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Politician Triggers Parenting Debate after Leaving Son ‘Home Alone’0
- Culture
- November 2, 2016
In recent years, Americans seem to fly off the handle every time some parent loosens the leash and allows a child to practice fending for himself. Apparently, those cases are now spreading to Great Britain, with parliamentarian Michael Gove being exhibit A. According to news reports, Gove and his wife left their 11-year-old son behind
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What Are We? Answering the Riddle of Mankind 1
- Culture
- November 2, 2016
In recent days I’ve been involved in a conversation about which aspects of modern life have the most impact on shaping the culture in which we live. Is it business or education? Is it politics or the media? How about medial issues or the health industry? Or perhaps the network of associations which form the
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The 3 Top Reasons Parents Homeschool Children 0
- Culture
- November 2, 2016
Although homeschool anecdotes are a dime a dozen, hardcore statistics on this emerging education trend are often few and far between. But on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education released the latest official numbers on homeschooling in America. Not surprisingly, they continue to rise. The study, conducted on statistics from 2012, shows that roughly 1.8
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Ponyboy Was NOT Gay (Not that there is Anything Wrong with that!)0
- Culture
- November 2, 2016
S.E. Hinton, author of several popular teen novels, made waves recently when she responded to a question on Twitter. A reader of The Outsiders asked Hinton if a romantic link existed between two characters, Johnny and Dallas. @MrCadeWinston No. Where is the text backing this? — S. E. Hinton (@se4realhinton) October 17, 2016 “J-just asking,” the reader responded.
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Don’t Blame Lying on the Brain 0
- Education
- November 1, 2016
The recent finding that telling lies induces changes in the brain has stimulated a number of misrepresentations that may wreak more harm on our understanding than the lies on which they report. CNN’s headline runs, “Lying May Be Your Brain’s Fault, Honestly,” and PBS reports, “Telling a Lie Makes Way for the Brain to Keep
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Three Cheers for the Industrial Revolution–and the Fossil Fuels that Drove it 0
- History
- November 1, 2016
In an article for CapX last week, I discussed Johan Norberg’s new book, Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future. As Norberg notes, over the last two centuries, humanity has made massive improvements in terms of nutrition, sanitation, life expectancy, poverty, violence, literacy, environmental quality, political freedom and child labor. Today, I want to discuss the role that
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