Broken Windows
Kerby Anderson Broken windows and destroyed buildings in cities like Minneapolis, Seattle, and Portland provide a test of the “broken windows” economic theory. Dr. Merrill Matthews writes about this...
Social Media Plays Doctor
Kerby Anderson Adam Mill argues that “If Social Media Wants to Play Doctor, They Should Prepare to be Sued for Malpractice.” He has a point. It involves the frequent debate about the effectiveness of...
Online Learning
Kerby Anderson It appears that most school districts are headed for another round of online learning. Professor Mark Bauerlein (author of the book, The Dumbest Generation) identifies many problems wit...
Pandemic Pods
Penna Dexter According to The Wall Street Journal, “There are nearly 60 million prekindergarten, elementary, middle and high school students in the U.S., and with online learning a poor substitute for...
Free Market Voting
Kerby Anderson On the campaign trail and in university classrooms, capitalism and the free market are under attack. Defenders of a free market system make a convincing case for the economic benefits o...
Nonprofits
Kerby Anderson How many nonprofits will shut their doors because of the pandemic? That is a question some researchers tried to answer by looking at various financial scenarios. They tried to analyze t...
Math and Grammar Racist?
Kerby Anderson It appears that mathematics and grammar are now also examples of racism and western imperialism. At least that is what we are hearing on a number of college campuses. Nancy Pearcey writ...
Jekyll & Hyde Effect
Kerby Anderson Theologian Keith Mathison recently decided to delete his Facebook account. Years ago, he deleted his Twitter account. While there is nothing unusual about what he did, I appreciated his...
End of College
Kerby Anderson Stephen McBride is predicting the end of college as we know it. The key to his prediction is the last four words: as we know it. The prestigious universities will survive because they w...
Flexible School Financing
Penna Dexter Families with K-12 children have spent the summer waiting to find out whether their schools will reopen for the fall semester or offer virtual learning at least in the early weeks. School...
