How School Choice Can Solve States’ Huge Debt And Pension Woes
By Lewis M. Andrews • The Federalist In 2011, Arizona became the first state to adopt the most flexible school reform yet, an education savings account (ESA) plan. It provides…
Americans’ Dwindling Interest in Self-Government
By Jim Geraghty • National Review Think of these poll results the next time someone laments that voter turnout is low in the United States. A disturbingly high percentage of…
Oppose H.R. 5365, the “Muhammad Ali Expansion Act”
Dear Chairmen Kline and Upton: We write in strong opposition to H.R.5365, the “Muhammad Ali Expansion Act,” legislation introduced by Rep. Markwayne Mullin to regulate mixed martial arts (MMA),…
Academic Mob Chases ‘Climate Change Contrarian’ Bjorn Lomborg Off Campus
Want an independent thinker out of your university? Instigate a “passionate emotional reaction” against him. Brendan O’Neill • Reason.com “Are you now or have you ever been…
Why Free Speech Matters on Campus
‘Safe spaces’ will create graduates unwilling to tolerate differing opinions—a crisis for a free society. By Michael Bloomberg and Charles Koch During college commencement season, it is traditional for speakers…
A Confession of Liberal Intolerance
by Nicholas Kristof • New York Times We progressives believe in diversity, and we want women, blacks, Latinos, gays and Muslims at the table — er,…
Safe From “Safe Spaces”
On the rare good sense of a college administrator. The New Criterion The Ohio state legislature ought to give the Ohio State University President Michael Drake some sort of medal…
Obama Attacks For-Profit Colleges For Teacher Unions
by Kerri Toloczko • Investor’s Business Daily In a fit of political pique and campaign considerations, President Obama’s Department of Education is proposing higher education regulations…
When the Left Turned Against Free Speech
The long, ugly journey from the Free Speech Movement to professors assaulting protesters. by Matt Welch On March 4, in a designated “free-speech zone” at the University of California, Santa…
Speaking Freely at the University of Minnesota
by Carl M. Cannon I still think of myself as a reporter—my role for three decades—although as Washington bureau chief for RealClearPolitics, the bulk of my job these days is…
Are We Serious About Education?
by Thomas Sowell Two recent events — one on the east coast and one on the west coast — raise painful questions about whether we are really serious when we…
Transcript of Dr. Carson’s recent speech
“Where does it say you have to hurt the guy? He’s just put in a billion in the pot. We don’t need to hurt him. It’s that kind of thinking…
5 Myths Liberals Have Created About Themselves
“Five Myths: 1) Liberals love science, 2) Liberals care about education, 3) Liberals are tolerant, 4) Liberals don’t moralize, 5) Liberals love the poor.” by John Hawkins Liberalism is like…