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The Most Influential Scientist You Never Heard Of (Probably)0
- Education
- December 28, 2016
Gaze at Alexander Von Humboldt’s 1814 self-portrait and you peer into the eyes of a man who sought to see and understand everything. By this point in his life, at age 45, Humboldt had tutored himself in every branch of science, spent more than five years on a 6,000 mile scientific trek through South America,
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Yes, We’re Getting Dumber. But Why?0
- Culture
- December 28, 2016
This morning brought the news that long time economist Thomas Sowell is retiring from his position as a syndicated columnist. Curious, I flipped through an archive of his many columns and stumbled on one entitled Education: Then and Now, written in early 2006. One paragraph in particular caught my eye. Like many of the older
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Queen Elizabeth’s Savvy Response to a Sultan Who Demanded Homage 2
- Economics
- December 28, 2016
In late September 1579, Queen Elizabeth received a satin bag that contained a parchment sprinkled with gold dust. It was a message from Murad III, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, composed in Arabic script. (A second letter written in Latin was also presented to the queen.) It was the first communication between an English monarch
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Café Posts Sign Banning ‘Nazi’ Trump Supporters 0
- Culture
- December 28, 2016
Via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Hawaii eatery 8 1/2 Cafe, which primarily serves Italian food, is under fire after reportedly posting a yellow, handwritten sign on its front door that reads, “If you voted for Trump you cannot eat here! No Nazis.” Some customers – even those who didn’t vote for President-elect Donald Trump – have
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Hanging Out at the Park May Soon be a Crime 0
- Culture
- December 28, 2016
Have you ever noticed that it seems increasingly easy for good, upstanding citizens to be labeled as criminals? For example, your fruitcake making grandmother is guilty of a federal crime if she sells her Christmas specialty in “a serving size other than 1 ½ oz.” Your crunchy mama friend who makes her own unpasteurized eggnog
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Physician: American Children ‘Immersed in a Culture of Disrespect’0
- Culture
- December 27, 2016
Let’s face it. Almost every child has likely had some type of meltdown in public, causing great embarrassment to both the child’s parent and to other witnesses in the vicinity. But while such disrespectful behavior is embarrassing at age two, it’s downright horrifying the older a child gets. Dr. Leonard Sax recently experienced one of
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