Opinion

Community Colleges: Do We Really Need Them?

With President Obama’s proposal to provide the first two years of community college free to qualified students, I was reminded of what I...

Sam Blumenfeld February 1, 2015

My Problem With Sarah Palin

Selwyn Duke February 1, 2015

Sarah Palin supported amnesty ... in so many words. Now, since our country is subject to a somewhat planned invasion that’s changing its...

A Review of “Edmund Burke—The First Conservative”

James Heiser January 31, 2015

Jesse Norman's new book on Edmund Burke offers a noteworthy introduction to the life and thought of the father of conservatism. ...

“Je Suis Charlie” — “Je Suis Victor Charlie”

William F. Jasper January 30, 2015

In our justified fight against the Total State, cultural Marxists routinely offer us their help. This help we must never be tempted to...

United States Remains in 12th Place in Economic Freedom

Bob Adelmann January 30, 2015

The United States' 12th place in the world this year in economic freedom will be corrected downward in the next few years as...

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Wrong Way to Make Law

John F. McManus January 29, 2015

Every federal official solemnly swears an oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution. Once having met that requirement, practically all of these...

The Northeast Nanny-staters Who Are and the Blizzard That Never Was

Selwyn Duke January 28, 2015

Call it the Blizzard of Oz. The “Snowstorm of the Century” Monday was supposed to be historic. All we got was histrionics. It...

Defense Against Demagogues

Walter E. Williams January 28, 2015

The greatest tool in the arsenal of demagogues is economic ignorance, which my colleagues in George Mason University's economics department battle against tooth...

Two Kinds of Income Inequality

Sheldon Richman January 28, 2015

Income inequality is back in the news, propelled by an Oxfam International report and President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. The...

America’s Math Problem

Sam Blumenfeld January 27, 2015

Since progressive educators decided that rote memorization is a form of child abuse, children are now taught math (formerly arithmetic) with a minimum...

Fatwas and Gender Wrecks

Ralph R. Reiland January 26, 2015

After a recent snowfall in the desert, “a prominent Saudi Arabian cleric ... whipped up controversy by issuing a religious ruling forbidding the...

Black Sheriff Scorches “Black Lives Matter” Protesters

John F. McManus January 23, 2015

Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke, Jr. aimed a stinging rebuke to the many protesters who have clogged streets, blocked highways, and demonstrated their breast-beating...