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John Locke’s 3 Tips for Raising Financially Independent Children 0
- Culture
- March 14, 2018
Compared to general life expectancy standards, my paternal grandfather died at quite a young age. I was only four when cancer took him down in a matter of weeks, so I don’t remember much about him. Yet in spite of this limited time, he did one thing which, in retrospect, was quite influential on my
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Stephen Hawking’s Greatest Success 0
- Science
- March 14, 2018
Soon after I enrolled as a graduate student at Cambridge University in 1964, I encountered a fellow student, two years ahead of me in his studies, who was unsteady on his feet and spoke with great difficulty. This was Stephen Hawking. He had recently been diagnosed with a degenerative disease, and it was thought that
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City of Baltimore Will Bus Students To Anti-Gun Protest—at Cost of $100k 0
- Culture
- March 14, 2018
At a cost of $100,000, the city of Baltimore plans to provide 60 free buses to take students from its schools to planned anti-gun demonstrations in Washington, D.C. later this month. Many things could be said against this decision. For instance, it openly breaks with the notional political neutrality of public schools so as to
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Philosopher Erich Fromm on Why People Fail at Love 0
- Culture
- March 14, 2018
Seeking advice about the qualities he should look for in a mate, an unmarried man in his 30s posted at the online sports forum of my alma mater. He invited comments on his list of top attributes: looks, camaraderie, cooking ability, love of the alma mater (this man attends every game), and patience. He thought
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Survey: Only One-Third of Students Think the Constitution Should Protect Hate Speech 0
- Culture
- March 13, 2018
College campuses have long been strongholds of free speech in all shapes and forms. That stance has seemed to shift in recent years, however, and because of many outbursts against speakers and students alike, the general public is beginning to believe that free speech is most threatened within the sacred halls of learning. A recent
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Do Gender Inclusion Policies Favor Girls?0
- Culture
- March 13, 2018
The Girls in Science and Engineering (GISE) summer camp at the University of Michigan (UM) was created as an “exciting one-week, day program for girls who have completed the 7th or 8th grade,” as the top part of the graphic above explains. The annual program’s main sponsor is the University of Michigan’s Women in Science
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