Romney’s Education Plan
Although not much has been said about education in the presidential campaign, the candidates have prepared their answers on the issue in case...
Opinion
Election 2012: Sound Bites vs. Reality
Any good advertising man knows that a catchy slogan is worth a thousand words. A lot more customers are won by “Coke is...
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Book Review: The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom
In his book The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom, Laurence Vance illustrates the absurdities and inconsistencies of the federal government’s...
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Senator Paul Takes On Government Bullies
Among other atrocities, the government regularly arrests, prosecutes, and imprisons Americans for trivial vagaries in the law. In his book Government Bullies, Senator...
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Study: Women Have Trouble Handling Bad News
According to recent research, women feel far more anxiety after reading negative news stories than men do. Is this phenomenon real? And, if...
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Will Vote Fraud Win the Election for Obama?
As someone who thinks the president is the kind of man who lights up a room when he leaves it, I assuredly take...
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America’s Drone Terrorism
The NYU/Stanford study “Living Under Drones” goes beyond reporting estimates of the civilian casualties inflicted by the deadly and illegal U.S. campaign. It...
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Our Posturing, Prevaricating President
Unlike the first debate, Obama had clearly done his homework for the second debate Tuesday. He was primed and prepared, rattling off one...
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Enough Already with the Women-Get-Paid-Less Nonsense
It’s sadly the case that modern men are afraid to tell women the truth. Especially when those men are running for office and...
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Education and Politics
Education is the orphan issue of this presidential campaign, because the subject is too complex and too volatile to be decently handled in...
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Religion in Early American Education
The reason early Americans became the most literate people on earth is because of their profound dependence on the principles and laws of...
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Debating the Debate and Immoderate Moderation
The truth is that Candy Crowley’s meddling at the Hofstra presidential debate was as inappropriate as was her presence itself. It was much...
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Book Review: Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato
Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger is the subject of a new biography by Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni entitled Rome’s Last Citizen: The...
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National Heritage Areas: The Land Grabs Continue
Nineteen counties in Southern Virginia are being included in a proposed Heritage Area called The Crooked Road National Heritage Area. The excuse for this...
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Former U.S. Comptroller Says U.S. Faces Fiscal “Abyss”
Former U.S. Comptroller General of the United States David Walker just finished another tour across the country promoting “fiscal reform and responsibility,” according to Forrest...
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