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‘South Park’ Takes Aim at Colin Kaepernick in New Trailer0
- Culture
- September 13, 2016
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have joined the Colin Kaepernick vs. the National Anthem fray. A newly released trailer for Season 20 (!) shows a chorus of South Park residents singing about how great the (backup) San Francisco 49er quarterback is. The characters quickly change their tune, however. Take a look:
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Why the Liberal Arts (Sadly) Are Becoming Meaningless0
- Education
- September 12, 2016
Steven Pearlstein, in a recent article for the Washington Post, complained that modern parents were preventing their children from majoring in the liberal arts for fear that those who study history, literature or philosophy would have less chance of finding a well-paid job than those majoring in science, technology, engineering or math, the so-called STEM
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That Guy Who Tried to Assassinate George Washington in 17760
- History
- September 12, 2016
In June 1776, when the future of the American colonies looked bleak, a plot to assassinate Gen. George Washington was laid bare. Washington and the Continental Army were in New York, a city described by one historian as “a citadel of Tory sentiment.” Because Loyalist sentiment was so strong, many feared for the safety of
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Students Today Should Read More Nonfiction1
- Education
- September 12, 2016
I’m going to say something that’s heresy to many people today: I’m not a big fan of novels. Mind you, I don’t celebrate this fact. In his Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis noted that he didn’t care for the company of small children, but he considered this a fault in himself. I have an analogous
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Profs to Students: Drop course if you’re skeptical of global warming0
- Education
- September 12, 2016
Three professors at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs recently told their students to take a hike if they were skeptical of man-made global warming. “We will not, at any time, debate the science of climate change, nor will the ‘other side’ of the climate change debate be taught or discussed in this course,” professors Rebecca
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Professor: Yes, Homeschooling is Changing in America0
- Culture
- September 12, 2016
As children head back to school, an increasing number of their homeschooled peers will be starting their academic year as well. Homeschooling in the United States is growing at a strong pace. Recent statistics indicate that 1.5 million children were homeschooled in the United States in 2007. This is up significantly from 1.1 million children
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Obamacare Now has a Transgender Mandate?0
- Economics
- September 12, 2016
Ethical challenges to Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act: ? Abortion ? Euthanasia ? Sterilisation ? Contraception And, forging ahead, Obamacare may be forcing doctors to perform gender transition procedures. Last year the Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interpretation of Obamacare’s Section 1557. This forbade discrimination on the basis of “sex”.
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Are Schools Underestimating What Students Are Capable Of?0
- Education
- September 12, 2016
Over the weekend, The Washington Post carried an interesting article on the national surge in students taking advanced placement (AP) courses. Profiling a student named Maria Flores, The Post reported: “Maria Flores was not a strong writer, and she knew that rhetorical essay assignments and analyzing complex texts would be a huge challenge. That’s why
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Will de Blasio’s Universal Pre-K Hurt Kids Instead of Help?0
- Culture
- September 9, 2016
Given the recent interest in starting universal preschool programs in states and cities around the country, it’s perhaps no surprise that The Atlantic highlighted the one begun by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio. As The Atlantic describes it, de Blasio’s preschool program is the great equalizer which gives the same goods and services
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