Opinion

Some Thoughts on Frankenstorm

I note the ways in which Hurricane Sandy dovetails perfectly with our political situation. ...

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. October 30, 2012

Wrestling with Vampires

Sam Blumenfeld October 30, 2012

My American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines "vampire" as: 1. A reanimated corpse that is believed to rise from the grave...

“Cooling Out” the Voters

Thomas Sowell October 30, 2012

The belated release of State Department e-mails shows that the Obama administration knew, while the attack on the American consulate was still underway,...

Bad Lunches Cooked Up by the Central Planners

Ralph R. Reiland October 29, 2012

The big news out of Sweden is that lunch lady Annika Eriksson has been shut down. Eriksson was an exceptionally creative and hardworking...

If 51 Percent of the Congress Were Women…

Selwyn Duke October 29, 2012

Why accept contraception as a women’s issue? After all, there’s male contraception, too, and any insurance plan that didn’t cover birth control for...

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Who’s Behind the Common Core Curriculum?

Sam Blumenfeld October 29, 2012

Like so many education reform initiatives that seem to arise out of nowhere, the Common Core State Standards is another of these sweeping...

Obama the Classless

Selwyn Duke October 26, 2012

Barack Obama recently called Mitt Romney a bull******* in an interview. This, of course, tells us more about Obama than it does about...

Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy

Sheldon Richman October 26, 2012

It’s been noted, mostly by humorists, that Romney continuously expressed his agreement with Obama across a range of issues: drone warfare, Iran, Afghanistan,...

America’s Best Kept Educational Secrets

Sam Blumenfeld October 26, 2012

One of the best-kept secrets in American education is that the 26 letters of the English alphabet stand for only 44 sounds. Learning...

Economists Say Tax Hikes Will Curb Economic Growth

Brian Koenig October 26, 2012

As the deadline to extend the Bush-era tax cuts looms, economists have agreed that the pending tax hikes would be devastating to the...

Obama Gets Endorsement of Voting Machine in N.C.

Selwyn Duke October 25, 2012

Are electronic voting machines really a good idea? Sure, after the 2000 election, with its hanging chads and Florida early-bird-special voters who couldn’t...