Declining standards in public education. A fortnight ago, my column focused on how Philadelphia's schoolteachers have joined public-school teachers in cities such as Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Columbus, New York and Washington in changing student scores on academic achievement tests. Teachers have held grade fixing parties, ... MOREWalter E Williams: Solutions To Black Education
Declining standards in public education. A fortnight ago, my column focused on how Philadelphia's schoolteachers have joined public-school teachers in cities such as Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Columbus, New York and Washington in changing student scores on academic achievement tests. Teachers have held grade fixing parties, ... MOREJaana Woiceshyn: Envy Vs. Achievement
A battle of political philosophy. Envy is one of the most useless of feelings, both in our private and business lives. Yet many people experience it, at least from time to time. They envy their neighbor’s fancy car and exotic vacations, or wealth in general. They envy their friends’ educational achievements or the praise they receive ... MORE
Sabotaging The Ladder Of Economic Opportunity
by Daniel J. Mitchell. Minimum wage, maximum folly. If I banged my head against the wall every time politicians advocated
bad policy in Washington – which is a tempting impulse, I would have
been institutionalized because of brain damage a long time ago. But it’s difficult to maintain my self control when I think about minimum ... MOREJim Daniels: Do You Live In A No Drone Zone?
Some states are resisting the surveillance state. This week Washington and Wisconsin were added to the list of states
that ban the use of drones for government surveillance. It’s shocking to
think that in just two short years, the U.S. is opening the friendly
skies to commercial drones so they can get your Amazon prime delivery, burritos ... MOREFree Speech Threatens Liberalism And Must Be Destroyed
by Robby Soave. Harvard student proposes war on liberty. If this Harvard University student got her way, free speech on campus would be abolished and professors with dissenting views fired, because radical leftism is the only permissible political philosophy and the First Amendment is a barrier preventing modern colleges from ... MOREFCC Backpedals On Newsroom-Monitoring Scheme
by Jordan Sekulow and Matthew Clark. A First Amendment victory over an intrusive federal government
doesn’t come along every day, but thanks to a deafening outcry from the
American people, the Obama administration has just backed down from an unconstitutional plan to put monitors in newsrooms in a dramatic fashion. Recently, ... MORE
S. Fred Singer: Climate Consensus Con Game
Science is not a product of consensus. Or fashionable thinking. At the outset, let's be quite clear: There is no consensus about dangerous anthropogenic global warming (DAGW) -- and there never was. There is not even a consensus on whether human activities, such as burning fossil fuels to produce useful energy, affect global climate ... MOREThe Rise of Government-Sanctioned Home Invasions
by John W. Whitehead. Who will protect you from the police? It’s 3 a.m. You’ve been asleep for hours when suddenly you hear a loud “Crash! Bang! Boom!” Based on the yelling, shouting and mayhem, it sounds as if someone—or several someones—are breaking through your front door. With your heart racing and your stomach churning, ... MORE
It's Not A Right If Only The Sheriff's Pals Get To Hold Guns
by Steven Greenhut. A “right” is an “entitlement” that’s not dependent on the whims of authorities. If you have a right to “free speech,” then you can speak as you choose. The courts let the government enforce a few standards, but it wouldn’t be a “right” if government officials got to preview and restrict what you were ... MOREStudy Finds Uninsured Get Better Care Than Insured
Why insurance seems to insure inferior care. According to a recent study, severely injured patients are less likely to be transferred to a trauma center if they have health insurance. Researchers from the Stanford University of Medicine found that patients with insurance are less likely to get the best care than those who do not have ... MOREWendy McElroy: Are Domestic Violence Statistics Bogus?
More official government lies. Jacquelyn C.
Campbell, a professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of
Nursing, is accused of fabricating “key statements [about domestic
violence] and then representing the statements as findings of a
government survey.” On January 14, the victim-advocacy organization
Stop Abusive and ... MORE50 Reasons This Is The Greatest Period In History
by Morgan House. Other than losing our liberties, life is good. I recently talked to a doctor who retired after a 30-year career. I asked him how much medicine had changed during the three decades he practiced. "Oh, tremendously," he said. He listed off a dozen examples. Deaths from heart disease and stroke are way down. Cancer survival rates ... MORE
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