by Lisa VanDamme | Nov 9, 2006 | Antitrust & Monopolies, Education, POLITICS
Science education is a frequent topic in the news these days. Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a campaign to improve math and science education in the Seattle area. According to Brad Smith, a senior vice president and general counsel for Microsoft:... by Nicholas Provenzo | Nov 8, 2006 | POLITICS
In watching evangelical preacher Ted Haggard’s life implode amid his admission that he popped methamphetamines and had repeated homosexual sex with a prostitute, it suddenly dawned on me how the twisted logic in his mind must have worked. Prior to his public... by M. Zachary Johnson | Nov 7, 2006 | POLITICS
A central premise of many of the pro-Republican arguments for the election is the idea that we are at war, and that in one way or another this makes Republicans a superior choice. But I think America is at war only in the minds of some individuals, not in reality. As... by George Reisman | Nov 6, 2006 | Environment
Environmentalism thus stands a very strong chance of ultimately reverting to the more traditional socialism of massive government construction and engineering projects.
by Lisa VanDamme | Nov 5, 2006 | Education, POLITICS
Imagine what would happen if a first-grade teacher, instead of teaching her students addition and subtraction, attempted first to teach them algebra–or, even worse, in the name of intellectual rigor and in an effort to offer a program of exceptional... by Elan Journo | Nov 4, 2006 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
America’s campaign in Afghanistan was once widely hailed as a success in the “war on terror.” We have nothing more to fear from Afghanistan, our policy makers told us, because the war had accomplished its two main goals: al Qaeda and its sponsoring... by David Harriman | Nov 2, 2006 | Education, POLITICS
Physics is the fundamental natural science. Its birth in the 17th century heralded man’s coming of age as a rational being. The discovery of the basic laws of nature led to the industrial revolution and modern technology, demonstrating the enormous practical... by Walter Williams | Nov 1, 2006 | POLITICS
There are only a handful of products that Americans import that cannot be produced at home and therefore create jobs for Americans. Let’s look at a few of them.We import cocoa from Ghana and coffee from African and Latin American countries. We import saffron...