January 13, 2010
I always thought of utilitarianism as a somewhat capitalistic hence individualistic philosophy. I seem to remember reading John Stuart Mill's On Liberty in college and passages about the r......
January 13, 2010
Two years ago I blogged that the hard sciences had not suffered the political correctness that has hamstrung the social sciences. In response, Frank Tipler, a mathematical physicist at T......
January 13, 2010
How do we know whether American universities are really educating students?
January 12, 2010
Last week I posted a copy of an exam from an introductory sociology class, forwarded to me by a colleague. The test was graded 100%. I quoted the exam at length and noted that sadly “A student......
January 11, 2010
I received the following post from Concord Review editor Will Fitzhugh. This book excerpt drives home the need for high schools to emphasize more writing and research. As a college instructor of "hi......
