Opinion

Educational Rot

Schools of education, whether graduate or undergraduate, tend to represent the academic slums of most college campuses. They tend to be home to...

Walter E. Williams March 13, 2013

Rising Rand: The Significance of Rand Paul’s Filibuster

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. March 12, 2013

Rand Paul’s nearly 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor last week was a stroke of political genius that still has not yet been...

Intellectuals and Race

Thomas Sowell March 12, 2013

Both the Progressives at the beginning of the 20th century and the liberals at the end started from the same false premise —...

There’s Method to Obama’s “Madness”

Wallis W. Wood March 9, 2013

Congratulations! You’ve managed to survive a whole week since sequestration hit. And despite all of the dire warnings that were issued, airplanes didn’t...

Cutting Government Would Boost Economy

Sheldon Richman March 9, 2013

Budget sequestration is as modest a step toward cutting Leviathan as one can imagine. Further progress will be difficult as long as people...

Oz the Great and Powerful: Not so Great

Raven Clabough March 8, 2013

Oz the Great and Powerful is a fantastical prequel to The Wizard of Oz that delves into the story of the man behind...

We Might be Muslim Today if …

Selwyn Duke March 8, 2013

It’s easy to imagine that, were it not for the Crusades and our hammering medieval heroes, we could well be what the Mideast...

Budget Cuts? Not for $50 Million Contract for New TSA Uniforms

Ralph R. Reiland March 8, 2013

Just two days before the automatic federal spending cuts took effect, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it had awarded a $50 million...

Inspector General’s Iraq Report Misses the Point

Jack Kenny March 8, 2013

This week's news of a report by the Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction raised some eyebrows and maybe some hackles among the taxpaying...

Sustainability Marxism

Tom DeWeese March 7, 2013

Sustainable development is really just a disguised Marxism, with its top-down control of economic decisions, violation of private property rights, and emphasis on...

Hugo Chávez: Sic Semper Tyrannis

Selwyn Duke March 7, 2013

Hugo Chávez stole not just money from his people, but also their democratic institutions and prosperity. He rewrote his nation’s constitution to suit...