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  • The Agenda Worse Than Critical Race Theory

    The Agenda Worse Than Critical Race Theory0

    Few notice what is taught in school until it is too late. Today’s push for Critical Race Theory (CRT) is extraordinarily ambitious, and it is hard for defenders of traditional education to imagine anything more toxic than this theory that has seemingly burst on the scene. But, as bad as it may seem, CRT is

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  • The Age of the Lone Wolf Terrorist

    The Age of the Lone Wolf Terrorist0

    Last month, the world was once again heartbroken and transfixed by a high-profile act of mass murder, this time in a most unexpected place: New Zealand. While some killings, like the ones at Columbine and Las Vegas, seem to have have been driven purely by the demons haunting the shooter, in New Zealand, the murderer

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  • The AFT Clinton Endorsement Just Keeps Getting Weirder

    The AFT Clinton Endorsement Just Keeps Getting Weirder0

    • July 17, 2015

    It seems that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) ignored a memo from Richard Trumka, President of AFL-CIO, when it endorsed Hillary Clinton for president earlier this week.  Trumka allegedly sent a memo to all leaders under AFL-CIO’s umbrella – which would have included Randi Weingarten, president of AFT – saying that endorsement for president

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  • The Afghanistan Quagmire Never Ends. Why?

    The Afghanistan Quagmire Never Ends. Why?0

    What exactly is the US military doing in Afghanistan? I’m hardly alone in wondering. The confusion is so widespread that opposition has bled into public indifference. After a decade and a half – six years longer than the US had troops in Vietnam – it’s just something we do.   What we are doing and

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  • The Affective Fallacy: Understanding How Your Feelings Can Make You Dumb

    The Affective Fallacy: Understanding How Your Feelings Can Make You Dumb0

    The NBC show Friday Night Lights is about high school football in a small Texas community. High-school students are taking part in a class discussion when the brash star halfback, Brian “Smash” Williams crudely argues that monogamy is unnatural for a male. The teacher is puzzled by Smash’s statement. A female friend and classmate, Waverly,

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  • The ADHD Overdiagnosis Epidemic Is a Schooling Problem, Not a Child One

    The ADHD Overdiagnosis Epidemic Is a Schooling Problem, Not a Child One0

    Childhood exuberance is now a liability. Behaviors that were once accepted as normal, even if mildly irritating to adults, are increasingly viewed as unacceptable and cause for medical intervention. High energy, lack of impulse control, inability to sit still and listen, lack of organizational skills, fidgeting, talking incessantly—these typical childhood qualities were widely tolerated until

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