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What America’s First Student-Led Rebellion Looked Like0
- Culture
- October 11, 2016
In 1834, a 30-year-old seminary student named Theodore Dwight Weld led what is arguably the most successful student rebellion in U.S. history. It took place near Cincinnati at Lane Theological Seminary, where Weld had enrolled the previous year after dedicating his life to a single cause: the abolition of slavery. “Abolition immediate universal is my desire
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Were Native Americans the First Conservationists?0
- Education
- October 11, 2016
Over the past several decades, the environmental movement has promoted a view of American Indians as the “original conservationists.” References to this image abound: “The Indians were, in truth, the pioneer ecologists of this country,” former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall once said. “For many thousands of years, most of the indigenous nations on
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U.S. Kids Can’t Compete Globally in Financial Knowledge0
- Education
- October 11, 2016
When it comes to finances, Americans are quite adept at spending. But when it comes to other aspects of finances – such as the all-important one of saving – Americans have a bit of trouble. As USA Today recently reported, roughly seven in 10 Americans have a savings of less than $1,000. That savings track
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Trump or Hillary? Noah Webster Weighs In.0
- Culture
- October 11, 2016
I have a problem. I don’t know whom to vote for this year. In fact, it’s such a troubling problem that I ignored my own advice to be rational and gave way to an emotional display of tears over this fact the other day. And then I found Noah Webster’s advice to a young man
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Professor On Leave After Criticizing Black Lives Matter0
- Culture
- October 11, 2016
Via the Washington Post: A college professor found himself in hot water after likening the Black Lives Matter movement to the racism of the Klu Klux Klan. Douglas Muir, an adjunct professor for the University of Virginia, wrote in a Facebook comment that Black Lives Matter is the “biggest” racist organization since the KKK. The
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How a Mother’s Voice Shapes Her Baby’s Developing Brain0
- Education
- October 11, 2016
It is no surprise that a child prefers its mother’s voice to those of strangers. Beginning in the womb, a foetus’s developing auditory pathways sense the sounds and vibrations of its mother. Soon after birth, a child can identify its mother’s voice and will work to hear her voice better over unfamiliar female voices. A
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Hormonal Contraception Linked to Depression, Study Finds0
- Family
- October 11, 2016
It’s been reported by many smaller publications, but finally the big news sources are onto it: the pill increases your chance of developing depression. This time, the statistics are coming from an article in a leading journal, JAMA Psychiatry. The research was done in Denmark and the study is huge – it involved over a
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Teacher: Stop Being Your Child’s Friend0
- Culture
- October 10, 2016
I was at a public park this weekend when I noticed a family preparing for a photo shoot. This family caught the attention of everyone else in the park as well, namely because of the screams emanating from one of its younger members. The screams continued for the next quarter of an hour and it
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Leading Scientific Journal: Don’t Sacrifice the Liberal Arts to STEM0
- Education
- October 10, 2016
There’s been a lot of rhetoric in recent years from conservative leaders about the importance of giving students a STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). That our students should have a better education in math and science is not controversial. What is controversial is when a math and science emphasis is pitted against the
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