The fifth edition of the American Psychological Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders “is also, frankly, a disaster for children assigned behavioural disorders,” says Northwestern professor Christopher Lane, interviewed by Spiked! . . . . Continue Reading »
As Raymond Tallis points out over at The Guardian , philosophy is one tough bird to kill—even the question-begging broadside of Stephen Hawking and his reductionistic hunting party can’t quite bring her down. In fact, says Tallis, the very people who deny the relevance . . . . Continue Reading »
In my last post , I mentioned the frequently heard claim that friendship plays a diminished role in contemporary Western culture because we have elevated romantic love unduly. Here’s Paul O’Callaghan : “We live in a society that exalts erotic love as the supreme fulfillment available . . . . Continue Reading »
Searching for the New Mind of the South Michael Schulson, Religion & Politics Ave atque vale Donald Kagan, New Criterion A Map of American Speech NC State University Political Common Goods Are of a Fixed Size James Chastek, Just Thomism Why an NFL Player Skipped a White House Visit Joel Gehrke, . . . . Continue Reading »
Reihan Salam argues that low-skill immigration impacts US society differently now than a hundred years ago. Salam writes that the skills gap between low-skill immigrants and native-born American is wider now than in 1900 “and so this particular barrier to assimilation was much . . . . Continue Reading »
asks: A New Hampshire school district bans dodgeball . A Georgia school sends a kindergartener off in handcuffs . A Florida high school is shut down when a student brings in a mercury thermometer . Across the country, schools and school districts are overreacting to . . . . Continue Reading »
On Monday Brother Dominic Verner wrote of his happy discovery of the statue of Father Francis Duffy in Times Square (that part of the square is actually officially titled “Duffy Square”). Readers will want to know more about this priest and t he wikipedia entry is a good place to start. . . . . Continue Reading »
When valedictorian Roy Costner IV ripped up his graduation speech yesterday and prayed the Lord’s prayer, he dealt a defiant riposte to the atheist whining which had prevailed over his South Carolinian school district. His prayer garnered an exuberant round of Southern hoots, hollers, and . . . . Continue Reading »
BIG THOUGHTS HERE . . . . Continue Reading »
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