Education The Role of Customer Service in Education Earlier this week, I witnessed a college-level class argue with the professor about the due date of an assignment. Does it help the students to push the assignment back a week, or is it antithetical to good education?
Editorial The Driving Force After nearly half of dropouts didn't find school interesting or relevant, 27 states enacted "No Pass No Drive" laws, banning dropouts from driving. Were these laws a wrong turn?
Editorial The Parabolic Parking Problem Some time ago I was wondering how, in the event that I became overlord of an evil parking meter company, I could make a parking meter with a somewhat skewed sense of fair. My goal was simple: order 1 hour, get one hour; order 2 hours, get 1 hour and
Editorial Hacking the Election With Online Voting Online voting is sometimes hailed as the future of democratic life. Is online voting feasible now, or does it present yet another way to rig the election?
Editorial Just How Bad is the Passive Voice? It is often said that the passive voice weakens an argument. It often uses extra words, reduces readability, and can even remove the reader from the text. The passive voice creates a sentence that is cold and often lacking a clear, specific subject. It is for these reasons that many
