Annie Holmquist compares a middle school reading list from 1908 to one from today. It isn’t just that the latter is dumbed down in comparison, though it is. She goes on to analyze the content of what is taught in these two sets of books
Annie Holmquist compares a middle school reading list from 1908 to one from today. It isn’t just that the latter is dumbed down in comparison, though it is. She goes on to analyze the content of what is taught in these two sets of books
“Orthodoxy” means “right belief.” Now there is a new word, “orthorexia,” meaning “right eating.” The National Eating Disorders Association defines it as “fixation on righteous eating.” (more…)
Archaeologists have discovered and translated a trove of tablets from Iraq that were written by Jews exiled in Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon. (more…)
Democrats are reviving the notion that “conservatives are anti-science!” But what about the anti-science stance of liberals when it comes to abortion, genetically-modified foods, fracking, and environmental apocalypse? And did you know that far more Democrats than Republicans believe in astrology, flying saucers, fortune telling,
Literary scholar Karen Swallow Prior is kind enough to credit me for mentoring her through graduate school. I’m proud to see that she has become a “public intellectual,” writing regularly for both Christianity Today and The Atlantic. You have got to read her essay about
An outbreak of measles that started in Disneyland is being blamed on parents who do not believe in vaccinating their children. These folks, who come from both sides of the political spectrum, fear a link–first raised by scientists but then retracted– between vaccination and autism,
Many have been saying that America is in decline, that our political, cultural, and economic contributions are slipping. China, some say, is the up-and-coming nation. Others say that the age of the dominant world power is over. But an op-ed piece by former General David
In this age of smart phones, we should honor the smartness of Alexander Graham Bell, who not only invented the telephone but made many other contributions to audio technology by figuring out how to translate sound waves into electronic signals. Now researchers have discovered and
In the once firmly Lutheran nation of Iceland, some residents are erecting a temple to the Norse gods. (more…)
The collapse of the housing market a few years ago was caused, reportedly, by predatory lending practices on people who couldn’t really afford to buy a house, coupled with shady investment instruments from the world of high finance. But a new study is questioning that
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