Culture

When Tech Elites Lose Their Religion 0
- Culture
- April 25, 2019
Remember the “digital divide”? That’s a media-friendly bit of alliteration, going back to the 1990s, used to describe the unequal distribution of digital access. That is, there were some areas where the Internet and related technologies were scarce — and those areas still exist today. Yet lately we’ve seen the emergence of a second kind of digital
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Old Kindergarten Requirements Suggest Today’s Classrooms Are Too Much, Too Soon 2
- Culture
- April 24, 2019
I received a rather frantic email from a friend when school started last fall. Panicking over the number of parents posting first day of preschool pictures, my friend wondered if she had made a mistake by not sending her four-year-old to school. “When did preschool become so popular?” she asked in dismay. She wasn’t imagining
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The Truth About Georgetown’s Vote for Slavery Reparations 0
- Culture
- April 24, 2019
The Georgetown University undergraduate student body recently elected to pay reparations for the sale of 272 slaves by the university in 1838, which it used to settle debts. In 2019, this amounts to a $27.20 per-semester fee for each student. This is not an argument for or against reparations; it’s about statistical purity and the
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The Gender Charade Facing the Supreme Court 0
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- April 24, 2019
It was announced this week that the U.S. Supreme Court would be considering a lower court decision that redefined the word “sex” to mean “gender identity.” The case — R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC — stems from a 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling. It found that the federal government could
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I’m a College Student. Here’s Why I Oppose Socialism.0
- Culture
- April 24, 2019
In the 2016 presidential primaries, 2.1 million people under age 30 voted for democratic socialist Bernie Sanders. But do young Americans really know what it means to live under socialism? Cambodia, like other countries in the past and present, offers clear evidence of the outcomes of socialist policies such as the Green New Deal championed today by
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Teachers Report Increasing Abuse at the Hands of Students 0
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- April 23, 2019
Teachers have always had a hard job. It takes a dedicated person to prepare lessons, manage a classroom full of children, and deal with unhappy parents. But the role of teacher has become even more difficult — even dangerous — in recent years. One quarter of teachers report being the objects of student violence and
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