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  • Why It Matters That Bert and Ernie Are Friends, Not Lovers

    Why It Matters That Bert and Ernie Are Friends, Not Lovers0

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  • Free Student Seminar:  Is College Worth It?

    Free Student Seminar: Is College Worth It?0

    Generations of Americans have been told that college graduates earn more than non-college graduates. This may have been true in 1998, but is it still true in 2018? In Seattle’s booming IT industry 25% of employees don’t have a Bachelor’s! Today’s college grads often leave school with a student loan burden so massive it effectively

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  • Can Shakespeare Save Civilization?

    Can Shakespeare Save Civilization?0

    Perhaps an apology might be necessary for the sheer audacity of beginning any essay with such a question and with such a seemingly absurd claim. Of course, Shakespeare cannot save civilization, at least not on his own. Perhaps we should rephrase things a little, asking a slightly different question: Can Civilization be Saved without Shakespeare?

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  • Should College be Free?

    Should College be Free?0

    Fall is here. That means many things are on their way down, including bank accounts as parents write tuition checks.  Is anything going up? Maybe interest in “free” college. How often are we told by our friends on the left that we ought to follow the lead of Europe, specifically western Europe?  Pretty often, by

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  • How Public Pension Liabilities Are Becoming Public Threats

    How Public Pension Liabilities Are Becoming Public Threats0

    In most states, people tend to worry about things like education or the economy. In Oregon, public pensions are suddenly at the forefront of political discussions. Why? Because the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) in Oregon is more than $25 billion in the hole. Of course, Oregon is hardly the only state deep in the

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  • I’m a Pediatrician. Here’s What You Should Know About a New Study on Transgender Suicide.

    I’m a Pediatrician. Here’s What You Should Know About a New Study on Transgender Suicide.0

    A new study is out that examines the risk of suicide among transgender teens. The results confirm a long pattern of data: Transgender teens attempt suicide more frequently than adolescents generally. Unfortunately, this data may be used to pressure parents to put their children through radical transition-affirming therapies. This would be a serious mistake. The

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