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Edward Snowden Welcomes Trump Press Secretary with Blistering Tweet0
- Politics
- January 24, 2017
If you thought Edward Snowden was going to play nice with the Trump White House in hopes of receiving a pardon, you were sorely mistaken. In case you missed it, the new White House is finding itself on the losing end of a petty squabble with the press regarding the size of, ahem, Trump’s inauguration
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Business Prodigy: College ‘Biggest Regret in Life’0
- Culture
- January 24, 2017
Neil Patel is only 32 years old, but he has already founded three companies and received numerous recognitions, including making President Obama’s list of top 100 entrepreneurs under 30. Naturally, Patel’s success makes him a prime candidate to learn from. In a recent edition of Forbes, Patel bluntly states that he didn’t learn the one
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What We’re In For with Trump0
- Economics
- January 23, 2017
I happened to catch most of Trump’s conference with business leaders this morning over breakfast. Here are my thoughts. If I’m being a typical Midwesterner/Rust Belter on this, apologies in advance; I can’t help where I’m from. Trump’s speech can be divided into four parts of roughly equal size. 25% of the things he said
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The 4 Horsemen of the Philosophical Apocalypse0
- Education
- January 23, 2017
Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977) was the dean of Yale Law School, the president of the University of Chicago, and one of the more influential philosophers of education in the 20th century. In a stirring passage from a series of lectures he gave in 1951, Hutchins identified four intellectual trends that had been absolutely disastrous for
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Study: Immaturity Being Mislabeled as ‘Mental Disorder’0
- Culture
- January 23, 2017
Once upon a time – not so very long ago – a diagnosis of ADHD and its subsequent treatment with prescription drugs was accepted without much question. After all, the experts know best, right? But as the number of ADHD diagnoses have increased, parents, doctors, and even scientific studies seem to be questioning the wisdom
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Should Mothers Be Paid to Stay Home?0
- Culture
- January 23, 2017
An editorial from The New Zealand Herald this month states that a proposal to pay New Zealand stay-at-home mothers has merit, commenting: “many parents who return to paid careers when their child is still very young cite financial necessity. It would be interesting to see what their decisions would be if it were possible to
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Partisanship and the Reason Each Side Thinks the Other Side is Crazy0
- Politics
- January 23, 2017
To some liberals, Donald Trump’s inauguration portends doom for the republic; to many conservatives, it’s a crowning moment for the nation that will usher in an era of growth and optimism. It’s as if each side is living in a different country – and a different reality. In fact, over the last few months, a
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On Ben Franklin’s Letter to an Atheist0
- Economics
- January 23, 2017
Benjamin Franklin’s feelings on God and religion were complicated. While it’s true that Franklin believed in God and saw great benefit in religion, he himself (as I’ve written before) had an aversion to church services (or at least services led by dull pastors). Like many people, Franklin’s own views on faith and religion changed throughout
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How Ancient Greek Skepticism Can Thwart Internet Trolls0
- Culture
- January 23, 2017
How do you deal with those pesky trolls who seem to be everywhere on social media sites nowadays? Nothing ruins the cool vibe of the social media experience more than their online diatribes, meant to tease and instigate with every key stroke. Kendall Walters defines a troll as “someone who deliberately provokes others online, typically
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