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Report Says British and American Students Have Low Basic Skills 0
- Education
- February 1, 2016
Late last week, scores of British media outlets were obsessing over a new report which found that their students “are the most illiterate in the developed world with many students graduating with only a basic grasp of English and maths.” In looking at the report from the OECD (the organization responsible for the international PISA
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Carol Burnett: ‘Cleverness’ in Entertainment is Becoming Extinct 0
- Culture
- February 1, 2016
Over the weekend, famed comedienne Carol Burnett received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Before receiving the award, Burnett gave a brief interview to The Hollywood Reporter, offering an interesting critique of the entertainment industry in the process: “Funny is funny. I dare anyone to look at Tim Conway and Harvey
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There Used to Be No Such Thing as ‘Adolescence’ in America 0
- Culture
- February 1, 2016
The startling statistic of the day comes from a New York Post article written by Naomi Schaefer Riley. Riley highlights a new study from the University of Michigan which discovered that the number of young people age 20-24 with driver’s licenses had dropped from 91.8% to 76.7% in the last 30 years. Puzzling over the
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‘Wild Skepticism’ has Run its Course 0
- Culture
- February 1, 2016
It’s not hard to find or be exposed to thoughts and opinions that reflect the deeper intellectual chaos of our times. If one senses the fog created when rational thought is taken to absurd extremes, the passage below from G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy will probably resonate. If not, then the passage will probably make little sense and
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6 Lesser-Known Historical Sites in Rome 0
- History
- February 1, 2016
In my junior year of college, I had the fortune of studying abroad in Rome for six months, which afforded me enough time to wander the city and visit many of its sites. I of course saw the most visited sites in Rome: the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, the Sistine Chapel, and the
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How Should We Interpret a Rise in Euthanasia?0
- Culture
- February 1, 2016
BioEdge reports that legal acts of euthanasia have risen each year since Belgium’s right-to-die law was passed in 2002. 2013 saw the total jump to 1816. In 2014, it was 1924. And the figures for last are 2021 acts of euthanasia. What’s going on? It’s unlikely that the increase can be accounted for by a
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