Editor’s Note: The following is an abridged version of Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán’s State of the Nation Address, delivered on February 29, 2016. It is published in translation here by gracious permission of the Hungarian Embassy in Madrid, Spain. Ladies and Gentlemen, The second and third decades of the twenty-first century will be the
READ MOREWhy do so few Millennials know how to cook? I think we are seeing basic cooking skills—knowledge that used to be passed in the kitchen from parent to child—combust before our eyes. It’s been going on for a while and is part of a larger trend toward relying on processed foods that began in the
READ MOREWilliam Howard Taft was “multi-chinned” and weighted about three-hundred pounds. In 1908 he was elected as the 27th president of the United States. But according to scholar Neil Postman, he would never even make a presidential ticket today due to the nature of television. In his classic Amusing Ourselves to Death Postman writes: “The
READ MOREWhen it comes to hyperactivity disorders such as ADHD, there’s no debate that diagnoses are on the rise amongst America’s youth. What is debated, however, is the best way to treat ADHD. Until recently, it seemed that thrusting a pill at children was the standard treatment. But more experts are beginning to wonder if some
READ MOREFrom the Miami Herald’s reporter Leonard Pitts, Jr. comes this revelation: “As it turns out, our deeply racialized view of poverty bears no resemblance to reality. Though it’s true that African Americans are disproportionately likely to live below the poverty line, it is also true that the vast majority of those in poverty are white:
READ MOREYesterday we learned that the U.S. is failing when it comes to literacy, and how that has a direct effect on our elections. Today we learn that Americans are also failing in what many might consider one of our best skills: digital technology. From The Wall Street Journal: “A new report [from the National Center
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