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An Auschwitz Survivior’s Search for Meaning 0
- Education
- May 10, 2016
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Man’s Search for Meaning, one of the most powerful statements of human dignity written in the last century. The author was Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist and a Jew, who spent about three years in concentration camps, including Auschwitz. His father, mother, brother and his pregnant
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Unhappy? It Might Be a Sign of Intelligence 0
- Economics
- May 10, 2016
We’ve all either heard or posed the question: If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? But a more appropriate question might be, If you’re so smart, why aren’t you happy? An article last month in the business section of The Atlantic tackles that question in an interview with Raj Raghunathan, author of If You’re
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Is the Disappearance of a Sabbath Linked to Family Decline?0
- Culture
- May 10, 2016
A few years ago, I was chatting with a nurse at a care facility about her days off. I quickly discovered that those days were spent at another job and that she rarely saw her children because she worked seven days a week. While many Americans do not work seven days a week like this
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Test Scores in Trinidad Skyrocketed After This One Simple Change 0
- Education
- May 10, 2016
In recent weeks, the big topic of discussion has revolved around bathrooms and whether or not there is value in limiting them to a single sex. Although not as visible, another gender debate has been in the works for years. That debate has to do with whether or not there is value in separating the
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The Failure of Money this Election 0
- Politics
- May 10, 2016
Over the years a lot of Americans representing a wide variety of political stripes have been concerned about money in politics. One concern is the ability of money to change elections, the other concern is the power of money to influence legislation. Naturally, both concerns are reasonable. Throughout our history money and politics has been
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Oscar Wilde: Wanting to Be Left Alone Is Not ‘Selfishness’0
- Literature
- May 10, 2016
Confession: Oscar Wilde is one of my favorite writers. Though he was what Dostoevsky would have described as “a dedicated sensualist,” Wilde possessed a true creative genius perhaps unmatched among his literary contemporaries. His essay “The Soul of Man under Socialism” is not, in my opinion, his best work. Written in 1891, it’s largely a
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