I recently have been reading a number of books written by European travellers who visited the United States, particularly, in the early and mid-decades of the 19th century.
CULTURE
A nation’s culture is the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men, which their fellow-citizens have accepted in whole or in part, and which have influenced the nation’s way of life. Since a culture is a complex battleground of different ideas and influences, to speak of a ‘culture’ is to speak only of the dominant ideas, always allowing for the existence of dissenters and exceptions. — AYN RAND
Justice Kavanaugh and GMU Snowflakes
The 1215 Magna Carta limited the power of central government and it forced a reigning monarch to grant his English subjects rights. It laid the foundations for limited constitutional governments, an idea offensive to most leftists.
Empires of Light, by Jill Jonnes
Why AC won the Electricity Wars.
Spring Break in Caracas
Although it may be difficult today for American socialist students to study abroad in places like Cuba or North Korea, they could lobby U.S. officials to facilitate it.
The Myth of “Imperfect” Capitalism
Capitalism is perfect precisely to the extent it’s the only social system consonant with human nature.
More University Corruption
As a result of leftist indoctrination, many college students graduate illiterate, innumerate and resistant to understanding.
College Cheating Scandal: Academic Fraud Occurs at Every Level of Education
The first step toward any solution is for the American people to be aware of academic fraud that occurs at every level of education. Federal prosecutors have charged more than 50 people involved in cheating and bribery in order to get their children admitted to some...
Political Advocacy Disguised with Obscure Academic Jargon
What today’s academics write, and what journals treat as neutral science, tends to reinforce only one side of the political spectrum.
Books: The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism
In his 1910 textbook, Elementary Principles of Economics, world-renowned Yale Professor Irving Fisher devoted part of a chapter to “Population in Relation to Wealth.” Fisher warned of the problem of “race suicide” caused by the fact that the most industrious and...
The “Hoax” Behind Politically Correct College “Studies”
How can a college criticize the hoaxers but revere ridiculous journals that publish nonsense? The real “hoax” is on students who pay thousands of dollars for useless degrees in fields that end in “studies.”
Audible’s “Black History” Month Blackballs Important Non-Left “Black Voices”
From the Audible website: “Black history and American history are forever intertwined. Limiting any celebration of Black history to a single month on the calendar does a disservice to the Black men and women who were (and are) integral to making this nation what it is...
Is “The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number” a Moral Principle?
Philosopher Ayn Rand on why “the greatest good for the greatest number” is one of the most vicious slogans ever foisted on humanity.
Capitalism: A Dirty Word For College Students
Most students have not been exposed before to the concept of laissez-faire capitalism and the central role the protection of individual rights play in it.
The Academy of Thought and Industry: A Better School?
The key for many students is to follow their own interests, rather than following orders.
Slavery: What They Didn’t Teach in My High School
African tribes who captured other tribes sold them into slavery.
Ayn Rand’s Philosophy on Helping the Poor, Capitalism, and Human Nature
Ayn Rand’s philosophy on social safety nets, capitalism, human nature and more.
If You Are Warm Right Now, Thank Capitalism
Last night the temperature fell 3 degrees an hour. As I write this, it is negative 10 degrees outside. A “once in a generation” polar vortex has swept into the American Midwest from the Arctic. I am lucky to be alive. It would take me just a couple of hours to die...
Lessons From the Past
The opportunities open to my young relatives in Harlem — and to other young blacks elsewhere — were not nearly as good as the opportunities open to me back in 1948.
This School Choice Week Bring John Stossel into Your Classroom
School Choice Week isn’t just about letting kids and parents choose where they go to school. It also means being able to choose what ideas they learn — including the concept of choice itself.
Black Education: A Glimmer of Hope
The most crucial input for a child’s education cannot be provided by schools or politicians.
Falling in Love with Poetry, Part 2
With a symphonic integration of all the resources of language, great love poets take the most elusive nuances, thrills, mysteries, and motifs of love and throw them into sharp relief.
Falling in Love with Poetry, Part 1
Experience the power of poetry to sharpen our vision, intensify our feelings, deepen our souls, and expand our capacity to love.
What is Americanism? Neither Trump Nor Obama Grasps Its Fundamental Nature
“Americanism” is not rooted in the nation, the race, or any other collective, but in a universal ideal: individualism.
Marxism/Socialism: An Introduction
Marxism/Socialism is a philosophy conceived in gross error and ignorance about the nature of capitalism, above all about the nature of the relationship between capitalists, profits, and wages.
Politically Correct Racism
According to the thinking of academia’s intellectual elite, a minority person cannot be a racist.
Miseducated or Stupid? American Millennials For Communism and Socialism
A recent Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey found that 51 percent of American millennials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist country.
The Government Against Santa Claus
Feds to Crack Down on Santa Claus
Moral Bankruptcy of Teachers’ Unions and Their Politicians
A Success Academy charter elementary school in Harlem had a higher proportion of the children in one of its classes pass the statewide math exam than in any other class at the same grade level, anywhere in the state of New York.
Black Education: What Makes Sense?
There’s little question that charter schools provide superior educational opportunities for black youngsters.
Don’t Let Trump Hatred Thwart the Private School Choice Movement
Trump wants to give urban parents an opt-out of an underperforming government school. Resistance against Trump ought not to translate into resistance against parents who want a better future for their children.
Grateful for Not Starving: Why The Pilgrims at Plymouth Switched From Socialism to Capitalism
The Pilgrims nearly starved to death. They’d tried to farm collectively — the entire community owning all the land and sharing everything, like socialists.
The Fruits of College Indoctrination: Incivility, Censorship and a Contempt for Capitalism
Once the leftists gain control, as they have at many universities, free speech becomes a liability and must be suppressed.
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