George Rebane
Hey, let’s rag on the millennials a bit more. Every peek under the collective kimono of that celebrated cohort reveals another shortcoming. Now we hear that a prime reason why their critical thinking skills need a little tweaking is that they’re not learning much of that in the college careers. The revealing report starts out, “Freshmen and seniors at about 200 colleges across the U.S. take a little-known test every year to measure how much better they get at learning to think. The results are discouraging.” You’ll read the rest here.
The above little tidbit goes hand in glove with the report that college degrees are not worth that much anymore. (more here) The problem is, whouda guessed, that employers aren’t that certain that a college degree means its holder can think critically when the situation demands. But in today’s world it seems natural that if every kid got a trophy for everything they did, then why shouldn’t everyone also not get a college degree for whatever they did in college.
President Trump can’t let well enough alone. What was all that tweeting about the London mayor? We dunned Obama for not being able to say anything without a teleprompter, now we have a president who shouldn’t say much without a teleprompter. Somebody please put a cork in him.
[7jun17 update] The Kathy Griffin dustup has yet to settle. In today’s Union columnist Lynn Wenzel writes a commendable defense of the First Amendment (here), and this prominent Lady of the Left even cites the free market in her arguments. My only problem with her discussion of Griffin’s cancellation was her evidence-free insinuation that one or more rightwing veterans acted like rock apes – “And the cowards who threatened the Center. Really? There are individuals in this community who found Griffin’s act so distasteful they are going to attack their very own Veterans Hall? … Shameful.” But then again, maybe she meant something else. However, we can take The Union to task for not bolstering their Griffin story with some evidence about the source of their reported threats. Historically the Left has been known to be the perpetrators against their own in order to garner the public’s sympathy.
[10jun17 update] From various letters to editors and blog commenters it becomes more clear than ever that both the Left and Right are convinced the other is doing their best to roll back our freedoms and make America into an autocracy. The Left wants the freedom to be increasingly regulated by an ever-larger government, and the Right wants the freedom to be less regulated by a minimalist government. And, indeed, should one or the other prevail, they will promptly proceed to exercise their freedoms.
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