Cheating Scandals in the Public Schools
One of the purposes of No Child Left Behind, the education reform program promoted by President George W. Bush and Senator Ted Kennedy...
Opinion
Too Much Higher Education
Too much of anything is just as much a misallocation of resources as it is too little, and that applies to higher education...
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Helping the Economy by Doing Nothing
Some people are hoping that President Obama's plan will get the economy out of the doldrums and start providing jobs for the unemployed....
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Fair-weather Politicians
It’s tough to feel sorry for a billionaire who’s also a powerful politician, but once in a rare while I almost manage it....
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Census Bureau’s U.S. Poverty Report a Boon For Obama’s Jobs Agenda?
Released on Tuesday, the Census Bureau’s annual report flashed a dismal economic outlook, showing that U.S. poverty has exceeded 46 million people —...
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Obama’s Jobs Proposal: Good Politics, Bad Economics
Those who are impressed by words seem to think that President Barack Obama made a great speech to Congress last week. But, when...
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The Meaning of 9/11
It is now possible to see why it has taken so long to restore the area where the two giant World Trade Center...
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Govt & Private Healthcare: Two Different Worlds
A few weeks ago, I had what seemed to me a small medical problem, so I phoned my primary physician. However, after we...
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A Review of “Apollo 18”
The success of the United States’ manned missions to the Moon have been the focus of strange conspiracy theories for decades, and a...
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GOP Debate Showdown at Simi Valley
The debate among Republican presidential candidates at the Reagan Library on Wednesday, Sept. 7th, provided a good deal of political theater. Every word...
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Free Trade Agreements: Key to Economic Recovery?
In his speech on the economy on September 8, President Barack Obama tied our nation's fiscal recovery to the passage of three free...
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Economic Incompetence at the Top
On August 31, with job creation grinding to a complete halt, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis was asked this question: “Why do you...
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Sustainable Development Means a Wrenching Transformation of Your Life
Recently W. Cecil Steward, dean emeritus of the UNL College of Architecture (Lincoln, Nebraska), launched what can only be described as a diatribe...
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The Naked Truth and Public Nudity in San Francisco
There currently is a debate raging over public nudity in San Francisco. It’s not what you think. ...
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9/11 Ceremonies and Liberty
As the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001 dawns upon us, Americans will come together to recall the happenings of that infamous day....
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