Jordan Weissmann, writing for The Atlantic: "The number of non-book-readers has nearly tripled since 1978." Read the rest of Weissman's piece--he goes on to find hope in that the decline of reading among young adults appears to have abated. In my view, the best book on the paucity of young adult reading and its ill effects is The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future(Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30) by Dr. Mark Bauerlein of Emory University (discussed in this post). Dr. Bauerlein was kind enough to endorse my forthcoming … [Read more...] about What’s the Deal with People Not Reading?
Education or Reputation: A New Look at Top-Ranked Liberal Arts Colleges
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research group, is out with a new report called Education or Reputation: A Look at America's Top-Ranked Liberal Arts Colleges. Kathleen Parker writes in the Washington Post, "the trends highlighted are not confined to smaller, elite institutions. These include an increasing lack of academic rigor, grade inflation, high administrative costs and a lack of intellectual diversity." Read the rest of Parker's remarks. Meanwhile, Bloomberg posted this graph last August on the rising costs of college in comparison to … [Read more...] about Education or Reputation: A New Look at Top-Ranked Liberal Arts Colleges
How Are 27 year olds doing these days?
Jordan Weissmann has an interesting collection of graphs in The Atlantic on the financial, educational, and social status of 27 year olds today. It comes from a data set of about 15,000 young adults who were high school sophomores in 2002 and have been tracked as part of a longitudinal study. Of those who expected to earn a bachelor's degree, only about 1 in 3 (34 percent) actually did. … [Read more...] about How Are 27 year olds doing these days?
Movie Frozen – Christian Undertones?
Collin Garbarino, of Houston Baptist University, explains: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com … [Read more...] about Movie Frozen – Christian Undertones?
41 Years Since Roe v. Wade in Six Minutes
From Texas Alliance For Life: HT: Justin Taylor It's less well-known today that through the 1980s leaders of both political parties feared the consequences of staking out a pro-abortion rights position. Things changed in the run-up to the first term of President Clinton. For a fascinating book on this history, check out The Politics of Abortion by Anne Hendershott, whom I interviewed a few years ago. … [Read more...] about 41 Years Since Roe v. Wade in Six Minutes
Relentlessly Call Abortion What It Really Is
Jon Bloom:Abortion is rarely talked about. I’m not talking about the word “abortion.” We hear this word a lot it in the public square. But we rarely hear about it. Abortion almost always refers to something else. We hear that abortion is fundamentally about a woman’s right to reproductive freedom. Or abortion is a litmus test for judicial nominees. Or abortion is symptomatic of what’s wrong with the social discourse in America. But none of those things is what abortion really is. Abortion is the intentional killing of unborn children. Read the whole thing. … [Read more...] about Relentlessly Call Abortion What It Really Is