The Outstater
The Fraud of Official Art “Whenever I hear the word ‘culture,’ I reach for my Lugar.” — Hermann Göring THE MAYOR this week unveiled “The Garner,” our city’s latest acquisition of outdoor art. It is shown above so you can judge for yourself but let me say I find it hopelessly abstruse. It took even the artist himself, Sacho Primo, Read the full article…
Eichenberger: Father’s Day
by Dan Eichenberger, M.D. With Father’s Day approaching, the cultural conversation about men, fathers, and masculinity deserves more care than slogans usually allow. This is a season when many families pause to honor fathers, grandfathers, mentors and father figures whose steady presence has shaped lives in quiet but lasting ways. For that reason, the way society Read the full article…
The Outstater
Alternative Families by the Numbers THE GOVERNOR is getting grief over declaring June “Nuclear Family Month.” Does he think there’s something wrong with non-nuclear families? Well, there’s a two-part answer to that, and some aren’t going to like the second part. First, let’s acknowledging that raising a family, any family, is a heroic endeavor. Raising a family as a single Read the full article…
McGowan: Does Science Shortchange Women and Girls?
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D., and Gary McGowan, Ph.D. In 1996, we presented a paper at a conference arguing that “science textbooks do not present an accurate account of how scientific inquiry was conducted and is conducted now.” Subsequently, our paper, “Attribution, Cooperation, Science, and Girls,” was published. We focused on textbooks for chemistry, G. McGowan’s Read the full article…
Keating: A Rich Man’s Country?
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. Democrats and Republicans tend not to discuss politics at social events. Recently, however, conversation at a local restaurant converged into two shared concerns: growing income inequality and oligarchy, the excessive influence of the wealthy. Oligarchies concentrate power in the hands of elites who direct government policy for their own Read the full article…
Franke: The Pledge of Allegiance
by Mark Franke I saw a recent news report of a school classroom in Tennessee that got a very practical lesson in why America has an official Pledge of Allegiance. A substitute teacher was surprised that most students remained seated during the school’s recitation of the Pledge. Confused, he asked them why. Most couldn’t provide Read the full article…
