For decades, progressives have claimed that our foundations are so cracked and broken by the original sin of slavery that reverence paid both to our Constitution and its Framers is undue. While the left has
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Trump, Greta, and the Faint Heartbeat of American Humor 0
- Culture
- September 27, 2019
This week Greta Thunberg went to Washington. Like the legendary Mr. Smith who went to the capital city before her, Greta was the talk of the town – not only for her youth and uniqueness, but for the guffaws her U.S. debut ignited. Unlike Mr. Smith, whose optimism was the object of ridicule, Greta’s pessimism stole
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Impeachment: Pelosi’s Biggest Mistake Ever 0
- Politics
- September 27, 2019
September 24, 2019, will be remembered as an historic day. But not for the reasons House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) believes. It may just be the day when the Democratic Party guaranteed the reelection of President Donald Trump and a second term for the Make America Great Again agenda. Before we go on, let’s just
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How Technical Education Helps Male Students Earn More 0