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Montaigne’s Tip on How to Read Books Effectively 0
- Education
- August 17, 2016
Researchers keep learning more about the benefits of book reading, which are so numerous it would be mundane to list them here. The problem is that many people struggle to read books. They are too easily distracted (a problem greater today than ever) or quickly grow tired. This problem is more acute if the reading
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Black Families in Georgia Are Choosing to Homeschool 0
- Culture
- August 17, 2016
During the 1950s and 60s, America’s black families fought a difficult battle to integrate the public schools, hoping to give their children a better education. Because of this hard-won victory, many black parents have been strong supporters of public schools in the subsequent decades. But that support may be changing. According to a recent article
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Professor: Students Are Becoming Moral Nihilists 0
- Education
- August 17, 2016
The Problem One thing I’ve learned in my years of teaching in the U.S. is that many young Americans are moral relativists. As students in elementary and secondary schools, they were taught that there is no moral fact of the matter. Thus, when people disagree about moral issues, their different perspectives are equally valid. It
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It’s True, We’re Biased 0
- August 17, 2016
These days it’s fashionable to chastise people by calling them “biased.” The accusation of “bias” is supposed to leave the accused cowering and begging for forgiveness. We frequently see this accusation hurled about on our social media sites, where we reach up to 10 million individuals weekly. You see, “bias” has been turned into a
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So you think you’re smart? Take the Final Jeopardy quiz and find out.0
- Education
- August 16, 2016
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Why ‘Star Wars’ Is Crushing ‘Star Trek’ in Pop Culture 0
- Culture
- August 16, 2016
This should be Star Trek’s moment. The franchise is celebrating its 50th anniversary, a new film is now in theaters and Comic-Con just delivered a peek at the latest Star Trek TV series. So why are so many people still more enthusiastic about Star Wars? Because traditional storytelling still trumps 21st century revisionism and political
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