Blog 3 Columns

The Weak Science Behind the Self-Esteem Movement 0
- Culture
- July 31, 2018
Many want to build their self-esteem and confidence. A Google search reveals over 500 million entries on confidence building. Self-help books and scholarly articles abound. An influential bestseller by Harvard professor Amy Cuddy, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, was on lists of best business books in 2015 and 2016. If you believe Cuddy’s
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Man Changes Gender to Lower Car Insurance Premiums, Saves $1,100 Annually 0
- Culture
- July 31, 2018
A man the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation identified as David–a pseudonym–is saving $91 every month on his car insurance. No, he didn’t switch to Geico. All it took was for David to identify as a woman on government forms. “I have taken advantage of a loophole,” said David, who reportedly is in his early 20s and
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How to Replicate J.R.R. Tolkien’s Education for Your Child 0
- Culture
- July 31, 2018
J. R. R. Tolkien is one of the most famous authors of the 20th century. Known for the mythical worlds and creatures he presented in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien is beloved for his way with words and his imaginative genius. Tolkien’s fame, lovability, and worldwide influence are the types of
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Get Rid of College Majors? Not So Fast.0
- Culture
- July 31, 2018
Should college majors be a thing of the past? That idea received a fresh airing when author Jeffrey Selingo suggested that it’s “time to end college majors as we know them.” As a researcher who studies higher education, I concede that something about the way colleges and universities educate students in the United States needs
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Democratic Socialists of America Leader: ‘If Anyone Was Ever a Socialist It Was Jesus’0
- Religion
- July 31, 2018
Last week, Kelley Rose told the national media why she helped found a chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America: Jesus made her do it. Fittingly, she told her story at taxpayer expense. Her comments came as part of a glowing profile of the DSA that National Public Radio posted on July 26 mistitled, “What
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Venezuela’s Nightmare: 5 Reasons It’s Likely to Get Worse 0
- Economics
- July 30, 2018
“It’s time for a coup in Venezuela.” That statement appeared in Foreign Policy magazine on June 5, two weeks after Nicolás Maduro was re-elected as Venezuela’s president on May 20 in an election widely considered to be rigged. José R. Cárdenas, the former Bush administration official who wrote it, argued that “the United States and
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The Antidote to Our Toxic Discourse Is Not Political ‘Correctness’—It’s Civility and Reason 0
- Culture
- July 30, 2018
Sticks and stones may break my bones, But words will never hurt me. We’ve all heard that childhood verse, but even a five-year-old puts the boot to that second line. Our words have power. They can wound or mend; they can separate or reconcile; they can cast others into the depths of hell or lift
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How Generation Z Became America’s Most Intolerant Generation 2
- Culture
- July 30, 2018
The post-millennials have arrived. As the oldest millennials turn 37, demographers have designated a new generation for those born after 1996, Generation Z. The oldest members of this cohort just graduated from college and had their first (legal) alcoholic beverages. As they wind their way through college, post-millennials will change higher education, just as previous generations
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Free Student Seminar: America’s Founding Principles 0
- Culture
- July 30, 2018
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) only 12% of high school seniors are proficient in U.S. History. If that number isn’t bad enough, 55% of seniors lack just a basic understanding of U.S. History and only 1% are considered advanced in their knowledge of U.S. History. Yes, it’s that bad. We wish we could snap our fingers and fix
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The Weak Science Behind the Self-Esteem Movement 0