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  • Harvard Prof Says U.S. and China Could be at War in the Next Decade

    Harvard Prof Says U.S. and China Could be at War in the Next Decade0

    • September 25, 2015

    It’s a question many of us have wondered about, but few have given sustained attention: will the U.S. eventually find itself at war with China?   In a fascinating article for The Atlantic, Harvard professor Graham Allison argues that the “Thucydides Trap” makes such a conflict more likely than not in the near future.  

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  • Should Couples Have More Children?

    Should Couples Have More Children?0

    • September 25, 2015

    A newly released study entitled the “World Family Map 2015” presents a number of interesting facts on the state of the family worldwide. One of these facts focuses on the average number of children per family in various countries. What’s interesting is how many developed nations barely have enough children to replace their current population,

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  • 6 Problematic Quotes from the Founder of America’s Education System

    6 Problematic Quotes from the Founder of America’s Education System1

    • September 25, 2015

    Horace Mann is known as the “father of American public education.” Motivated by a desire to both further the moral improvement of mankind and preserve the American republic, Mann led the Common School Movement that eventually resulted in the public education system America knows today. As children bear the marks of their parents, so America’s

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  • $67 million for Volkswagen’s resigned CEO?

    $67 million for Volkswagen’s resigned CEO?0

    • September 25, 2015

    Volkswagen is facing up to $18 billion (yes, billion) in fines from the EPA as a result of cheating to get its diesel-powered automobiles to pass U.S. emission standards. CEO Martin Winterkorn has now resigned, but between his pension and severance pay package he may walk away with up to $67 million. The Washington Post

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  • Today’s High School Students Need More Vocational Training

    Today’s High School Students Need More Vocational Training0

    • September 25, 2015

    If you were a high school student and had the option to either go to college and accumulate a load of debt or start a job immediately after graduation making a decent, middle-class salary, which would you choose? For many of today’s young people, the latter option sounds like an ideal, but impossible, situation. But

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  • Pat the (Offensive) Bunny

    Pat the (Offensive) Bunny0

    • September 25, 2015

    Nothing gives you an idea of how much things have changed like old children’s books. In many a nursery room around the U.S., you will likely find a number of little, worn-down hardcover books that have been read a thousand times. Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Guess How Much I Love You, and Pat

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