Shining Light on Big Brother
“Will the digital age usher in the individual liberation and political freedoms that the Internet is uniquely capable of unleashing? Or will it bring about a system of omniscient monitoring and...
View ArticleWho’s Behind IRS Targeting? Don’t Ask NPR
As I’ve mentioned before, “All the President’s Men” is one of my all-time favorite movies, depicting the heroic efforts of two cub reporters relentlessly pursuing a story of little interest to others...
View ArticleWhy Hobby Lobby Is Not an Assault on Women
The reactions from the progressive side of the fence to Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. was stunning. The spin is that American women have been stripped of fundamental constitutional protections....
View ArticlePrize-winning Mathematician Says Common Core Math Doesn’t Add Up
Last fall Marina Ratner was helping her grandson with his sixth grade math homework. His Berkeley middle school had just implemented Common Core, which had been touted as rigorous college- and...
View ArticleOklahoma: Losing Federal Waiver, Winning Back Rightful Control over Education
By this school year all American students were supposed to be proficient in reading and math according to the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the latest iteration of the 1965 Elementary and...
View ArticleThe Free Speech Movement Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary, but the Eternal...
“Free speech is an eternally radical idea, so it is always under threat at all times in human history.” —Greg Lukianoff October 1 marks the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement, the iconic...
View ArticleSelf Censorship
One by-product of the Paris terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo was an outpouring of support for freedom of speech. While there was general agreement that the magazine’s content has been, beyond a doubt,...
View ArticleEducation Savings Accounts Challenge Common Core’s One-Size-Fits-All Schooling
With a growing Common Core opt-out backlash by parents and students against one-size-fits all government schooling, it’s no surprise that the latest innovation in educational choice is allowing more...
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