New FTU Course: Is Wisdom Attainable?
By Publius | The wisdom tradition recognizes wise and unwise choices, and claims that knowing the difference is important. Do you prize wisdom? AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS.
Merit and Preferences: Never the Twain Shall Meet
By J.A. Cauthen | A former history instructor at the Naval Academy reflects on the problems of the diversity obsession. Diversity, as commonly used by government, academia, and industry, has become so normalized that we are all expected to embrace it unquestioningly.
Student Loan Bubble?
By Publius | This is the last of our three posts from Victor Davis Hanson’s essay on re-thinking the modern university.
Better late than never? Better never late!
By Publius | People who are never on time for appointments are a pain in multiple places both physical and emotional. Read and heed. “As it is, we in this world cannot get away from the unpunctual, nor get them away from us, and therefore we are obliged to put up with them; but we should like them to know that they are a gross nuisance, and a frequent cause of sin, through irritating the tempers of those who cannot afford
Tenured Failure?
By Publius | This is the second of three posts we are running to repost Victor Davis Hanson’s thoughts on the current state of our university system. Here he looks at tenure and diversity.
Does Anyone Really Believe Advertising Any More?
From Publius | By Charlie White | Apparently consumers are taking this old saying to heart: “Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.” Market research firm Lab42 just released a study that revealed that 76% of its respondents think advertisements contain exaggerated claims, and a mere 3% think…
Gender-Neutral Student Dorms?
By Publius | Starting next fall, students at UNC-Chapel Hill will be able to live in dorm suites and campus apartments with suitemates of the opposite sex. The UNC-CH Board of Trustees unanimously endorsed “gender-neutral” housing after a yearlong push by students who said the move was necessary to give gay, lesbian and transgender students a …
Dumbing Down Curriculum
By Publius | Too often, esteemed Professor and Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institute of Stanford University Victor Davis Hanson observes, “a student’s life on campus is a zero-sum game.” In a recent essay, Hanson makes his case…
Les Miserables: Raw, Radical, and Real
By Cato | Rather than exuding aura’s of Broadway-wannabe’s, the film’s actors and actresses perform within the scope of their characters, fully aware of their limitations and yet still passionate and earnest with every…