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Meme Cleverly Shows the Common Enemy of the Rich AND Poor 1
- Economics
- February 19, 2016
It’s not often that I peruse political sites. Since I’ve heard most of them before, the arguments they make are almost entirely predictable. But sometimes one stumbles onto a gem by accident. Thanks to a Facebook meme—whose proximate source is the blog International Liberty, and whose ultimate source is a book cited at that
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New Study: Parenting More Effective than Ritalin for ADHD 0
- Culture
- February 19, 2016
Do you believe that kids today are overmedicated for issues like ADHD? If so, a new study out of the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology may lend credibility to your belief. According to The New York Times: “The study enrolled 146 children with an A.D.H.D. diagnosis from ages 5 to 12 and randomly
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Gnostic Bodies: Why Millennials Love Tattoos 0
- February 19, 2016
Here’s something a sixty-three year old man thinks about. Once, girls in their summer dresses filled the sidewalks each June. Their bare arms and shoulders would flash out of halter straps and their legs would strut past hems set well above the knees. Just to look at those girls—the bright, cotton colors of their dresses,
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Have We Taken the Whole ‘Disorder’ Thing Too Far?0
- Culture
- February 19, 2016
There’s a new disorder out there and it’s known as PIU: Problematic Internet Use. You think I jest? Honestly, I thought it was a joke too when I first heard of it, but no, it “exists.” A recent study on PIU describes the disorder as: “[A] behavioral addiction with characteristics similar to substance use disorders,
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Children Should Learn about TANSTAAFL 0
- Economics
- February 18, 2016
In the late 1920s, my grandmother would go to the local store and ask for “a penny’s worth of mixed candies and chocolates.” In return for her penny, she was handed a brown paper lunch bag full of sweets. Thirty years later, my mother made the trek to the corner store in her neighborhood. She
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Parenting Doesn’t Have to be So Expensive 0
- Family
- February 18, 2016
Having children is expensive, or so says our culture. And that mindset is affecting the number of children people are choosing to have. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that the average cost of raising a child is $245,340. So, it’s no surprise that 65 percent of couples cite the cost of raising a child
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