Justin Buzzard has some good advice for us men from his book Date Your Wife - on the Huffington Post blog of all places. Step 1: Call your wife right now and tell her you're taking her out to dinner tonight. Tell her you're making all the arrangements. Step 2: Make reservations, arrange babysitting if you have kids, and cancel any previous plans you had on the calendar for tonight. Step 3: Take your wife out to dinner and give her your full attention. Step 4: Say "sorry." Tell your wife you're sorry for ways you've neglected your marriage or failed to take care of and date … [Read more...] about Five Steps to Date Your Wife
Has Higher Education Become an Engine of Inequality?
The Chronicle of Higher Education hosts a "round table" as it were, asking nine scholars of higher education policy and related fields to address this topic: Inequality is growing in the United States, and social mobility is slowing. A study by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that 62 percent of Americans raised in the top one-fifth of the income scale stay in the top two-fifths; 65 percent born in the bottom fifth stay in the bottom two-fifths.Education, long praised as the great equalizer, no longer seems to be performing as advertised. A study by Stanford University shows that the gap in … [Read more...] about Has Higher Education Become an Engine of Inequality?
The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
I enjoyed this booklet by Tim Keller on the freedom that comes with self-forgetfulness. It unpacks the theme that "the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less." You can get the booklets for $2.74/each, or get an extra 10% off if you purchase 5 or more. Publisher's Description: ‘What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart?’ This is one of the questions the Apostle Paul addresses as he writes to the church in Corinth. He’s not after some superficial outward … [Read more...] about The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
Funny Cartoon on Health Care Law
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Is the “Individual Mandate” a Tax?
The Supreme Court narrowly upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate. John H. Cushman Jr., reporting for the New York Times, writes: Many conservatives considered the mandate unconstitutional under the commerce clause, arguing that if the federal government could compel people to buy health insurance, it could compel them to buy almost anything -- even broccoli, the archetypal example debated during the oral arguments three months ago. In a complex decision, the court found that Congress’ powers to regulate commerce did not justify the mandate. But it … [Read more...] about Is the “Individual Mandate” a Tax?
Teaching Children about Money and Work
Randy Alcorn: As parents, we should help our children learn to associate money with labor. Money and possessions do not fall out of the sky. They are earned through work--good, hard, and well-done work. We can encourage our children to work at tasks, make things, and sell them. We can teach them that work can be meaningful and fun as well as financially profitable. A common mistake that parents make is to dole out money to children arbitrarily as life goes by. This teaches them to believe money has no cost, that it comes easily or automatically. As a result, they disassociate money from … [Read more...] about Teaching Children about Money and Work