On Tuesday’s opinion page there was a column from Rich Lowry titled “Our screen culture increasingly can’t read” that struck a chord with me. In it he cites a New York Times survey that said 80 percent of teachers said that students at their schools have a device assigned to them and ...
It's so easy and comfortable being a liberal. You never have to admit you're wrong when you're demonstrably wrong. Neither do you have to be concerned with lack of support, because the liberal establishment - from the news media to your fellow Democrats, academia, "science" and Hollywood elites ...
Today, one has to assume that President Donald Trump does not see himself winning the Nobel Peace Prize anytime soon. But, an Oscar and an Emmy? Yes, without any doubt. He has been America's Best Actor in a Drama and Best Director of a Reality TV Show. After all, a man who has threatened to ...
In 1788, Virginia convened a convention to debate ratification of the new U.S. Constitution, promulgated in Philadelphia the year before. The pardon power proved to be a sticking point for some delegates. George Mason, the primary author of Virginia's own constitution, was among those worried ...
The simplest way to state the relationship between attention and memory is that you can’t remember something that you haven't paid attention to in the first place. What is attention? Attention is a filter. When attention is working, and you are surrounded by all the sights, sounds, and ...
As 2026 college graduates prepare for the next chapter of their lives, the news on the job market front is kind of mixed. Those going to graduate school full time may be a little relieved that they are not entering the workforce just yet, but a report from the National Association of Colleges ...