P is for Pajama Party or Paragraph?
Recently, I was visited by a mother frustrated with her son’s education and looking for something more.She informed me that mid-way through his kindergarten year, they were still learning their letters–most recently, they had been studying the letter...Racial Diversity at the Expense of Intellectual Diversity
There are some ideas so ludicrous and mischievous that only an academic would take them seriously. One of them is diversity. Think about it. Are you for or against diversity? When’s the last time you said to yourself, “I’d better have a little more...What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity
Professors James Gwartney (Florida State University), Richard Stroup (Montana State University) and Dwight Lee (Georgia University), three longtime colleagues of mine, have recently published “Common Sense Economics.” It’s a small book, less than 200...Jesus vs. The Marines
The Marines have earned a reputation for standing firm, even when attacked on all sides. Apparently, this legacy no longer applies when the weapon used against them is a talking Jesus doll.
The Injustice of Saying Grace: Thanking God for the Accomplishments of Men
The religious tradition of saying grace before meals becomes especially popular around the holidays, when we all are reminded of how fortunate we are to have an abundance of life-sustaining goods and services at our disposal. But there is a grave injustice involved in...Thanksgiving: A Most Selfish Holiday
What should we really be celebrating on Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving: An American Celebration of the Creation of Wealth
Come Thanksgiving Day, when some success-hating commentator condemns America for being the world’s leading consumer, tell him that he is evading the underlying fact: that this country is the world’s leading producer.