Day: February 3, 2024

Reagan’s education secretary urges schools to become a ‘temple of learning, not social experimentation’

2:00 pm February 3, 2024

Bill Bennett, education secretary under President Ronald Reagan, stressed the importance of U.S. K-12 schools steering clear of social experimentation amid rising chronic absenteeism and a notable decline in academic performance since the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s not in very good condition. It needs to be a lot better. We look at the scores… the reading […]

Birds as symbols of wisdom — and what the owl can tell us about ourselves

1:22 pm February 3, 2024

Folklore says owls are wise, but are they, really? It’s commonplace to understand that owls are nocturnal. But where did the wisdom characteristic of these birds originate — and why have we transferred that trait to humans who live long lives? QUIZ! NAME THAT BIRD! CAN YOU MATCH THESE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS WITH THEIR CORRECT NAMES? […]

Musk says Biden opened border floodgates so Democrats can stay in power

12:27 pm February 3, 2024

Elon Musk has again railed against President Joe Biden’s approach to securing the southern border, arguing that the commander-in-chief is letting millions of people into the country on purpose, so the Democrats can permanently stay in power. Billionaire Musk, who has been a vocal critic of Biden’s border crisis, ripped into the president on X late […]

Avoid these fad diets in 2024; try these healthy methods of eating instead

12:05 pm February 3, 2024

Have you ever come across a diet that promises rapid, short-term weight loss? Most likely, it’s a fad diet that you should avoid. Losing weight doesn’t happen overnight, and if a product or diet is promising it will, it’ll probably end up doing more harm than good. KEEP YOUR WEIGHT-LOSS JOURNEY A SECRET FROM EVERYONE, […]

Burnout and overtraining are forcing young athletes to drop out of sports, new report reveals

11:21 am February 3, 2024

With some 70% of teenagers and children dropping out of organized sports by age 13, experts are chiming in on potential reasons for early burnout. The dropout stat was revealed in a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) — “Overuse Injuries, Overtraining, and Burnout in Young Athletes” — published in the journal […]