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  • What if School Was More Like Summer Camp?

    What if School Was More Like Summer Camp?1

    For many children, summer camp is transformational. Working collaboratively, mostly through play and hands-on experimentation, campers try new things, encounter new challenges, and meet new mentors and friends. They are often outside, exploring the world around them, with ample opportunities for freedom and self-expression. Then summer ends and they go back to school, confined in

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  • Is a Lack of Hands-on Work Making Us Angry?

    Is a Lack of Hands-on Work Making Us Angry?0

    I recently stumbled upon an interesting tidbit out of Green Bay. According to local news station WBAY, a number of inmates at a nearby prison have taken up a new hobby: knitting. I initially raised my eyebrows over this piece of information, but then I looked into the issue more closely. The inmates’ knitting efforts

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  • Free Speech is More Important than Bruised Feelings

    Free Speech is More Important than Bruised Feelings0

    The first time I felt threatened by someone else’s free speech, I was a freshman in college. My college was plagued by a young man who would stand outside the library and use the word of God to belittle and harass students, especially young women. Once every few months, this man would show up to

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  • Douglas Murray and ‘The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam’

    Douglas Murray and ‘The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam’0

    That Americans are a very lucky people was long ago recognized by a German Chancellor.  That would be Otto von Bismarck, who is alleged to have muttered more than once that “God takes care of drunks, little children, and the United States of America.” Well, God is apparently still at it, whether we realize it

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  • Don’t Kill the Penny

    Don’t Kill the Penny0

    Governments have long waged a war on cash in an attempt to curb terrorism and tax evasion. Their focus has typically been on eliminating large denominations, like Europe’s €500 bill or India’s 1,000 rupee note. Two U.S. lawmakers have a much smaller target in mind: the lowly penny, perhaps most commonly found in jars and

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  • To Be A Happy Person, Understand Marginal Utility

    To Be A Happy Person, Understand Marginal Utility0

    I’m at dinner and the hostess serves me pie for dessert. I gobble it up. Then the hostess says, “Would you like another piece?” I politely decline. In her head, she is thinking “he hates my pie,” but this is totally wrong. I love her pie, especially the first piece. But the second piece has

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