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Students Today Should Read More Nonfiction 1
- Education
- September 12, 2016
I’m going to say something that’s heresy to many people today: I’m not a big fan of novels. Mind you, I don’t celebrate this fact. In his Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis noted that he didn’t care for the company of small children, but he considered this a fault in himself. I have an analogous
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Professor: Yes, Homeschooling is Changing in America 0
- Culture
- September 12, 2016
As children head back to school, an increasing number of their homeschooled peers will be starting their academic year as well. Homeschooling in the United States is growing at a strong pace. Recent statistics indicate that 1.5 million children were homeschooled in the United States in 2007. This is up significantly from 1.1 million children
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Why the Liberal Arts (Sadly) Are Becoming Meaningless 0
- Education
- September 12, 2016
Steven Pearlstein, in a recent article for the Washington Post, complained that modern parents were preventing their children from majoring in the liberal arts for fear that those who study history, literature or philosophy would have less chance of finding a well-paid job than those majoring in science, technology, engineering or math, the so-called STEM
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Obamacare Now has a Transgender Mandate?0
- Economics
- September 12, 2016
Ethical challenges to Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act: ? Abortion ? Euthanasia ? Sterilisation ? Contraception And, forging ahead, Obamacare may be forcing doctors to perform gender transition procedures. Last year the Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interpretation of Obamacare’s Section 1557. This forbade discrimination on the basis of “sex”.
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The Economist: Why Cursive is Making a Comeback 0
- Culture
- September 9, 2016
Last week, I bought an item at the store, swiped my card, and then signed my name on the electronic notepad at the register. But while such an occasion is a regular occurrence, I came away with a unique experience: my electronic signature actually looked normal. The thought passed through my mind that technology must
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Should We Stop Segregating Students by Age?1
- Education
- September 9, 2016
It’s commonly believed by Americans that allowing students to skip grades is unhealthy for their social and emotional development. However, an article in this month’s Scientific American suggests the opposite. The article describes the work of the “Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth” (SMPY), which over the past 45 years has identified 5,000 gifted individuals and
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