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It’s Not Enough to Know Your Own Beliefs 0
- Culture
- September 10, 2019
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How the Media and Police Could Discourage Mass Shootings 0
- Culture
- September 10, 2019
Another public shooting came and went last week in West Texas. Close on the heels of the El Paso Walmart shooting, the Odessa shooting had some peculiar aspects, including its spontaneous eruption from a traffic stop and the killer’s shooting of hapless civilians from a moving vehicle. Like all mass shootings, this led to substantial
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It’s Light Bulb Liberation Day 0
- Economics
- September 9, 2019
The Department of Energy is putting down its guns and withdrawing troops in the war on the incandescent bulb that began in 2007. It’s pretty late in the day; the last factory to make them in the U.S. shut down in 2010. It’s hard to find them in a store, in which case: thank goodness
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The Youth Mental Health Crisis: What Does It All Mean?0
- Culture
- September 9, 2019
New data on the mental health of American college students shows a somber trend. Rates of depression, anxiety, low flourishing, suicidal thinking, and suicidal attempts have all worsened over the years 2007 to 2018, according to research by Jean Twenge and colleagues, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. And it’s not all down to more reporting.
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What Is a Washingtonian Foreign Policy?0
- International
- September 9, 2019
Wars and rumors of wars abound. Some want us to see Russia as our perpetual enemy. China, realistically, can be counted as a threat. But to what end? Then there is the desire for a permanent alliance with Israel. Others talk of a U.S. military incursion into Venezuela or Iran. And, of course, there was
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Grade Acceleration Benefits Learners and Schools. Why Is It so Rare?0
- Education
- September 9, 2019
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio is making headlines suited for satire. A commission he assembled recently released a report recommending the elimination of gifted programs in order to reduce inequality – a remedy of Harrison Burgeron proportions. Unfortunately, as a general nationwide trend, public schools have already neglected the top students in favor of an
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