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Why Don’t We Have a Capital Day?0
- Economics
- September 6, 2016
Labor Day, according to the US Department of Labor is “dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers” and as a “national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.” Holidays should be deployed to remind the populace of that which normally escapes public notice.
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A Few Reasons Why You Should NEVER Let a Dog Lick Your Face 0
- Education
- September 6, 2016
Being a dog person means a few things. You’re usually pretty carefree and easygoing, you are probably extroverted, and you might occasionally let your dog give you some love by licking your face. I, personally, had always found it a bit weird that people let dogs lick their faces. But after becoming quite close with my
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All Sides Agree: Politics is Strangling Social Science 0
- Culture
- September 6, 2016
If you thought that the progressive bias in social sciences was considered a problem only by tradition-minded folk, you might be surprised to hear the views of celebrity skeptic, Michael Shermer in Scientific American earlier this year: A 2015 study by psychologist José Duarte, then at Arizona State University, and his colleagues in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, entitled “Political
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Can You Pass This Expansive Classics Quiz And Prove Your Mastery Of Literature?0
- Education
- September 6, 2016
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7 Teachers Guilty Of Sex Abuse Got No Prison Time in Violation of State Law, Newspaper Finds 0
- Culture
- September 6, 2016
In 1997, Iowa lawmakers passed legislation requiring mandatory prison time for any educator found guilty of sexually abusing a student. The law was passed after a female teacher found guilty of having sex with a male student avoided time behind bars. A recent analysis by the Des Moines Register, however, suggests that law is not
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Don’t Be So Fast to Dismiss IQ Tests 0
- Education
- September 6, 2016
‘IQ tests just measure how good you are at doing IQ tests.’ This is the argument that is almost always made when intelligence-testing is mentioned. It’s often promoted by people who are, otherwise, highly scientifically literate. You wouldn’t catch them arguing that climate change is a myth or that vaccines might cause autism. But saying
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