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  • Mayor Proposes Website Revealing the Names of Welfare Recipients

    Mayor Proposes Website Revealing the Names of Welfare Recipients0

    • September 25, 2015

    Taxpayers are increasingly calling for transparency in government spending. As a result, you can now find the salaries of each government employee, and in some states, the pension amounts they receive.   One mayor in Maine is proposing to take the public’s desire for transparency a step further: revealing welfare recipients by name.    In

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  • If You Want a Job, These are the 10 Worst Majors to Pursue

    If You Want a Job, These are the 10 Worst Majors to Pursue0

    • September 24, 2015

    Last night’s Facebook post touched upon the pitfalls of following your passion when it comes to a college major. As many know from experience, studying what you want does not always result in your desired salary, and it may very well result in no job at all. Many of our audience members joke about what

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  • George Will Calls Pope Francis a “False Prophet”

    George Will Calls Pope Francis a “False Prophet”0

    • September 24, 2015

    Pope Francis has received a lot of heat from conservatives for his position on the environment. The latest salvo is from George Will, who brutally called Francis a “false prophet” in the title of his syndicated column last Sunday. Essentially, Will accuses Francis of being heavy on idealism when it comes to his environmental ethic

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  • Soundtrack for a Civil War

    Soundtrack for a Civil War0

    • September 24, 2015

    What is it about music that it can so perfectly capture our sentiments? For anyone who has watched Ken Burns’ series on the Civil War, you probably would recognize ‘Ashokan Farewell’ as the melody played through much of it. Here it is put to images from the war:  What the combatants themselves would have chosen

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  • Play Has Been Replaced by Play Dates

    Play Has Been Replaced by Play Dates0

    • September 24, 2015

    Ever wonder what it must have been like to be a kid in the 1930s, ‘40s, or ‘50s? The kids from those eras were always coming up with some new creative show or form of play. Life was simple, but they used their imaginations and unstructured freedom to have a whole lot of fun. They

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  • What Plutarch Had to Say about Tiger Moms

    What Plutarch Had to Say about Tiger Moms0

    • September 24, 2015

    Let’s admit it: Tiger Moms are both intimidating and impressive. Impressive because they take their children to great heights; intimidating because many feel they can never live up to the same drive, energy, and standards that Tiger Moms expect. Interestingly, Plutarch had a thing or two to say about Tiger Parenting. Based on his advice,

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