The president of Kenyon tries to make a case for a liberal arts education as the underpinning of STEM. His problem is that the jobs are...

2022. After claiming the moral preening high ground on fossil fuels, Germans today are skipping meals to save money, having grown...

I am skeptical of the pseudo-science of the compeer modeling climate "scientists," and it is especially silly when the media, led on by...

Let's face it. College is not for all. According to new data from American Compass’s “Failing on Purpose” survey of 2,000 young adults...

College is both a life and an educational experience. For many, it is the first time that they are away from home, unmanaged and...

June 12, 2022. Listen to Bill Maher on the college scam and equality of outcomes. And meanwhile, is the entire population becoming gay? I...

Just when I though it was safe to stop writing.... Went to bed early last night yet had a terrible time getting to sleep. Earlier, I...

Biden decides to drop testing for inbound travelers to the United States. Thanks a lot, Joe. A week late and $200 intestine charges...

Random thoughts, comments and refections stemming from the last eighteen days, most of those days spent in Scotland, or in traveling to...

Bottom line: Splendid family visit, fourth since first family visit in November 2013, when Jane was considering attending University of...

Two hundred years ago, the acceleration of global wealth began. Here's why. Dylan Matthews What is economic growth? What is this...

Here are ten of the worst examples of cancel culture on college campuses from the past school year. Two of the ten worst come from...

Spring 2022. There is one very large thumb on the admissions scale at elite universities. The same groups pointing out the privilege of...

Today's Wall Street Journal offered an interesting report on real estate broker A. J. Steigman who represents institutional investors...

May 17, 2022. Nothing more pathetic than watching a new Biden rep try to explain his approach to combating inflation -- by raising taxes....

May 17, 2022. "My college students are not OK," claims first-year writing professor Jonathan Malesic. Below see his opening and closing...

May 16, 2022. My reflection from late last year, worth re-visiting. A key excerpt: Sharing has two distinct meanings. Today, in the...

The power of the two-parent home is not myth. Among several disturbing elements of Christina Cross’s New York Times op-ed, “The Myth of...

Wall Street Journal Mar 23, 2022. Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same. A WSJ Documentary The pandemic exposed breaking points...

More men than women died "of" Covid. More wealthy than poor died "of" Covid. Explanation follows. John Campbell, a Ph. D. in Nursing and...