Monday, March 16, 2009

Monday Miscellany


Depressing economic item of the week: watch the video here on the treasury's printing of paper.

Depressing culture of death item of the week: watch the video here to see former-President Clinton giving huge amounts of mis-information (redefining an embryo to be unfertilized) and NOT being challenged by the CNN medical doctor conducting the interview. Remind me NOT to see this doctor when I have a medical problem...

Depressing court case of the week: how about a divorce trial where the homeschooling mom must stop homeschooling because the dad wants his children to be exposed to "science". Never mind that the children are testing years ahead of grade level, and everyone agrees that homeschooling has been very good for them.

Enough depressing? How about a fun article by Hillsdale professor David Whalen, answering the time-honored question, "Is Pop Culture Bad"? Dr. Whalen is very funny here, but still gets his point across. (Thanks to Elcejo for the link)

1 comment:

Jenny said...

Chris,

I can't believe it!!! Yippee!!! I heard Dr. Whalen give this lecture while we were at Hillsdale for Parent's Weekend. It's good reading, but oh my his delivery was something to enjoy. I see why these kids love him as they do.

Jenny