Cheating Scandals in the Public Schools
One of the purposes of No Child Left Behind, the education reform program promoted by President George W. Bush and Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, was to set high...
About: Sam Blumenfeld
Posts by Sam Blumenfeld
The Meaning of 9/11
It is now possible to see why it has taken so long to restore the area where the two giant World Trade Center towers stood. Because there were so...
GOP Debate Showdown at Simi Valley
The debate among Republican presidential candidates at the Reagan Library on Wednesday, Sept. 7th, provided a good deal of political theater. Every word spoken by the candidates, every facial...
The Source of American Exceptionalism
The idea that the United States is unique among the world’s nations has been recognized by many historians and ordinary citizens who sense our exceptionalism without fully knowing its...
Are We Headed Toward Civil Violence?
Tony Blankley’s recent column, “Politics Turns Dangerously Rougher,” reflects my own thinking on where all of this conflict between the socialist left and pro-Constitution Tea-Party right is headed. Since...
The Miseducation of American Teachers
I received a very interesting comment on my recent article, "The Great Brain Robbery," in which I tried to convey the damage that is being done daily in our...
How Long Has the Socialist Movement Been Going On?
The other day I came across a book buried in my library for years, H. G. Wells'Â The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution, published in 1928. Considering...
The Great Brain Robbery
The other night I was watching interviewer Piers Morgan, CNN’s replacement for Larry King, who retired from TV in December 2010. Morgan was interviewing Arianna Huffington, the Greek-American political...
9/11 and the Muslim Brotherhood
On September 11, 2011, a solemn memorial service will take place at Ground Zero on the tenth anniversary of that fateful day when 3,000 innocent Americans were killed by...
How Reagan Created Reaganomics
Since there has been so much talk among Tea Partiers of returning to the good old, pre-trillion-dollar days of Ronald Reagan’s administration, I thought it would be a good...
Can Dyslexia Be Cured?
I am surprised by how many famous people who have achieved great success in their chosen careers have also revealed that they are dyslexic and can’t read functionally. Among...
Why Israel Can’t Make Peace with “Democratic” Hamas
When Robert Welch coined the phrase, "This is a republic, not a democracy, let's keep it that way," he made an important contribution to American political debate and understanding....
On Growing Old
On May 31, 2011, I reached the age of 85. In other words I’ve lived through 85 summers, 85 winters, 85 springs. It may seem like a lot, but...
Why the Arab Spring May Turn into the Usual Arab Winter
Wafa Sultan is an Arab-American woman who was born in Syria, raised in the Islamic faith of her ancestors, rebelled against it, and emigrated to the U.S. She could...
Obama Fails the Black Underclass
The optimism and patience of the Congressional Black Caucus, after two and a half years of Obama-rule, has finally given out. They are now accusing the Obama administration of...
Rick Perry: The New Bulldozer on the Block
Rick Perry’s self-propelled entry into the contest for the Republican presidential nomination is creating a bit of a stir among conservatives. He missed the debates and straw polls in...
Mubarak’s Legacy
The sight of the former president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, lying in a hospital bed in a courtroom cage reminds me of the saying, “how the mighty have fallen.”...
When Are We Going to Start Blaming the Socialists for America’s Decline?
According to the Obama administration and our country’s leading liberal media, the Tea Party is responsible for all of our present financial woes. But, as anyone with a brain...
Why Are We in Afghanistan?
The recent horrendous casualties suffered by our military forces in Afghanistan must lead the average American to ask the simple question: Why are we still there? Of course, we...
The Demonization of the Tea Party
Now that the Tea Party has not only demonstrated its power to force the Republican Party to begin acting like a true party for less government, it has also...