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Is ‘Closed for Thanksgiving’ Trending?0
- Culture
- October 5, 2016
Last year, it was the small business retailers who balked at opening their doors on Thanksgiving Day. This year, it’s the largest mall in the U.S. On Wednesday morning, Mall of America officials announced that they will not participate in the Black Friday creep which has overtaken Thanksgiving in recent years. According to The Minneapolis
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Aristotle’s Tips for Voting in the 2016 Election 0
- Culture
- October 4, 2016
The end of the 2016 election is in sight – thank goodness! Despite this fact, approximately 10 percent of voters are still undecided in regards to whom they will vote for. For the uncertain among us – or even for those who have already decided – some advice from Aristotle might be helpful. Throughout the
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What France’s Experience With Free College Can Teach Us 0
- Economics
- October 4, 2016
From certain perspectives, the French higher education system would seem to be doing great. There are numerous prestigious schools, thousands of students attend them, and the government has spent millions upon millions of euros since the 1980s in subsidizing both students and universities. But looks are deceiving. In fact, the number of students failing to
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How to Vote for President When You Don’t Like the Candidates 0
- Education
- October 4, 2016
How do voters select a candidate when no one they like is on the ballot? Behavioral scientists have studied decision-making – including voting – for decades. However, researchers usually give respondents at least one appealing option to choose from. This led us to wonder: What do voters do when they consider all of the options
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‘Scared’ Prof Blasts Political Correctness 0
- Education
- October 4, 2016
Last week, University of Toronto psychology professor Jordan Peterson released a video in which he pushed back on the political correctness movement. “I am very concerned about what’s happening in universities,” said Peterson, a tenured research and clinical psychologist. Peterson has been called a bigot and “abusive” because he has declined to use genderless pronouns
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Professor: Our ‘Inventory of Knowledge’ is Being Lost 0
- Culture
- October 4, 2016
Have you ever wondered how the American Founders were able to spew forth such wisdom and establish a new country at such young ages? I have. The mere fact that 10 of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were under the age of 35 blows my mind. But as I learned recently, these men
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