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Are American Schools Creating a ‘Stupefied’ Generation?2
- Education
- May 18, 2017
In recent months, it has been reported that studying and performing Shakespeare has dramatic effects on the academic performance of young students. In fact, one school in Australia found their exam scores increased more than 40 percentage points after Shakespeare lessons were incorporated into the curriculum. Because of these dramatic effects, I took notice of
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Why Did Comey Say Nothing if Trump Asked Him to ‘End His Investigation’?0
- Politics
- May 17, 2017
Headlines everywhere are declaring that President Donald Trump asked FBI Director James Comey to “end his investigation of Michael Flynn.” The headlines appear to derive from memos Comey took after meetings with Trump—meetings Comey felt were “improper”—as well as anonymous sources who claim to have seen the memos. The evidence of Trump’s possible obstruction, which
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Was ‘Last Man Standing’ Cancelled Because ABC Dislikes Conservative Values?0
- Culture
- May 17, 2017
Turn on Saturday Night Live and you will find Melissa McCarthy dressed as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and making fun of the Trump Administration. Or odds are you will at least see some skit mocking right-of-center America. And that’s not unusual for TV today. That’s why it is so refreshing for conservatives to
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There’s a Simple Reason Why More Women aren’t CEOs0
- Culture
- May 17, 2017
Did you ever read the novel Pollyanna as a child? If so, you may remember the scene where stern Aunt Polly lays out a strict schedule for her niece, Pollyanna. This daily to-do list dampens the effervescent Pollyanna, who exclaims: “Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven’t left me any time at all just
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The President Is Not the Commander in Chief of the United States, Nor Its CEO0
- Education
- May 17, 2017
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” yesterday that “the president is the CEO of the country,” and thus “he can hire and fire whoever he wants. That’s his right.” Leaving aside the question of whether the president can fire everyone in the federal government, she is wrong on
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One Simple Way to Raise Children to be Leaders2
- Culture
- May 17, 2017
Whether they admit it or not, almost every parent entertains visions of greatness for their child from the moment he is born. He’ll be a businessman, or a college professor, or maybe even the President of the United States. Unfortunately, it’s often hard to move beyond daydreams and work toward making those imaginations become reality.
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Barbara Oakley Explains One Huge Flaw in U.S. Education0
- Education
- May 17, 2017
What does an expert in learning think about how to learn math (and other things for that matter)? Barbara Oakley is the author of A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even if You Flunked Algebra) and Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential; she is also a distinguished
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‘Cheers’ Totally Predicted the Obama and Trump Campaigns0
- Culture
- May 17, 2017
The television sitcom Cheers has always been one of my guilty pleasures. Next to Seinfeld, I consider it the best sitcom of my lifetime. After about a 20-year hiatus, I recently started watching Cheers reruns on Netflix. A few nights a week, on nights when my wife puts the kids to bed, I watch
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Why Trump will likely win reelection in 20200
- Politics
- May 16, 2017
Most Americans don’t like Trump. Trump will most likely be reelected in 2020. How can both of these statements be true? Here’s how: Even when people are unhappy with a state of affairs, they are usually disinclined to change it. In my area of research, the cognitive and behavioral sciences, this is known as the
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