We seem to send high schoolers off to college automatically, out of habit, no longer questioning the wisdom of doing so. What if we discovered that being 18 years old is actually the worst time for kids to participate in higher…
Conscientious objectors are often associated with strictly anti-war protestors, most often motivated by liberal politics. It might be the son of a Protestant minister who believes that all “murder” is wrong, despite God’s frequent willingness to wipe out the “bad…
During the Civil War, soldiers from the North tended to suffer more casualties. Why? Because many had never fired a gun compared to young men from the South who shared a culture of hunting with grandfathers, fathers, and uncles. Some…
Career politicians often feel comfortable calling themselves “fiscal conservatives.” Avoiding deficit spending sounds as though little is actually taken away from the voters. Balancing budgets and reducing overall government spending has a nice ring while on the campaign trail. Even…
More than anything actually learned in the classroom, the hobbies that children pursue are probably the best indicator of academic success in the years ahead. Reading is perhaps the most telltale. What students read on their own, beyond homework, will…
People in the affluent West often condescendingly look down on Third World countries, but National Geographic Magazine‘s Robert Draper has discovered that such prejudice is unfounded. Impoverished and dysfunctional cities actually have their own exuberance, he says: “We are…
by Michael Ryerson, USMC, 1966-1968 They came in low and hot, close to the trees and dropped their tail in a flare, rocked forward and we raced for the open doorways. This was always the worst for us,…
Several branches of government seem to get their way even with the most morally outrageous cases. Look at taxpayer-funded agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the Human Relations Commission, for example. High-sounding politically correct titles, to…
by Harriet S. Caswell I lately visited the timeworn building where for a lengthened period, during my early years, I studied the rudiments of education; and what a host of almost forgotten memories of the past came thronging…
I had a full year of wood shop in 7th grade, another year of metal shop in the 8th, yet another for electric shop in the 9th. They would be in the top ten courses I ever took, including college. …