Is It or Ought It to Be?

Is It or Ought It to Be?

By Prof. Jack Lewis | A good question is a powerful thing.  But not all questions are the same. One way of categorizing questions is by evaluating them according to whether they are normative or empirical.  An empirical question simply seeks to find out information...
Cheating at Harvard

Cheating at Harvard

By Eric Metaxas | Let’s Be Honest About Ourselves | The disciplinary board at Harvard recently announced that it was investigating allegations of cheating that were described as “unprecedented in anyone’s living memory.” The allegations of plagiarism and...
Ten Reasons to Ignore the U.S. News Rankings

Ten Reasons to Ignore the U.S. News Rankings

By Edward B. Fiske | There are certainly some good reasons for some people to take the U.S. News college rankings seriously. Presidents of schools that went up a notch or two can trumpet the fact to their trustees while noting modestly, of course, that “we...
Sex and God at Yale

Sex and God at Yale

by Robert P. George | Nathan Harden’s new book “Sex and God at Yale” will be of interest to anyone who is concerned about the moral state of campus culture at colleges and universities in the US. Read more…....