Commentary In “Civilization: The West and the Rest” historian Niall Ferguson asks why, from about 1500 AD, the West was able to rise from being a backwater of illiterate, unhygienic bumpkins to become the greatest civilization the world had ever seen. He suggests an answer: the West created what he calls “the six killer apps”…
Brian Giesbrecht: Meritocracy or Mediocrity—Canada Must Choose
Refocusing America’s Attention
Commentary America is struggling. While this country and its people have faced their share of difficulties—including the Great Depression, several wars, terrorist attacks, and countless devastating natural disasters—we seem to be losing a key attribute of our national identity: our confidence in our ability to solve problems and achieve what was once considered “impossible.” That…
Parents Can Help Children Turn ‘Healthy Struggles’ Into Capability, Confidence in Life: Lee Benson
Instead of taking challenges away from their children, parents can give them “healthy struggles” that can help build the capabilities and confidence they need to succeed in life, said Lee Benson, a serial entrepreneur and Wall Street Journal best-selling author. “What we need to get at is to embrace this concept that struggle is actually…
PREMIERING NOW: North Korean Defector Yeonmi Park: Is America on the Road to Ruin?
“The tactics that are being used in America right now to control people are the same tactics the North Korean regime used to control us and enslave us eventually,” says North Korean defector Yeonmi Park. She’s the author of the new book, “While Time Remains: A North Korean Girl’s Search for Freedom in America.” “This…
North Korean Defector Yeonmi Park: Is America on the Road to Ruin?
“The tactics that are being used in America right now to control people are the same tactics the North Korean regime used to control us and enslave us eventually,” says North Korean defector Yeonmi Park. She’s the author of the new book, “While Time Remains: A North Korean Girl’s Search for Freedom in America.” “This…
PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: North Korean Defector Yeonmi Park: Is America on the Road to Ruin?
“The tactics that are being used in America right now to control people are the same tactics the North Korean regime used to control us and enslave us eventually,” says North Korean defector Yeonmi Park. She’s the author of the new book, “While Time Remains: A North Korean Girl’s Search for Freedom in America.” “This…
PREMIERING 3/4 at 7:30PM ET: North Korean Defector Yeonmi Park: Is America on the Road to Ruin?
“The tactics that are being used in America right now to control people are the same tactics the North Korean regime used to control us and enslave us eventually,” says North Korean defector Yeonmi Park. She’s the author of the new book, “While Time Remains: A North Korean Girl’s Search for Freedom in America.” “This…
PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Ian Rowe: We’re Handicapping Children With Victimhood Narratives Instead of Teaching Them How to Succeed
“If you say that there’s structural racism, institutional racism, systemic racism, then I have to insist on one other kind of racism. And that is surmountable racism,” says Ian Rowe, co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-focused, International Baccalaureate high schools in the Bronx. Prior to this, he was CEO of the…
PREMIERING NOW: Ian Rowe: We’re Handicapping Children With Victimhood Narratives Instead of Teaching Them How to Succeed
“If you say that there’s structural racism, institutional racism, systemic racism, then I have to insist on one other kind of racism. And that is surmountable racism,” says Ian Rowe, co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-focused, International Baccalaureate high schools in the Bronx. Prior to this, he was CEO of the…
Ian Rowe: We’re Handicapping Children With Victimhood Narratives Instead of Teaching Them How to Succeed
“If you say that there’s structural racism, institutional racism, systemic racism, then I have to insist on one other kind of racism. And that is surmountable racism,” says Ian Rowe, co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-focused, International Baccalaureate high schools in the Bronx. Prior to this, he was CEO of the…
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