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  • The US Is Not ‘One Nation’ — And It Never Was

    The US Is Not ‘One Nation’ — And It Never Was0

    Patrick Buchanan is an informative and interesting writer. On foreign policy, especially, he’s long been one of the most reasonable voices among high-level American pundits.  When it comes to cultural matters, however, Buchanan has long held to a peculiar and empirically questionable version of American history in which the United States was once a mono-culture

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  • Journalism Prof: CNN’s Bumbling Coverage a ‘Gift from Heaven’ to Trump

    Journalism Prof: CNN’s Bumbling Coverage a ‘Gift from Heaven’ to Trump0

    For the slice of America that still values the craft of journalism and sees a greater need for it than ever, the Trump vs. Media wars have been depressing.   In one sense, the conflict has confirmed the worst fears of those who argued that members of the fifth estate have become mere shills, regurgitators

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  • It Makes No Sense to Vilify the Kochs While Venerating FDR

    It Makes No Sense to Vilify the Kochs While Venerating FDR0

    The Koch Brothers recently announced a $21 million anti-poverty program in Dallas, designed to reduce gang violence and encourage young entrepreneurs. But their efforts to end poverty are unlikely to earn credit from progressives, who frequently demonize the family. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid routinely blasts them for “crooked works” and “nefarious actions.” And when Charles and

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  • How Many Lawmakers Advocating $15 Minimum Wage Hire Unpaid Interns?

    How Many Lawmakers Advocating $15 Minimum Wage Hire Unpaid Interns?0

    Almost all of the lawmakers who co-sponsored a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour also hired unpaid interns to supplement their staffs, a survey shows. A report from the Employment Policies Institute reveals that 174 of the bill’s 184 co-sponsors, or 95 percent, hire interns who are paid nothing. “It’s hypocritical to

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  • Goats Are Doing Our Job, Says Union

    Goats Are Doing Our Job, Says Union0

    Great moments in public employee unionism, as recorded in the Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer:  A battle is brewing at Western Michigan University this summer between a group of hungry goats and a labor union.  The 400-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has filed a grievance contending that the work the goats are doing in a

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  • Why Students Can No Longer Work Their Way Through College

    Why Students Can No Longer Work Their Way Through College0

    As a current senior at a private college, I know firsthand how expensive the cost of college is today. For the upcoming 2017-2018 academic school year, the full sticker price of attending my school is $53,950. Wow. Many could criticize me for picking a pricier private college instead of a cheaper public one, but when

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  • Why One Mom was Right to Shun Her Child’s Perfect Attendance Award

    Why One Mom was Right to Shun Her Child’s Perfect Attendance Award0

    Rachel Wright made waves on Facebook last week when she announced that her son J.J. had received an award for perfect attendance during the preceding school year. Contrary to what one might think, the waves were not the result of a proud mother bragging on her child. Instead, they were the result of a mother

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  • What Is the End Goal of Education?

    What Is the End Goal of Education?0

    In the 1913 Elementary Course of Study, published by the State of Kentucky, the introduction to the second chapter states that “The highest function of the school is character building.” The chapter then goes on to detail how teachers should go about forming this character in their young elementary school students, as well as what

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  • War with North Korea Would Be Sheer Madness

    War with North Korea Would Be Sheer Madness0

    The war drums are beating again, this time for the Korean peninsula. And if a conflict occurs, no one believes it would be a cakewalk. Total casualties almost certainly would be in the hundreds of thousands; the destruction throughout highly industrialized South Korea would be unimaginable. It is a sequel no sane person wants to

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