Last Week This Week 5-15-16

Wrath /ræθ/ noun

            1
:  strong vengeful anger or indignation
 (chiefly used for humorous or rhetorical effect)

            2
:  retributory punishment for an offense or a crime: divine chastisement
        

On WBT

Adrian argues that you shouldn't stop talking to people just because they like Trump.

WBT Friends

Adrian's 2nd piece about enduring Ranger School for Task and Purpose.

Editor’s Recommendations

Military

The Afghan who saved Marcus Luttrell has been left high and dry by the "Lone Survivor," and now claims things went down differently than in the book–this is long but must-read.

Suicides linked to SEAL training.

Humanities

Why is philosophy important in schools? These two articles demonstrate why we need more than STEM education from K-12 and beyond.

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/is-this-on-the-exam-the-pressing-need-for-philosophy-in-schools-1.2627951

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/teaching-students-philosophy-will-improve-their-academic-performance-shows-study

Revisiting an old controversy with Irving Howe's 1991 essay on The Value of the Canon, and what constitutes aesthetic value in the arts.

Politics

President Obama has belatedly come down in support of an idea that will make our elections, and our democracy, stronger and more open: Election Day as a Federal Holiday.

Slate's Rebecca Onion discovered Reiff