Opinion

A Political Glossary

Since this is an election year, we can expect to hear a lot of words — and the meaning of those words is...

Thomas Sowell June 26, 2012

Lies, Half-truths, and “National Review”

Jack Kenny June 26, 2012

Outright lies and half-truths are the stock in trade of many politicians and political publications, and such deception is on display in the...

Teaching Homeschoolers to Restore our Republic

Sam Blumenfeld June 25, 2012

What is education all about? In my view, the purpose of education is to pass on to the next generation the knowledge, wisdom,...

A Review of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “Apricot Jam”

James Heiser June 23, 2012

In the years since his return to Russia in 1994 and especially since his death in 2008, the literary legacy of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn...

What Kind of Education Do We Need for the 21st Century?

Sam Blumenfeld June 22, 2012

Students should be taught to confront the main problems that plague the country in the 21st-century: historical ignorance, religious ignorance, and a lack...

On the Revival of “Classical” Education

Sam Blumenfeld June 21, 2012

One of the educational ideas that has been restored from the remote past, especially among homeschoolers, is that of a classical education. ...

Irrelevant Congress Allowing Presidency to Become a Monarchy?

John F. McManus June 20, 2012

President Obama’s June 15 decree freeing at least 800,000 young illegal immigrants from possible deportation should be debated far more on executive overreach...

Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene

Thomas Sowell June 19, 2012

Many people may have voted for Barack Obama in 2008 because of his charisma. But anyone familiar with the disastrous track record of...

Inciting the Idiot Vote

Selwyn Duke June 19, 2012

Many unthinkingly subscribe to the notion that polling-place quantity means political quality at election time. But low turnout isn’t to be lamented; it’s...