by Kevin Bauder | Dec 2, 2016 | Education, General Information
So says Stephanie Reese Masson in “The Death of Cursive Writing,” courtesy of the Chronicle of Higher Education. It took a while for this problem to sneak up on us at the college level. A CNN report in 2011 noted that, “states don’t require children...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 2, 2016 | Argumentation and Debate, C. S. Lewis, Civility
Michael Ward of Oxford University offers a perspective on “C. S. Lewis and the Art of Disagreement.” It’s well worth reading. The fact that Lewis could approve of atheists like Ryle, as well as enjoy the company of liberals like Watson and socialists...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 2, 2016 | Economics, Education, Ethics
The Obama administration wants to have the federal government forgive some $108 billion in student debt (total student debt in the US is well over a trillion dollars). What will be the effect? Joe Carter answers that question.
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 1, 2016 | Bioethics, Ethics, Politics, Uncategorized
Building upon work by Peter Kreeft, Justin Taylor helps us think about a reasoned case against seeing abortion as a right. If I seem to be linking to a lot of Taylor’s writing, it’s because he has been doing some pretty good stuff. This essay is no...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 1, 2016 | Education, How the Left Thinks, Institutions
It will if some students get their way. A “sanctuary campus” is one in which the institution refuses to help federal authorities pursue illegal aliens. Read about it at Sojourners.
