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How Summer Camps and Scout Groups Turn Kids into Citizens 0
- Education
- September 27, 2016
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has both proud supporters and critics of its policies on religious beliefs and sexuality. But for more than a century, the organisation has performed a distinct and vital social function. The BSA and other youth-camping associations developed in the early 20th century. They came to exist primarily as a
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How Emotionalism is Slowly Replacing Rationalism 1
- Culture
- September 27, 2016
My hometown has recently been hit with a barrage of ads for the local high-end theatre’s production of Sense and Sensibility. Like all of Jane Austen’s works, the novel manages to marry everyone off, but only after bringing the characters through the harrowing ups and downs of uncertain romantic relationships. As I was reflecting on
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Thomas Jefferson’s 3 Tips for the Presidential Debate 0
- Culture
- September 26, 2016
If early reports are any indication, the first presidential debate of 2016 is shaping up to be the most watched – and probably most entertaining – in history. Recognizing this, the candidates are both taking the appropriate steps to be well-prepared. They might be wise to take a look at Thomas Jefferson’s simple tips for
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Why Do So Many People Lack Compassion?1
- Literature
- September 26, 2016
Milan Kundera, in his beautiful novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, said that compassion was preeminent of all human sentiments. In languages derived from Latin, the word “compassion” is formed by combining the prefix “com” (with) and the noun “passio” (suffering). Other languages use words with a slightly different meaning—“feeling” instead of suffering. This, Kundera
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Was Plato Liberal or Totalitarian?0
- Philosophy
- September 26, 2016
No one reading Plato’s work Republic is likely to come away seeing it as a manifesto for libertarianism. However, it’s common to hear people claim that it is a blueprint for totalitarian collectivism, as, for example, FEE past president Richard Ebeling wrote in his September 23, 2016 column. Plato isn’t even engaged in utopian political
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Harvard Prof on the Frightening Consequence of Relativism 0
- September 26, 2016
If there’s no such thing as objective truth, then learning is impossible. School becomes merely the place where one group’s ideology and opinions are planted into the minds of students. Education becomes indoctrination. Believe it or not, that’s how many schools and students today think about education, according to Harvey Mansfield, the William R. Kenan,
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