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DeVos Takes Aim at Obama-Era College Sexual Assault Guidelines 0
- Education
- September 8, 2017
In a major speech today, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos indicated that the Education Department may withdraw some of the regulatory “dark matter” discussed by CEI’s Wayne Crews, such as its April 4, 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter micromanaging college discipline. Crews’ 2016 congressional testimony described how agencies violate the Administrative Procedure Act by issuing “dark matter”—binding rules that have not gone through the notice
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Being Offended is Part of Living in a Democracy, Comedian Says 0
- Culture
- September 8, 2017
The phrases “I’m offended” and “that’s offensive” are ones we hear fairly often today. Why? I’m not sure to be perfectly honest, and I’m probably ill-suited to answer the question, since there are very few things that offend me. One theory, posited by scholar Christina Hoff Sommers, suggests that in our culture today victimhood “confers
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Why Prince William and Princess Kate’s Baby Announcement was so Stunning 0
- Culture
- September 7, 2017
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, known less formally as Prince William and Princess Kate, announced over Labor Day weekend that they are expecting their third child. Congratulations are in order, and not merely for the customary reasons. The royal couple is clearly doing its fair share to address Europe’s looming population nightmare, which in
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Were Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma Caused By Climate Change?0
- Politics
- September 7, 2017
Hurricanes are tropical storms that can cause extensive destruction and loss of life. The devastation of recent storms, especially Hurricane Harvey, has predictably renewed the global focus on climate change. Multiple media outlets have attempted to tie recent hurricanes to climate change and—to a lesser extent—the role of human activity in climate change. Climate activists
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Trump’s Historic Opportunity with the Federal Reserve 0
- Economics
- September 7, 2017
Today Stanley Fischer submitted his letter of resignation from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, effective next month, the second such resignation of Donald Trump’s presidency. While Fischer’s term as Vice Chairman of the Fed was set to end next year, he had the ability to serve as a governor through 2020. Along with Trump’s
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Solitary Confinement is Quite Common In Public Schools 0
- Education
- September 7, 2017
If parents were to lock their children in a confined space for a lengthy period of time, it is highly likely that those parents would be arrested for child abuse and their parental rights threatened. (In fact, this just happened in Arizona recently.) If public schools do this, however, the outcome is quite different. The
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