Middle East Democracy
It's good to have hope, but if we're going to be realistic, there's little chance for Middle East emergence of what we in...
Opinion
Random Thoughts
When I was growing up, an older member of the family used to say, "What you don't know would make a big book."...
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Readingate: The 100-Year Coverup of Educational Malpractice, Part 3
In the 1960s the government threw more money and legislation at the nation's reading problem, but the reading skills of students continued to...
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Government Security Is Just Another Kind of Violence
The senseless and horrific killings last week in Newtown, Connecticut reminded us that a determined individual or group of individuals can cause great...
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Readingate: The 100-Year Coverup of Educational Malpractice, Part 2
Progressive educators such as John Dewey implemented their whole-word reading method into schools in the early 20th century. While this reading method was...
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The Chinese Want Gun Control — in America
In an article published by the Chinese government media outlet Xinhua, the Beijing regime calls on the Obama administration to use the Sandy...
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“Right to Work” Wins in Michigan
If right-to-work can pass in Michigan, pro-freedom legislation is possible almost anywhere. ...
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The End of the World
This is the piece that will never be published. Haven’t you heard? The world’s going to end on December 21. End-of-the-world hysteria is...
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Proof the Left Wants All Guns Outlawed
It has been said that to identify a liar, look for contradiction, because it’s hard keeping lies straight. It’s no revelation that leftists...
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The Fight Over Right-to-Work
When a state passes a right-to-work law, as Michigan did this month, employers in that state can no longer agree to require workers...
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The Specter of Executive Lawmaking in America
Recently, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the president wants permanent debt-ceiling authority, even though that power is solely vested in Congress....
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If There Is No God, There Is No Morality
In the wake of Sandy Hook, I argue that if there is no God, then there is no morality. ...
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A Hundred Percent of Nothing
Blacks have political control of Detroit, but the relevant question is whether some control of something is better than 100 percent control of...
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“Forward” to the Past?
We are going "forward" to a repeatedly failed past, following a charismatic leader, after a 20th century in which charismatic leaders led countries...
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Taxes, “the Rich,” and “Fairness”
President Obama regularly admonishes “the rich” for not paying their “fair share” of taxes. On the other hand, Peter Schiff, an investment broker,...
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