Daily Archive: August 13, 2013
Stop Consuming News Media
Taylor Jacobson argues that the best way to deal with the modern news media is to ignore it completely.
Islam and the Nobel Prize
Andrew Sullivan points to a recent post by Isaac Chotiner in which the latter defends the general thrust of a recent, incendiary tweet from Richard Dawkins.
Driving Blind: Militarized Education and the NSA
How Edward Snowden decided who to leak to and the road to educational serfdom.
Back to School, Back to War? A Review of David Kirp’s Improbable Scholars
How do we balance urgency against responsibility in education reform? David Kirp’s recent book is a valiant attempt to square these two priorities. But can we really put aside “The Education Wars” so easily?
Fantasy Football Reminder
We all know Jaybird’s going to go for Tim Tebow #1 overall. But who will you draft?