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What Parents can do to Make Children Great Writers 0
- Education
- July 12, 2016
A little more than 300 years ago, a man named John Locke rolled out a plan for the well-rounded education of a child. Among other things, Locke noted the crucial importance which parents and teachers must place on writing instruction: “There can scarce be a greater defect in a gentleman, than not to express himself
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Judge Immigrants by Content of Character, not Skin 0
- Culture
- July 12, 2016
I’m one of millions of Mexicans living in the United States who Donald Trump might assume is “good people.” I’m not a criminal, a rapist or a drug dealer. I did not cross the border by foot but arrived by plane in Seattle, a welcoming city I now call home. I was born in Mexico
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Police Are Safer than Ever 0
- Culture
- July 12, 2016
Following the tragic and horrible events in Dallas last week, it is important to grieve and to take stock of what led to that fateful evening that ended with five police officers killed. But it’s also worth taking a step back and putting the problems and threats the police face today into perspective. The sniper
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Can You Pass This 8th Grade U.S. Civics Test?0
- Education
- July 11, 2016
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Should parents sometimes make children apologize?0
- Culture
- July 11, 2016
Have you ever felt deserving of an apology and been upset when you didn’t get one? Have you ever found it hard to deliver the words, I’m sorry? Such experiences show how much apologies matter. The importance placed on apologies is shared by many cultures. Diverse cultures even share a great deal in common when
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Scientist Says ADHD is Basically Bullsh*t 0
- Culture
- July 11, 2016
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, “is a prime example of fictitious disease,” said Leon Eisenberg, the “scientific father of ADHD,” shortly before he passed away at the age of 87 in 2009. Why would Eisenberg claim that a condition we’ve come to know so well is largely fictitious? While many have said that Eisenberg’s
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