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Ralph Nader: ‘Young men now are far too sensitive’0
- Culture
- June 7, 2016
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader was interviewed by Lydia DePillis of Pacific Standard magazine on Monday, and the left-wing populist had some interesting things to say. You can read the entire interview here, which is pretty colorful and interesting. (Nader is nothing if not blunt and entertaining in his assessments.) Below are some of the highlights.
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One Reason Conservatives Are Losing?0
- Politics
- June 7, 2016
In November 2012, I attended a conservative State Policy Network (SPN) conference the week after President Obama had won reelection. As you might imagine, the mood among the conservative think-tank attendees was rather somber. In spite of all their efforts over the past four years, the more liberal presidential candidate had defeated the more conservative
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Did Darwin Plagiarize the Idea of ‘Natural Selection’?0
- Education
- June 7, 2016
One important skill of critical thinking is distinguishing facts from “factoids.” An example of the latter is the oft-repeated statistic that “50 percent of American marriages end in divorce.” That’s been repeated so often that most people believe it, but it’s actually been debunked. We’re all familiar with debunking. But what happens when, ironically enough,
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CS Lewis’ Important Critique of ‘Democratic Education’0
- Culture
- June 7, 2016
America’s education system is increasingly “democratic.” It expends tremendous amounts of money and energy on ushering all students toward college and on closing “gaps” between high- and low-performing students. But according to C.S. Lewis, these concerns indicate a wrong understanding of democracy as it applies to education—one that indeed threatens a nation’s survival. In 1944 he wrote the
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A.I. Robot Says She No Longer Wants to Destroy Humans0
- Entertainment
- June 7, 2016
A few months ago, we wrote how a humanoid robot named “Sophia”—dubbed the world’s most advanced android—announced during an interview that she wanted to destroy humans. Sophia returned to the internet in early June, speaking to the Wall Street Journal in an interesting Q&A exchange that touched on several subjects. Most of Sophia’s responses were
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A Natural Remedy to Treat ADHD0
- Culture
- June 7, 2016
There’s no denying that ADHD is on the rise. In the eight years between 2003 and 2011, the number of ADHD diagnoses in the U.S. rose from 7.8 to 11.0 percent. But as the number of ADHD diagnoses has risen, so have concerns about the way in which ADHD is often treated. In essence, many
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Women Now Committing Adultery at the Same Rate as Men0
- Culture
- June 6, 2016
It’s been five years since the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University published research showing that for the first time in modern history women were cheating at rates comparable to men. While some research since then has suggested that men still have a slight edge in the sexual straying department, it’s clear that at the very
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Why the Muslim Mind ‘Closed’0
- Culture
- June 6, 2016
In 1987 professor Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, a stinging indictment of American higher education. But according to former policy advisor Robert Reilly, a much more dramatic “closing of the mind” happened in the Muslim world 800 years ago, and is at the heart of the modern conflict between Islam and
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U.S. Students Cheat Far Less Than International Ones0
- Culture
- June 6, 2016
Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article on the prevalence of cheating at American colleges and universities. What I found surprising about the article was the fact that foreign students, particularly those from China, were found to be more likely to cheat than their American counterparts: “A Wall Street Journal analysis
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