I’m sure everyone and their brother will have something to say about this Washington Post column today entitled “What’s Happening to Boys”, but I’ll go ahead and add my $.02 anyway. Boys aren’t doing well in our society today. 90% of Ritalin prescriptions are given to boys, they are more likely to drop out of [...]
Archive for March, 2006
What’s happening to boys?
Posted in culture, kids, tagged boys, education, kids, National Boy's Project, political correctness on March 31, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Miss Manners’ take on "boomerang kids"
Posted in culture, family, kids, tagged family, independence, kids, lifestyle, miss manners on March 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago I wrote about re-thinking our assumptions regarding young adults living with mom and dad. Today I came across a column Miss Manners wrote about the attitudes of parents and children facing a return home upon completing college. Her take is that the assumption that as our kids grow, they will come [...]
The disappearing generation gap?
Posted in culture, current events, family, kids, tagged culture, generation gap, growing up on March 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Today over at the National Review Online, Myrna Blyth has an article making fun of life coaches. In it she makes reference to a New York Magazine article about parents in their 30’s and early 40’s who, in her words, “in their hoodies and their retro sneakers, have decided it is really very cool to [...]
A new guide for helping your kids choose a college
Posted in Uncategorized on March 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I should be in bed, but I just had to post a link to a blog called The Torch which is run by the organization FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education). FIRE is an organization devoted to helping college students defend their rights to free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, due process [...]
How to become much smarter in about an hour
Posted in Uncategorized on March 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a gentleman over at the Crunch Cons board named Bruce Frohnen who I have become a big fan of. I swear to you that if you take about an hour and read just his posts from the Crunchy Cons board, you will be a smarter person.
Crunchy Conservatives and Civic Activity
Posted in Uncategorized on March 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve mentioned the conversation going on at the National Review Online about the book “Crunchy Conservatives” as couple of times here. This week there has been a very interesting (or at least I found it very interesting) conversation about civil society and how we engage in a culture we see as hostile and corrupted. A [...]
"Let’s all get together and defend high unemployment" day in France
Posted in Uncategorized on March 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
To us Americans, the riots and protests going on in France over proposed changes which would make it easier for companies to hire and fire people under the age of 26 are completely unfathomable. In his World Opinion Roundup on the Washington Post, Jefferson Morely looks at several international reports and some of the [...]
Research on Homeschoolers
Posted in education, homeschooling, tagged education, homeschoolers, research on March 28, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I came across an article from the Fall 2004 issue of the Journal of College Admission which summarizes the research which has been done on homeschooled students for college admissions officers. It was Written by Dr. Brian D. Ray, the president of the National Home Education Research Institute. It is written from an obviously pro-homeschool [...]
RIP Recess
Posted in current events, education, kids, tagged kids, public schools, recess on March 28, 2006 | 3 Comments »
There was an item in our local newspaper which caught my eye because I thought it was so very odd. The headline was “Recess thrives in Wisconsin”:
The national PTA reports many schools in Wisconsin grant 30 minutes for recess during the day, half at mid-morning and half in the afternoon. That’s the maximum allowed by [...]
We need clear thinkers like this today
Posted in culture, politics, tagged British Empire, cuture, defense of culture, multiculturalism on March 26, 2006 | 2 Comments »
A writer named Mark Steyn has a column up on the Orange County Register about the case of a man being threatened with execution in Afghanistan for converting to Christianity. The whole thing is good, but I particularly appreciated this bit:
In a more culturally confident age, the British in India were faced with the practice [...]
