Americans fall easy prey to charlatans of all stripes because of the education establishment’s success in dumbing down the nation.
CULTURE
The Errors in Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century
Capital accumulation and more production, not egalitarianism and its absurd theories and programs, are the foundation of rising living standards in general and rising real wages in particular.
Petty Annoyances
It may be that it’s I who is getting old and out of touch, having been educated during ancient times when nonsense was less acceptable.
Random Thoughts: May 2014
Some people act as if the answer to every problem is to put more money and power in the hands of politicians.
White Privilege
The average parent has no idea of the devious indoctrination going on in classrooms in many public schools. What follows are some of the lessons of the conference.
Following the Majority vs Independence and Integrity
Ayn Rand convincingly demonstrated that our survival and thriving depends on identifying and consistently applying valid principles, no matter how “extreme” they may be considered by those clinging to the majority consensus.
Marriage: It’s Complicated
Be very suspicious if government says it’s bringing the perfect gift to the wedding.
Kangaroo Courts on Campus?
Why are college campus rapists not reported to the police and prosecuted in a court of law?
The Moral Bankruptcy of Our Educational System
Too many of today’s “educators” see students as a captive audience for them to manipulate and propagandize.
Interview: Brandeis Prof. Thomas Doherty in Defense of Infidel Author Ayaan Hirsi Ali
After being abused by Moslems in Somalia, Ayaan Hirsi Ali moved to the Netherlands. She became an outspoken critic of Islam and wrote a screenplay for Submission, a 2004 movie that specifically critiques Moslem treatment of women.
Why is Capitalism Not Appreciated?
Fulford’s characterization of capitalism is inaccurate and non-essential and therefore worth analyzing here.
The Virtue of Pride: The Policy of Doing Your Best
According to conventional morality, pride is a sin. According to Aristotle, it is the crown of all virtues.
The Debate Debate
Objective observers see a bureaucratic, inefficient, and hopelessly out of touch ivory tower that is bleeding the country of its savings, and more tragically, its intellectual acuity.
Will Dunbar Rise Again?
What is different about the history of Dunbar is that, from its founding in 1870 as the first public high school in the country for black students, until the mid 1950s, it was an outstanding academic success.
Demonizing the Helpers: Private Schools
Teachers’ unions and others who defend the public school establishment decry competing schools, on grounds that they are somehow undermining the public schools.
Politics Versus Education
Of all the cynical frauds of the Obama administration, few are so despicable as sacrificing the education of poor and minority children to the interests of the teachers’ unions.
Feminism Submits to Islam
Where are the feminists outraged by the Brandeis decision?
Engineering Evil: Why The 20th Century Was So Barbaric
How did Adolf Hitler and the Nazis gain the power that they needed to commit such horror?
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, beautifully portrayed on every level by Chris Evans, depicts what ought to be America’s shining response to evil.
The Left Versus Minorities
Charter schools take power from politicians and bureaucrats, letting parents decide where their children will go to school. That is obviously offensive to those on the left, who think that our betters should be making our decisions for us.
Solutions to Black Education
There is little that the political and education establishment will do about the grossly fraudulent education received by many black youngsters, and more money is not the answer.
Leadership and The BB&T Philosophy
The foundation of BB&T’s success is its principles.
Outrage Over “The Worst Generation”
The danger is that the outrage undermines perspective. It creates a false impression of how risky the present is, and it fuels unnecessary, freedom-killing regulations.
Envy vs. Achievement
Ayn Rand called envy “the hatred of the good for being the good.” Instead of hating and envying the good, let’s love and thank the good for being the good.
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