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Common App Letter Showcases Politics as Educational Endgame 0
- Education
- January 18, 2021
I taught seminars in Latin, history, composition, and literature to homeschool students in Asheville, North Carolina for more than 15 years, including Advanced Placement courses. As a result, students often asked me to write college recommendation letters for them, such as letters for the Common Application, or Common App as it is known. Though I
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MLK and a Modest Proposal for Real Resistance 0
- Culture
- January 18, 2021
No day in the American civil calendar is better calibrated to the kind of virtue signaling that is the favored activity of much of our elite class than Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Showing your full-blooded commitment to MLK Day events is a great way to demonstrate to everyone that you are on the right
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Now, the Left Owns It All 0
- Politics
- January 18, 2021
That mob that split off from the Donald Trump rally of Jan. 6 to invade the Capitol has proven a godsend to the left. The death of a Capitol cop has enabled the left—which spent the summer after George Floyd’s death trashing “racist cops” and shouting, “Defund the Police!”—to posture as fighting allies of the
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There is No Monopoly on Post-Truth 0
- Culture
- January 15, 2021
Jennifer Rubin’s Washington Post op-ed calling for Americans to put an end to our new post-truth society might have been laudable. Unfortunately for her, she fails to realize that her piece is a fine example of politically-biased, mainstream media spin-doctoring. Furthermore, Rubin’s piece demonstrates that when either side pretends that one party or one ideology
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Chores Build Self-Confidence and Crush Self-Esteem 0
- Culture
- January 15, 2021
With mass homeschooling becoming the new norm starting early last year, one might easily assume that parents have by now adjusted to their new roles as teachers and work-from-home employees, in addition to their parenting responsibilities. That may be true for some, but I tend to think those people are in the minority. A piece
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A Flawed Impeachment for ‘Incitement’0
- Politics
- January 14, 2021
President Donald Trump was hastily impeached by the House for a second time on Wednesday for “inciting insurrection.” Legislators accused Trump of egging on, instigating, and inciting his supporters to engage in insurrection and overthrow the U.S. government, starting with a violent attack on Congress. Uttering phrases such as, “You will never take back our
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