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To Hell and Back 0
- Culture
- May 27, 2016
At age 12 I discovered Audie Murphy’s autobiography, To Hell and Back. As America’s most decorated soldier in World War II, it only seems fitting on this Memorial Day weekend to turn to the opening pages: On a hill just inland from the invasion beaches of Sicily, a soldier sits on a rock. His helmet
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Worthy of our Inheritance?0
- Culture
- May 27, 2016
“The American people ought to be able to see their own boys as they fall in battle; to come directly and without words into the presence of their own dead.” That sentence was LIFE’s justification for publishing this photo by George Strock that documents the carnage at the Battle of Buna-Gona in the South Pacific during
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5 Strange Phenomena Around the World Explained 0
- Education
- May 27, 2016
1. The Door to Hell – This bizarre-looking crater that is filled with fire and flames has been burning nonstop for over 40 years. Back in 1971, Soviet geologists found a plot of land that they suspected was rich with oil. They quickly began drilling operations, but after some time failed to find any oil. After failing to
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Students: Midterms, Low Grades Infringe on Our Activism 0
- Culture
- May 27, 2016
The Week reports that more than 1,300 “students at Oberlin College are asking the school to put academics on the back burner so they can better turn their attention to activism.” Particularly offensive to students are midterms essays (they’d prefer a conversation with their professor, they say) and grades below a C. Now, one might
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What Tocqueville Would Think about Modern Job Jumping 0
- Culture
- May 27, 2016
Ever feel that Americans are increasingly on the go? If so, those feelings were recently confirmed, at least in terms of profession. A study by LinkedIn found that: “The new normal is for Millennials to jump jobs four times in their first decade out of college. That’s nearly double the bouncing around the generation before
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You Don’t Need a “Passion Project,” You Need a Purpose 0
- Culture
- May 26, 2016
Not long ago, I listened to a thirty-year-old man tell his much older and newly-retired parent, “You need to find your passion.” Really? “Maybe he just wants to enjoy the scenery a while, hang out with his grandkids, and read some books on the beach,” I thought. But evidently I’m in the minority these days. It
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