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New PBS Documentary on Education in America is Creating a Stir0
- Culture
- June 14, 2017
This spring, PBS has been airing a three-part documentary series, “School, Inc.“, spotlighting some of the successes of education choice and free-market schooling options around the world. “School, Inc.” is the brainchild of Andrew Coulson, an education policy researcher who left a successful career at Microsoft to answer a perplexing question: Why is it that
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It Would Have Been a Massacre0
- Culture
- June 14, 2017
The horrifying scene at a practice field in Alexandria, Virginia, at which Congressman Steve Scalise was shot in a shocking flurry of gunfire, could have been much worse. Rand Paul pointed out that “it would have been a massacre” had a member of the House leadership not been there. His presence guaranteed that the heavily
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Is the Media Blacking Out the Insanity at Evergreen State?0
- Culture
- June 14, 2017
Some readers may be familiar with the weird saga unfolding at Evergreen State College, where a progressive biology professor named Bret Weinstein recently was greeted outside his classroom with chants of “racist” and “white supremacist” by some 50 students. Weinstein’s crime was to go to work one day despite a request by a student
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House GOP Whip Steve Scalise Shot at Congressional Baseball Practice0
- Politics
- June 14, 2017
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., was shot and wounded early Wednesday in Alexandria, Virginia, when a man opened fire at Republican lawmakers and staff during a practice for a congressional baseball game. Scalise, shot in the left hip while at second base, was listed in stable condition at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where he
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Harvard Study Holds a Clue on How to Combat Political Vitriol0
- Culture
- June 14, 2017
Can you remember an instance when you met an individual for the first time and came away feeling uplifted because you had such an engaging conversation? I can. In fact, in the couple of instances which come to mind, I actually went into the conversation not expecting to enjoy it, but came out thinking my
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GOP baseball practice shooter in March: ‘It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co.’0
- Culture
- June 14, 2017
Law enforcement authorities identified the shooter at the GOP congressional baseball practice as James T. Hodgkinson (above, left) of Belleville, Illinois. There is a Twitter profile for a James Hodgkinson from Belleville, Illinois. The account was created in January 2014. The account was little used, but it does suggest the user was deeply interested
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7 Takeaways From Jeff Sessions’ Senate Testimony on the Russia Probe0
- Politics
- June 14, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in testimony before a Senate committee, called it “an appalling and detestable lie” for Democrats to suggest he would collude with Russians to undermine the U.S. presidential election. “I did not recuse myself from defending my honor against scurrilous and false allegations,” @USAGSessions says. Sessions himself frequently stirred up Democrats on
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6 Reasons Why Video Gaming Will Become the Next Big College Sport0
- Culture
- June 14, 2017
Watching college football and basketball is a popular pastime in America. Indeed, given its popularity, it’s difficult to imagine that college ball sports will ever be displaced by an upstart competitor. However, they do have competition and it’s not exactly Quidditch. It’s video gaming—or, as college athletics departments are calling them, esports. According to
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Why Language and Gender Aren’t Just ‘Social Constructs’0
- Culture
- June 13, 2017
Many in our culture are confused about the meaning of words. I’m not just talking here about what counts as ‘fake news’, or the typical contortions that politicians put on their own language to distort facts—though that in and of itself is something of a worrisome trend. But it’s growing increasingly common to hear people
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