Culture

Shock: College President Spine Manifested 0
- Culture
- April 15, 2019
Camille Paglia said something the other day that triggered a group of whinypants college students at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. They launched a petition to get the school’s president, David Yager, to silence its most famous professor. I just want to let that sink in: these SJW twerps actually think they can defeat CAMILLE FREAKING PAGLIA! From their
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Are There Any Limits to Illegal Immigration?0
- Culture
- April 15, 2019
The U.S.-Mexican border is essentially wide open. Why? Because there is a general expectation in Mexico and Latin America that American immigration law is unenforced. Or it is so bizarre that simple illegal entry almost always ensures temporary legal residence, pending an asylum hearing. A scheduled asylum hearing, in turn, is seen by border crossers
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Easter Egg Hunts and Deluded Political Ideologies 0
- Culture
- April 15, 2019
Ah, Easter egg hunts. They’re a fun, wholesome, all-American tradition. Or are they? As many parents can attest, Easter egg hunts also have a dark side. Last Saturday, my husband and I took our four-year-old daughter and two-year-old son to an Easter egg hunt sponsored by a local school. To our amazement, the kids had
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Three Public Speaking Tips From a Little Schoolhouse on the Prairie 0
- Culture
- April 12, 2019
If you’ve ever found yourself in the dreaded position of giving a school presentation, chances are you’ve heard this clichéd advice: “Just picture everyone in their underwear.” Giving a class speech is something many students push through, red-faced and dry-mouthed, with the knowledge that it will be over in a few minutes. In recent years,
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Are We In Fact Melding With Machines?0
- Culture
- April 12, 2019
Here’s a headline worth pondering: “Chinese parents want students to wear dystopian brainwave-detecting headbands.” The story, on the website SupChina, details the latest innovation at the Jiangnan Experimental School in Hangzhou. Interestingly enough, the electronic headband, dubbed Focus EDU, is made by a Harvard-incubated American startup, BrainCo, based in Somerville, Massachusetts—right next to Cambridge. As the company’s chatty video explains, in a traditional
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What Happened to Manners and What to Do About It 1
- Culture
- April 12, 2019
There was that guy in high school who went on an overseas trip. He came back and regaled everyone with the glorious things over there that are so much better than they are here. We all hated that guy. I’m that guy today. Life in Seoul I just returned from my first visit to Seoul,
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