TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
A hundred fifty years ago, at least some Americans recognized that all serious discourse depended on the use of the faculty called Reason. Formal debate, science, and law all flowed from that source. A common bond existed in some schools of the day. The student was expected to learn how Reason operates, and for that Read More…
Higher education in America has been critical for people who want to excel and get the job of their dreams. College education retains an implicit faith and trust in the American culture. It supports learning and knowledge. For most people, it is the getaway to that dream career, an excellent job, and a prosperous life. Read More…
Dr. Asseem Malhotra is known as one of the most influential cardiologists in Britain and a world-leading expert in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. Currently, he is leading a huge campaign against excess sugar consumption. What also makes him unique is something he recently admitted took him decades to figure out: that our Read More…
A US Congress bill proposed on Wednesday conflates criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism, free-speech advocates say. The measure aims to provide the Department of Education with a legal definition of anti-Semitism to handle discrimination claims. It adopts a 2010 report by a special US State Department envoy to combat anti-Semitism. The document provides a list Read More…
Is it possible that we Americans only pretend not to notice the conditions that produce an epidemic of school shootings, or is the public just too dumbed-down to connect the dots? Look at the schools themselves. We called them “facilities” because they hardly qualify as buildings: sprawling, one-story, tilt-up, flat-roofed boxes isolated among the parking lagoons out Read More…
Technology has expanded the amount of educational resources available to us in a huge way. Students twenty years ago didn’t have half the passages and pathways to learning and discovery that we enjoy and take for granted today. On the internet there is an endless amount of resources that are friendly and easy to understand, Read More…
In response to last week’s shooting at a Florida high school, the state’s governor recently released his plans to make schools safer. Many of his proposals will indisputably serve to further turn schools into prisons, a trend that has been on the rise for years. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Governor Rick Scott’s proposals include: “— $450 Read More…
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours. While everyone is still writhing over the implications of the FISA Memo — and if true, are indeed damning but only if people are actually held accountable — and Read More…
In 2012, the State of New Hampshire passed a measure that eased the state’s intervention into the operations of homeschooling families by reducing the number of filings parents would have to submit in order to get state approval for their efforts to educate their children. This move, according to Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), reduced the Read More…
A mother was stalked and harassed by police and subsequently threatened with arrest for her choice to not vaccinate her son, as she dropped him at the bus stop. (TFTP) A particularly disturbing video was submitted to the Free Thought Project this week showing the Orwellian implications of state-mandated vaccination laws. Porsha Rasheed was simply Read More…