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The Economist’s Very Balanced Article on Black Lives Matter 0
- Culture
- August 18, 2015
According to an editorial in The Economist, the Black Lives Matter campaign has some legitimate complaints, but hints that their excessive rhetoric may work against resolutions. The article – “What the Black Lives Matter campaign gets wrong” – presents one of the more balanced (I’ll let you judge whether “balanced” means “correct”) views of the movement
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Shouldn’t Black Lives Matter Express More Outrage About This?0
- Culture
- August 18, 2015
On the Black Lives Matter website you will find a list of “Demands”, which include the following: The arrest of officer Darren Wilson. National policy aimed at redressing systemic racism in law enforcement. A discontinuance of federal aid in the form of military weaponry to local law enforcement. The bringing to justice of all officers involved in
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The Universal Orphanage 0
- Culture
- August 18, 2015
According to a poll done by Pew Research in December 2014, less than half of American kids now live in a traditional family. You can see the massive decline of children living in a traditional family in the chart below: Many young Americans have no recollection of a world when “normal” was kids living
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10 Provocative Quotes from Ivan Illich’s “Deschooling Society”0
- August 17, 2015
Ivan Illich’s groundbreaking book Deschooling Society (1971) offers a radical critique of the institutionalization of education within modern societies. Illich believed that we wrongly identify education with schooling, since most of our education happens outside of the school environment. He advocated restructuring education to provide people with multiple opportunities for learning outside of school. “What
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Study: Teacher Development Courses are Ineffective 0
- August 17, 2015
Teacher development courses are ineffective. Common sense reached that conclusion long ago. But fortunately, there’s now a study that confirms it entitled “The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher Development.” According to The Boston Globe, “The study released Tuesday by TNTP, a nonprofit organization, found no evidence that any particular approach
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This Latin Phrase Might Make You Worried about Where American Society is Headed 0
- History
- August 17, 2015
Nemo dat quod non habet—“No one gives what he doesn’t have.” Within the legal world, this phrase refers to the principle that one cannot confer property on another that doesn’t belong to him in the first place. Another way of putting it: A can’t steal from B and then rightfully sell or give the stolen
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