Blog 3 Columns

When ‘Civilization’ Became a Bad Word 0
- History
- April 20, 2018
Kenneth Clark’s “Civilisation” mini-series, produced by the BBC and aired on American public television in 1969, celebrated the Western art and culture it depicted and explained. The show was one of the most widely watched and re-aired shows of its kind at the time, and is still discussed today, almost fifty years after its television debut.
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Peter Hitchens on the War in Syria: An Interview 0
- Politics
- April 20, 2018
I was reading George Will on Syria. The piece consists of this: Obligatory reference to the Germans dropping chemical weapons. Wikipedia level knowledge of the types of weapons and a strained causal link to Israel’s motivations in destroying Syrian airfield, completely oblivious of the greater strategic considerations. Mild Wikipedia level history to show that the
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New National Test Scores Show Betsy DeVos Was Right About Public Schools 0
- April 20, 2018
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ recent interview with Lesley Stahl on “60 Minutes” caused quite a bit of backlash from critics. As my colleague Jonathan Butcher has written, “60 Minutes” ignored many of the facts about the state of education in America. Response to the interview drew quite a bit of criticism of DeVos and her
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MIT Study: Career and Technical Education Courses Boost Graduation Rates (a Lot)0
- Culture
- April 20, 2018
Following the release of the latest numbers from The Nation’s Report Card, City Journal columnist Ray Domanico made an interesting observation: the low math and reading scores of eighth grade students parallel the national rates of college completion. In other words, the students who will succeed in college are the ones who are currently succeeding
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Catholic University Totally Cool with Drag Show! But Don’t Publish a Photo of it 0
- Culture
- April 20, 2018
In 1990 Pope John Paul II, troubled over the decline of traditional religious views on Catholic campuses, published Ex Corde Ecclesiae, an apostolic constitution that aimed to define and reestablish the identity and mission of Catholic institutions of higher learning. Among the document’s many provisions was a call for Catholic universities to foster ”fidelity to
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What Happens When an MBA Student Raised in Communist China Reads Hayek 0
- Economics
- April 19, 2018
Imagine being born during the bloody Cultural Revolution in China and growing up in a country with little economic or personal freedom. Few Chinese citizens had the knowledge that human rights are not granted by government, and those few who knew could not say. Few knew that government is not the source of economic progress;
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The Secret to Building a Close Family 0
- Culture
- April 19, 2018
It’s no secret how important good reading ability is. With only one-third of American school children reading at a proficient level, a student who not only reads but understands a book has a clear advantage over the rest of his peers. It is for this reason that many engaged parents follow the 1862 exhortation of
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Stanford Study: Religious Teens Are Smarter (and More Conscientious and Cooperative) than Non-Observant Teens 0
- Culture
- April 19, 2018
No one is surprised when teenagers withdraw from their parents’ religious practice. It’s often looked upon as a rite of passage. But, according to a study from Stanford Graduate School of Education no one should be surprised either if their grades suffer. Adolescents who are committed to their religious beliefs do better academically than those who are
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Imperialism Is Baked into America’s (Progressive) DNA 0
- History
- April 19, 2018
Just how much imperialism is in the DNA—so to write—of the American character? When Frederick Jackson Turner delivered his famous address, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” on an outrageously humid Chicago afternoon, July 12, 1893, he warned that what had been a healthy frontier expansion might well turn into bald-faced imperialism with
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When ‘Civilization’ Became a Bad Word 0