Blog 3 Columns

Gay teens really are at greater risk for poor mental health, substance use, and isolation, study finds 0
- Culture
- June 13, 2017
Teens are mischievous, not to be trusted. You’ve probably heard the trope before – maybe you even believe it yourself. But is the stereotype now warping our trust of scientific results? Surveys can help researchers better understand the lives of teens, but skeptics argue that youth are often dishonest and that the results cannot be
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Gallup Poll on Interracial Marriage Reveals a Stunning Shift in Public Opinion 0
- Culture
- June 13, 2017
In case you missed it, Monday marked the 50-year anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the case in which the Supreme Court struck down state laws that restricted interracial marriage. There were many stories published yesterday on the historic case—including a fine piece written by David Boaz of the Cato Institute—but the most shocking piece of
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Dishwasher-Loading Arguments are Common for a Reason 1
- Culture
- June 13, 2017
In his classic book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen R. Covey urged us to “begin with the end in mind.” Covey explains: “Each part of your life— today’s behavior, tomorrow’s behavior, next week’s behavior, next month’s behavior— can be examined in the context of the whole, of what really matters most to
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Why Teenagers without Summer Jobs Risk Social Failure 0
- Culture
- June 12, 2017
One of the most fascinating aspects of the new documentary Becoming Bond is how a summer job led to George Lazenby landing the role of James Bond. In the early 1950s, Lazenby, an Australian teenager, got a job as a used car salesman. Lazenby would go on to become a model and eventually play James Bond in
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Why Cambridge is Striking the Words ‘Brilliance’ and ‘Genius’ from Approved Vocabulary 0
- Culture
- June 12, 2017
In case you haven’t noticed, minorities – or groups of repressed individuals – seem to hold a large amount of sway these days. In fact, it seems that almost every gender, race, or religious sect is a minority group that deserves special privilege for the repression they experience. For some reason, women are still perceived
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Students Wearing Trump Shirts Censored in School Yearbook 0
- Culture
- June 12, 2017
Via the Washington Post: “When 17-year-old Grant Berardo wanted to wear a political T-shirt on school picture day in October, his parents told him it was fine. His “TRUMP Make America Great Again!” shirt did not violate the dress code at Wall Township High School in central New Jersey because it did not reference drugs
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Oxford Changing Tests to Help Women 0
- Culture
- June 12, 2017
Via the College Fix: “Oxford University has decided to let students take a final exam at home — and they’ve switched it from a test to an essay — to help women do better on it, several newspapers in England report. Apparently women do better at take-home style assignments while men, so-called risk takers, do
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Love Your Grammar, But Don’t Be Obnoxious 0
- Culture
- June 12, 2017
This week, the financial press reported the downfall of a high-profile grammar pedant, Professor Paul Romer, the World Bank’s chief economist, who was hoist(ed) with his own pedantic petard. He is being replaced as head of the bank’s research arm after he demanded that his colleagues write succinct, clear, direct emails, presentations and reports in
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Five Essential Hacks for Summer 0
- Culture
- June 12, 2017
One of the joys of life is outsmarting the bureaucrats and regulators. They are constantly seeking to ruin our lives with demands that we comply. Free men and women must resist. The bureaucratization of our lives has created strange anomalies. The digital world is mostly unregulated. Hence, our digital devices are ever-more amazing. We can
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Gay teens really are at greater risk for poor mental health, substance use, and isolation, study finds 0