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Archives for June 2012
Is the “Individual Mandate” a Tax?
The Supreme Court narrowly upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate. John H. Cushman Jr., reporting for the New York Times, writes: Many conservatives considered the mandate unconstitutional under the commerce clause, arguing that if the federal government could compel people to buy health insurance, it could compel them to buy almost anything -- even broccoli, the archetypal example debated during the oral arguments three months ago. In a complex decision, the court found that Congress’ powers to regulate commerce did not justify the mandate. But it … [Read more...] about Is the “Individual Mandate” a Tax?
Teaching Children about Money and Work
Randy Alcorn: As parents, we should help our children learn to associate money with labor. Money and possessions do not fall out of the sky. They are earned through work--good, hard, and well-done work. We can encourage our children to work at tasks, make things, and sell them. We can teach them that work can be meaningful and fun as well as financially profitable. A common mistake that parents make is to dole out money to children arbitrarily as life goes by. This teaches them to believe money has no cost, that it comes easily or automatically. As a result, they disassociate money from … [Read more...] about Teaching Children about Money and Work
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Jean Twenge on White Horse Inn
Michael Horton talks to Dr. Jean Twenge about her fascinating book The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement and her previous book Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before. Dr. Twenge quotes a study that found one third of all college students think they deserve a B if they show up to class. And two thirds of students thinks that if they try hard, a professor should increase their grade. Both of Dr. Twenge's books were very helpful to me as I wrote Thriving at College. … [Read more...] about Jean Twenge on White Horse Inn
The College “Ranking” Systems
Zac Bissonnette, in his excellent book Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching off My Parents, debunks the overly hyped U.S. News & World Report college ranking, metric by metric. Then he notes: But the larger problem with ranking colleges is that it is based on the premise that attending college is like an amusement park ride: a passive experience where the student picks the most thrilling ride he can handle, straps in, and holds on to his digital camera. College is nothing like that....What they get out of their education is … [Read more...] about The College “Ranking” Systems