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Back to SearchThe Failure of "Democratic Education"
Season 32
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson promised to not eliminate Chicago's selective-enrollment public schools, which require entry by test and target high-…
2 years, 5 months ago
Is AI Just Another Tool, or Something Else?
Season 32
It's not uncommon to hear artificial intelligence described as a new "tool" that extends and expands our technological capabilities. Already there ar…
2 years, 5 months ago
Harvard's President Steps Down, More Christians Killed in Nigeria, and Billions Will Vote in 2024
Season 32
Harvard president Claudine Gay steps down over charges of plagiarism. John and Maria talk about the fallout for higher education. They also discuss …
2 years, 5 months ago
Unhappy and Unfulfilled
Season 32
According to the Pew Research Center, 2023 marked a record high of Americans over 40 who have never been married. In a related study earlier in th…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Marquis de Sade and the Power of Ideas
Season 32
Two hundred and thirty-one years ago this month, King Louis XVI of France lost his head. His execution by guillotine was a precursor of the Reign of …
2 years, 5 months ago
Male Volleyball Player Offered Girls' Scholarship
Season 32
Recently, the University of Washington offered a girls' volleyball scholarship to a 16-year-old boy. Swimmer Riley Gaines, perhaps the nation's top…
2 years, 5 months ago
Motherhood Myth Busting
Season 32
Recently in Vox, journalist Rachel Cohen attempted to explain how "millennials learned to dread motherhood." Noting the troubling drop in global fe…
2 years, 5 months ago
A Middle School in Minnesota Bans Phones, and the Students are Happy
Season 32
A year after a middle school in Minnesota banned phones, the principal is reporting students are "happy." Phone-related problems before the ban inc…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Ongoing Genocide of Nigerian Christians
Season 32
In what has become a dark annual tradition, Islamic militants in Nigeria carried out targeted attacks on Christians on Christmas Eve. Up to 200 are …
2 years, 5 months ago
Faithfulness in All Things
Season 32
Christian faithfulness, especially at a time of cultural chaos, isn't really about trying to do great things for God. In a tweet, my friend Katy Fa…
2 years, 5 months ago