Who Are the World’s Smartest Kids? Not Americans
According to the PISA (Program for international Student Assessment) 2012 test, the smartest kids in the world are Asians: students in Shanghai-China, South...
Opinion
Should Profiling Be Banned?
Last week, the Obama administration announced new curbs on racial profiling by federal law enforcement. Before deciding whether this is good or bad...
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Republicans’ Abject Surrender on Spending
There are so many things wrong with the “cromnibus” spending bill that I hardly know where to begin. Let’s start with the fact that members...
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A Choice Not an Echo, Fifty Years Later
In her 2014 update to A Choice Not and Echo, Phyllis Schlafly demonstrates that not much has changed, as Republican candidates for president...
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The Tortured Logic of the Torture Lobby
Some argue that the torture of innocents under the Bush/Cheney program simply needs to be reformed. But you can't reform the abuse of...
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America as the Soviet West
How bad is the state of politics in America today? So bad that former Vice Predator Dick Cheney should make us glad that...
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A Meaningless Sop for Conservatives
In a classic example of political grandstanding, the House of Representatives passed a meaningless vote last week in opposition to Barack Obama’s illegal...
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Gruber’s Arrogance Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
There is no doubt that the attempts to hide implementation of Agenda 21 have been done using many of the same tactics Jonathan...
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Intensive Phonics: The Magic Bullet
In order to reverse the severe decline in literacy in this country, the best way to teach children to read is with intensive...
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Is Law Optional?
Do we want people punished, based on other people's preconceptions, rather than on the facts of the individual case? ...
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What’s Rule of Law?
Just about every law that Congress enacts violates the requirements for rule of law. How do we determine violations of rule of law?...
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When Liberal Preferences Meet Islamic Principles
There was a recent scandal that, as much as anything else, illustrates the intellectual emptiness and moral ennui of the modern liberal man....
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A Review of McDevitt’s “Coming Home”
Jack McDevitt's latest novel, Coming Home, looks at the history of the “golden age” of the twentieth century's space program from a vantage...
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Beware the Republican Internationalists
Anyone who expects the new Republican majority in the Senate to slam the brakes on Barack Obama’s meddlesome foreign policy may be in...
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Can Racial Discrimination Explain Much?
Very often, major problems are erroneously seen as being caused by racial discrimination. No one argues that racial discrimination does not exist or...
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