The other day a friend was gossiping about a party his daughter threw for a few friends after their final year of college.  Much of the conversation was about how to pay off their student loans.  One young woman volunteered she had no debt.  Her grandparents had provide

When I graduated from college my first job interviewer looked at me askance.  “What can you do with a philosophy degree?” he asked.  “Think,” I replied.   I didn’t get the job but never regretted my liberal arts education.  As William Deresiewicz  wrote in a recent ess