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Why Note-Taking by Hand Is Better for Your Brain 0
- Education
- August 15, 2017
We all know Aesop’s fable about the Tortoise and the Hare but few of us really believe, in the real world, that slowcoaches like the tortoise have a cat in hell’s chance of beating those in life’s fast lane. Few really believe, with John Milton, that “they also serve who only stand and wait.” Those
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I Went to Charlottesville During the Protests. Here’s What I Saw.0
- Culture
- August 15, 2017
I picked quite a time to go on a weekend trip to Charlottesville. What was supposed to be a nice getaway with my wife turned into a journey through the eye of a national media storm. On Saturday, clashes between “Unite the Right” protestors and “anti-fascist” counterprotesters at the foot of a Gen. Robert E.
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Why Americans Today Are So Quick to Join Mobs 0
- Culture
- August 15, 2017
For those of us not located in or near high-profile protests such as those in Charlottesville, it’s easy to sit back, sigh at the problems in the world, and then push them to the back of our minds. Some, however, though removed from the situation by distance, heartily throw themselves into the fray. These individuals,
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Why Public School Teachers Might Have a Point About their Modest Salaries 0
- Economics
- August 15, 2017
Education Next just released its annual report detailing American attitudes toward all things school. As usual, the responses were revealing. One of the most revealing revolved around the public’s knowledge of teacher salaries. As the chart below shows, the general population believes an average teacher gets paid around $40,000. In reality, that salary is closer
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Why Smart People Aren’t Necessarily Rich 1
- Economics
- August 14, 2017
If what my web analytics tell me is true, many of you reading this article have above-average IQs, but only a small percentage of you would crack the upper class in terms of income. Why is that? As the edge-laden question goes, “If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich?” Well, IQ does have some
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What Is Capitalism and Where Did It Start?0
- Economics
- August 14, 2017
In a recent essay for The Imaginative Conservative, I claimed that capitalism had its origins in England. I had expected such a sweeping statement to raise the ire or the eyebrows of some readers and was not surprised that it elicited a puzzled response. “When,” one correspondent inquired of me, “did capitalism begin in England? Did it not start
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