Monthly Archives: May 2014

Things that help me sleep well

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Wordsson

include the fact that the institution where I teach doesn’t employ academic helicopters. As Stanley Fish once pointed out in an essay that I never tire of quoting, we get to choose “not between a closed environment and an open one … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Wordsson

A perspective I might add to the interview for the next guy who wants to date one of my daughters: I want them to be the sort of men who protect their families. I want them to see the distinction … Continue reading →

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on financial peace

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Wordsson

In preparation for signing up for a Financial Peace University course this summer, I tracked down this article I remembered from a few years back, just to refresh my memory. It was a good prompt to go ahead and commit … Continue reading →

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Things that keep me up at night

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Wordsson

(an occasional series) From the economics to the politics, colleges and universities are looking less like serious places to improve one’s mind and one’s prospects, and more like expensive islands of frivolity and, sometimes, viciousness. And that is likely to … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Wordsson

It’s astonishing. Could there be a better definition of racism, a better example of a purely racist concept, than this, the holding that all a person does and is springs from the colour of his skin? Rex Murphy, National Post

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more on why inequality is the wrong metric

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Wordsson

The poor growth rates of the last decade are not the unavoidable consequence of natural events or huge impersonal forces. Many of them stem from our boneheaded choices on regulation and taxation. Simplifying the tax code and easing back on … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Wordsson

[A] philosophy that is unable to accept the reality that men and women are built differently and built for different purposes, is not a liberating philosophy. It’s a philosophy that continuously suggests women are equal to men only so long … Continue reading →

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on Common Core

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Wordsson

Nice work by Peggy Noonan on the problems in the promotion of Common Core: The Common Core establishment appears to be largely led by people who are well-educated, well-meaning, accomplished and affluent, and who earnestly desire to help those in … Continue reading →

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