Blog Small Slider

Education Used to Happen Outside of School 0
- Education
- April 27, 2017
Prior to passage of America’s first compulsory schooling statute, in Massachusetts in 1852, it was generally accepted that education was a broad societal good and that there could be many ways to be educated: at home, through one’s church, with a tutor, in a class, on your own as an autodidact, as an apprentice in
READ MORE
Joel Buchsbaum: The Legend Who Inspired the NFL Draft as We Know it Today 0
- Culture
- April 27, 2017
Tonight, the second-most-popular televised football broadcast of the year takes place from New York’s Radio City Music Hall. ESPN will broadcast round one of the NFL Draft, with the remaining rounds to be broadcast on Friday and Saturday. An estimated 40 million people will watch the draft, an event that even for the most interested
READ MORE
No, The Catholic Church Didn’t Punish Galileo for Heliocentrism 1
- Religion
- April 26, 2017
If you’re going to pose as being objective, it’s always good to have your facts straight. Scientific American, clearly stung by criticism that the March for Science (which it had helped promote) had been politicized, published a defense of politicized science in an editorial this week. The argument of the author—Ubadah Sabbagh—is that science can’t
READ MORE

If kids can’t cross streets safely, why do we offer them sex changes?0
- Culture
- April 26, 2017
The very latest research by developmental psychologists shows that American children are not competent at crossing busy streets until they are at least 14. This news was important enough to be included in the daily briefing for members of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). In an article in a professional journal called Journal of
READ MORE
The March for Science Had Nothing to do with Science 0
- Politics
- April 26, 2017
A march for science is a contradiction in terms. Marching is an expression of our subjective emotions. Science is an attempt to put emotion and subjectivity aside in order to discover how the world works. If you march for science, you are clearly marching for something other than science, and damaging the standing of science
READ MORE
Ted Cruz Introduces Bill to Use El Chapo’s Drug Money to Fund Border Wall 0
- Culture
- April 26, 2017
Via the Hill: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is introducing a bill to allow assets seized from drug lords, like Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, to fund President Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Cruz’s bill, the Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act, also known as the “El Chapo Act,” is a
READ MORE