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Book Review: The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

Why ‘Colorblindness’ on Race Matters More than Ever

The Virtue of “Playing God”

Thanks to infighting in the Senate, it appears that voting on legislation that would destroy the lives of life-saving heroes will be delayed until next year. Americans cannot afford to leave the fate of these individuals to legislative chance, however; in the name of...

“Affirmative Action” and College Graduation Rates

“Affirmative Action” and College Graduation Rates

Some thought that racial preferences and quotas -- "affirmative action" -- in university admissions decisions were on their way out after they were banned by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas and by Proposition 209 in California. However, the 6th Circuit Court...

What Adults Cannot Learn from Children

What Adults Cannot Learn from Children

Accused pipe bomber Lucas John Helder had barely been taken into custody before people began saying that he was crazy. Apparently no one is responsible for doing wrong things any more. Some of young Mr. Helder's comments may sound illogical to many of us. But they are...

Suffer the Palestinian Children

Suffer the Palestinian Children

I spent my 21st birthday, in 1973, in Jerusalem, months before the Yom Kippur War. As part of the college junior semester abroad, I lived and traveled in Israel for nearly five weeks. In preparing a thesis called "U.N. Resolution 242 and the Viability of an...

“Good” Teachers

“Good” Teachers

The next time someone receives an award as an outstanding teacher, take a close look at the reasons given for selecting that particular person. Seldom is it because his or her students did higher quality work in math or spoke better English or in fact had any tangible...

The Wealth Creators by Gerald Gunderson

The Wealth Creators by Gerald Gunderson

The radical nature of this book is fully captured by its title. For it is Gunderson's theme that wealth is created—not stolen, exploited or simply stumbled upon. He argues that creative thinking is what underlies the act of creating wealth. To defend this thesis, the...

For-Profit Schools: Profit’s not a Four-Letter Word

For-Profit Schools: Profit’s not a Four-Letter Word

"It's not ethically sound to make a profit off educating students in a school that serves the public, which a charter school is, using funds from public coffers." That's not a sentence from Mao's Little Red Book. It's from Philip Parr, Chief of Staff of the Pittsburgh...

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