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Are Anti-Bullying Laws Preventing Critical Thinking?0
- Culture
- March 23, 2016
By now, we’ve all heard strange stories about zero-tolerance discipline policies singling out kids for, well, kid-like behavior. The Pop-Tart gun student is a prime example. In a recent edition of the Washington Post, Eugene Volokh highlights another unique discipline incident over – believe it or not – vegetarianism. As Volokh describes it, a sixth-grade
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The SAT is Being Dumbed Down, Big Time 0
- Education
- March 23, 2016
Students around America are rejoicing. Earlier this month, it was quietly announced that major changes were in store for the SAT—changes that would make America’s most famous admittance exam easier. If this sounds familiar, you’re not having déjà vu. A quick Google search reveals that the test has undergone various cosmetic changes in recent years.
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Ben Franklin’s 5 Tips for Making Americans Better Writers 0
- Education
- March 23, 2016
On average, American students demonstrate poor reading skills. Indeed, the most recent Nation’s Report Card shows that only 38% of high school seniors are proficient in this area. But high school writing skills are worse: only 27% of students – one in four – achieve proficiency in writing. In 1733 Benjamin Franklin noted, “It seems
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The Barbarians are Behind the Walls 0
- Culture
- March 23, 2016
As of this writing, over 30 people are dead and nearly 250 wounded after bombings at the Brussels airport and a major metro hub. ISIS has taken credit for the bombings, based on the report from their news agency, Amaq: “Islamic State fighters carried out a series of bombings with explosive belts and devices on
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11 Last Words of Famous People 0
- Culture
- March 23, 2016
This coming Friday marks the observance of Christ’s crucifixion, an event which is likely the most famous death in history. It’s often said that you can tell a lot about a person’s life by the way they behave at their death. For followers of Christ, his last words – “It is finished” and “Father, into
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Yes, Mean Speech is Protected Speech 0
- Politics
- March 22, 2016
It’s astonishing to me how many young people utterly fail to understand the First Amendment, particularly its provisions protecting the right of individuals and groups to peaceably speak and assemble. The general consensus seems to be that freedom of speech and assembly are all well and good—unless, of course, the speech is offensive, or the
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