They should change the name of Oberlin College to “Gibson’s College” from now on. Pay up!! Let this be a tough lesson for people who act too often out of emotion and don’t think. College…too many of them are big, expensive jokes that are a waste of time. Learn a skill, get a job and…
Read moreMiddlebury Reckons With a Protest Gone Wrong
I’ve read Dinesh D’Sousa, Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Steven Pinker, Christina Hoff-Sommers, Ta-Nehisi Coates. I’ve watched William F. Buckley and found his show FASCINATING. I’ve checked out Ayn Rand, Gloria Steinem, Milton Friedman and people like Milo Yiannopoulos. I take in as much information as I can to have a well informed opinion. There are…
Read moreFight Fire With Fire
There is no such thing as a “safe space.” Trigger warnings are a joke. There is no Titile IX when you step off of campus. Micro-aggressions are a part of life as a human being. 738 genders are as ridiculous as it sounds. Like I’ve been saying for years, this nonsense going on in college…
Read moreThe Coddling of the American Mind
In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education—and mental health. By GREG LUKIANOFF AND JONATHAN HAIDT SEPTEMBER 2015 ISSUE of The Atlantic Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely…
Read moreBetter not to land a spaceship on a comet than let men wear sexist clothing – #shirtstorm
An excerpt from this column by Glenn Harlan Reynolds on the USA Today: The Atlantic’s Rose Eveleth tweeted, “No no women are toooootally welcome in our community, just ask the dude in this shirt.” Astrophysicist Katie Mack commented: “I don’t care what scientists wear. But a shirt featuring women in lingerie isn’t appropriate for a broadcast…
Read moreShould welfare programs pay more attention to dads?
This is an excerpt from the third article in a four-part series, written in partnership with TheAtlantic.com, examining the role of fathers in American families. The 10-month-old twins call Frandy “Da Da.” He changes their diapers, mixes up their formula and helps shoulder the burden of providing food, clothing and medical care. But the girls aren’t…
Read moreWhy the number of single dads is on the rise
This is an excerpt from the second article in a four-part series, written in partnership with TheAtlantic.com, examining the role of fathers in American families. There are a few reasons why the state push for joint parenting is resulting in more single dads. 1. It empowers fathers to ask for more, and believe they deserve it.William…
Read moreTouch Screen kids
Not that long ago, there was only the television, which theoretically could be kept in the parents’ bedroom or locked behind a cabinet. Now there are smartphones and iPads, which wash up in the domestic clutter alongside keys and gum and stray hair ties. “Mom, everyone has technology but me!” my 4-year-old son sometimes wails….
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