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Would Bradley Manning’s Sentence Have Been Commuted?0
- Culture
- January 18, 2017
President Obama defied the advice of his secretary of defense on Tuesday, opting to commute the 35-year prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army soldier. Manning, once known as Bradley Manning, was convicted on 20 charges in 2013 after stealing hundreds of thousands of government files and selling them to WikiLeaks. One person
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Don’t Be Outraged by this Teacher’s Dating Advice. Pass it On!0
- Culture
- January 18, 2017
About a decade ago, my husband took me to dinner at the famous 21 Club in New York. The former speakeasy opened in 1930 and still has an old-fashioned air about it. After staring at the menu for a few minutes, I looked up puzzled. “Psst, I don’t see any prices,” I whispered. My husband
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Education Leader Explains 4 Reasons Why Today’s Students Can’t Write0
- Education
- January 17, 2017
If you’ve endured a peer review session in college or been the lucky one to sort through job applications for the opening at your office, you’ve probably discovered a sad truth about Americans: They can’t write. Marc Tucker, a leading expert in the world of education, recently had the latter experience. As he explained in
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‘Classical Education’ Today Isn’t Very Classical0
- Education
- January 17, 2017
The number of schools that offer a “classical education” is growing. It’s believed by many to offer a more rigorous alternative to the standard curriculum offered by the education system today. But most people still view classical education as merely a nostalgic throwback to the past that fails to prepare students for the contemporary world
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Stem Cell Science Could Soon Make Sex Obsolete (or Largely Recreational)0
- Culture
- January 17, 2017
Last year a Stanford law professor, Hank Greely, published a book, The End of Sex And The Future of Human Reproduction. In it he predicted that in 20 to 40 years’ time people would no longer have sex to make babies. Sex will be largely recreational and procreation will be subcontracted to IVF clinics to create
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Humans are Intensely Loyal to Groups that Haze Newcomers. Why?0
- Culture
- January 17, 2017
In the autumn of 1900, Oscar Booz, a 17-year-old student at West Point military academy, was hazed by fellow cadets. Tabasco sauce was forced down his throat on three different occasions, and he was coerced into boxing a much larger student who savagely beat him. After the fight, he became ill, moved home and died.
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