Life without FEMA?
If you wonder what life would be like without a particular government agency, it is not enough simply to subtract the agency from...
Opinion
Republicans at Their Best and Their Worst
Thanks to the liberal Independents Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont,...
When 16-year-olds Can Vote
A desire to extend suffrage to younger adolescents is nothing new. A few nations...
The Education Reform Racket
Education reform in this country has essentially been a giant racket, deceiving the American...
Enough Spent on Welfare in 2011 to Give Every Poor Household Nearly $60,000
According to an October 16 memorandum prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) for...
Campaign Claims: Who’s Telling the Truth? Is Anyone?
“Well, the liar won!” That’s what half the country will be saying the night...
Some Thoughts on Frankenstorm
I note the ways in which Hurricane Sandy dovetails perfectly with our political situation....
Wrestling with Vampires
My American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines "vampire" as: 1. A reanimated...
“Cooling Out” the Voters
The belated release of State Department e-mails shows that the Obama administration knew, while...
Bad Lunches Cooked Up by the Central Planners
The big news out of Sweden is that lunch lady Annika Eriksson has been...
If 51 Percent of the Congress Were Women…
Why accept contraception as a women’s issue? After all, there’s male contraception, too, and...
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Who’s Behind the Common Core Curriculum?
Like so many education reform initiatives that seem to arise out of nowhere, the...
Obama the Classless
Barack Obama recently called Mitt Romney a bull******* in an interview. This, of course,...
Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy
It’s been noted, mostly by humorists, that Romney continuously expressed his agreement with Obama...
America’s Best Kept Educational Secrets
One of the best-kept secrets in American education is that the 26 letters of...
Economists Say Tax Hikes Will Curb Economic Growth
As the deadline to extend the Bush-era tax cuts looms, economists have agreed that...
Obama Gets Endorsement of Voting Machine in N.C.
Are electronic voting machines really a good idea? Sure, after the 2000 election, with...
The Truth and Politics
By looking at such diverse thinkers from the past as Machiavelli, Mosca, and Schumpeter,...
Is College Worth the Cost?
According to a cover story in Newsweek of September 17, 2012, there is a...
