Culture

The Value of a Self-Directed Summer for Kids 0
- Culture
- April 23, 2019
It’s all over the news these days. Kids are stressed-out, not playing, and, most worrisome, experiencing sharp increases in depression and suicide. Last month, a new paper published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology revealed that adolescent mental health has deteriorated over the last decade, with soaring depression rates for young people ages 14 to
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The Rights Glut 0
- Culture
- April 22, 2019
When someone talks about having “rights,” what do they mean? I was asked recently whether I thought same-sex parents had the “right” to adopt. I said that I didn’t think anyone had a “right” to adopt. We decide who should adopt on the basis of what is good for the child being adopted, not
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Research Reveals Teenagers Actually Love the Bard 0
- Culture
- April 22, 2019
When you think of inner-city teenagers, what springs to mind? For many, it’s hoodies, video games — and probably hating Shakespeare. But my research proves that this stereotype is far from the truth. Shakespeare holds a contested place in the English national curriculum as the only compulsory writer to be studied between the ages of
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Larger Schools May Be Driving Teen Suicide Rates Higher 0
- Culture
- April 19, 2019
Recent headlines have been screaming out a familiar story: teen suicide rates are increasing. Suicide was the second leading cause of death for teens in 2016, and the teen suicide rate jumped 70 percent over the previous ten years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are many reasons one could find
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A Good Friday Remembrance from the Heart of the Holocaust 0
- Culture
- April 19, 2019
(This story was originally published by Intellectual Takeout on March 29, 2018.) That the most important weekend in Christendom is fraught with busyness is hard to deny. New clothes, chocolate bunnies, egg hunts, and time with family make it easy to slip past the Easter holiday without reflecting on its meaning. If such is your
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Why Easter Is Called Easter, and Other Little-Known Facts About the Holiday 0
- Culture
- April 19, 2019
(This story was originally published by Intellectual Takeout on April 13, 2017.) On April 21, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place. The date of celebration changes from year to year. The reason for this variation is that Easter always falls on the
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