Blog 3 Columns

The Greatest – and Least Acknowledged – Educational System in the World 0
- Education
- June 11, 2019
Google “America’s best institutions for learning,” and all sorts of websites leap to the screen. There’s “America’s Top College List” from Forbes. “America’s Best Colleges for Adult Learners” is another. “Best Universities in the United States” is a third option. And finally, “The 20 Best Conservative Colleges in America.” If asked which is the best institution
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Raising a Great Man: Four Child-Rearing Practices Used By Ben Franklin’s Father 0
- Culture
- June 11, 2019
Years ago, my father and I were volunteering in a class of inner-city preschoolers. One little boy was a particular handful, and my dad spent most of the class time working one-on-one, trying to get him to behave. By the end of the class, my dad was exhausted. Or maybe frustrated is the better word.
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‘Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Western Civ Has Got to Go’5
- Culture
- June 11, 2019
On January 15, 1987, Jesse Jackson and around 500 protesters marched down Palm Drive, Stanford University’s grand main entrance, chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, Western Civ has got to go.” They were protesting Stanford University’s introductory humanities program known as “Western Culture.” For Jackson and the protesters, the problem was its lack of “diversity.” The
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What Saint Augustine Would Have Thought of Joel Osteen 0
- Culture
- June 10, 2019
“This guy is the best thing that has ever happened to Twitter,” ran a text I recently sent to friends. The occasion? A tweet from “St. AugOsteen.” Taking quotes from famed Prosperity Gospel preacher Joel Osteen and mixing them with those of St. Augustine of Hippo, St. AugOsteen creates some pretty fantastic statements. For the
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Three Ways Getting Up at 5:30 a.m. Has Changed My Life 0
- Culture
- June 10, 2019
Over the course of the past few months I made a drastic life style change: I am getting up at 5:30 a.m. instead of sleeping until 9 a.m. Lots of coffee was involved. But on the whole, the innumerable benefits I’ve experienced from early rising have far outweighed the losses (such as the loss of
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Socialism Will Always Destroy Democracy 0
- Economics
- June 10, 2019
A poll taken in February by Public Opinion Strategies found that a full 77 percent of Democrats felt the country would be “better off” if it were “more socialist.” “Democratic support for socialism appears deep,” Paul Bedard wrote in a piece for the Washington Examiner. “[Eighty] percent of ‘strong Democrats,’” he said, “believe the country
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Orwell’s ‘1984’: How to Misread a Classic 0
- Culture
- June 10, 2019
June 8, 2019, marks the 70th anniversary of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. There will be no shortage of think pieces that will misinterpret its legacy. They will focus on social media, security cameras, data collection, and “fake news.” The problem? The novel was not a commentary on the downside of technology. It was meant
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Justice Ginsburg Hints at Outcome of Supreme Court’s Biggest Cases 0
- Culture
- June 10, 2019
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggested Friday that the Supreme Court is deeply divided over its most-watched cases, hinting that a series of 5-4 decisions are likely as the court approaches the end of its current term. Ginsburg said to the 2nd Circuit Judicial Conference the court was unlikely to achieve consensus on several high-profile matters.
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Three Ways Capitalism Makes Workers Better Off 0
- Economics
- June 7, 2019
For several generations now, one of the loudest criticisms of capitalism is summed up by dismissively characterizing the working class under free markets as being “free to starve.” For instance, this 2017 Socialist Worker article described Marx’s critique of capitalism as a system in which “workers are free in a ‘double sense’— free to work
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The Greatest – and Least Acknowledged – Educational System in the World 0