A Lesson in History, Now Known as “Social Studies”
As many of my readers know, history is no longer taught in our schools as the means of knowing the past in chronological...
Opinion
Geraldo’s Point on Hoodies
It is not often that I agree with Geraldo Rivera, but recently he said something very practical and potentially life-saving, when he urged...
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Defusing the Middle East Would Lower Gas Prices
Republicans see rising oil and gasoline prices as an opportunity to score political points on President Obama. To be sure, Obama is partly...
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Monumental: Inspiring Film Retraces America’s Roots of Faith and Greatness
What made America one of the greatest nations on earth? Can its citizens rediscover that greatness before their nation is overcome by mediocrity,...
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The Homeschool Convention Season Is On
Spring is here, and all across America homeschool conventions are sprouting like mushrooms in virtually every state in the Union. And with each...
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“Stand Your Ground” and Self Defense
Imagine that you and your family find yourselves in a potentially deadly situation in which an armed thug has entered your home in...
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New Book Reprises Old Keynesian Canards
On April 3 the book White House Burning, authored by two hard-core Keynesian economists and internationalists, will be released, and the noisy propaganda...
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“October Baby” Explores Abortion Consequences
In the 39 years since the Roe v. Wade decision, almost three generations of women have had access to legal abortions. The newest...
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The Hunger Games Movie: First in an Exciting Trilogy
Imagine a dark world in which most of North America is destroyed and what remains is ruled by a totalitarian regime that represses...
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How to Buy Gasoline for 20 Cents a Gallon
Has the price of gas hit $4 a gallon yet where you live? As I mentioned in last week’s column, several analysts predict...
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Change, Death, and Politics
A few weeks ago, I read and reviewed Ilana Mercer’s Into the Cannibal’s Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa. A week or...
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A Review of “God’s Battalions — The Case for the Crusades”
Since the September 11, 2001 attacks by al-Qaeda terrorists on the United States, and the United States’ invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and...
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A Review of “The Wind Farm Scam”
Many criticisms have been leveled against various forms of “alternative energy” in general, and wind power in particular. Some critics have called wind...
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What Parents Should Know About “Whole Language” and Other Pedagogical Nonsense
When parents are told that their child is having a “reading problem” in primary school, they usually accept the teacher’s explanation that little...
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Race and Rhetoric
One of the things that turned up, during a long-overdue cleanup of my office, was an old yellowed copy of the New York...
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