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Conservatives Strike Back Against ‘Ideological Tidal Wave’ in School District 0
- Education
- October 3, 2017
It’s widely believed that there is a strong liberal bias in America’s public school system. Yet, by all accounts, most conservative-minded Americans still send their children to the local public schools, in spite of a growing ideological divide in this country. But why? Some do it because of economic necessity; others, because they place a
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Schools Are Now Seeking ‘Racially Conscious’ Teachers 0
- Culture
- October 3, 2017
In the fall issue of Thinking Minnesota, Katherine Kersten offers a deep-dive look into the social justice activism that is beginning to take hold in many of America’s schools. And so far the results have not been pretty. Kersten, an attorney and a policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, shows that one
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IMF Head Muses On the End of Banking, Triumph of Digital Currencies 0
- Economics
- October 2, 2017
In a remarkably frank talk at a Bank of England conference, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund has speculated that Bitcoin and cryptocurrency have as much of a future as the Internet itself. It could displace central banks, conventional banking, and challenge the monopoly of national monies. Christine Lagarde–a Paris native who has held her
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Gunman Kills At Least 50 in Las Vegas, Thought to Be ‘Lone Wolf’0
- Culture
- October 2, 2017
In what authorities are calling the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a gunman killed at least 50 people and injured more than 400 Sunday night at an outdoor country music concert in Las Vegas by firing from the 32nd floor of a hotel. The number of deaths surpasses the carnage from the Orlando
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The Difference between Black Football Fans and White Football Fans 0
- Culture
- October 2, 2017
A significant portion of the NFL’s fan base has reacted negatively to the national anthem protests of the past year. The responses tend to follow a pattern: The stadium is no place for political protest. The game is a color-blind meritocracy. To protest football is to protest America. But according to a study we published
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Why Are There So Many Mass Shootings Today?0
- Culture
- October 2, 2017
On Oct. 1, 2017, a 64-year-old man named Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas, killing at least 58 people and injuring some 515 more. Paddock, who had no previous criminal record, then turned one of his weapons on himself, reports say. It was the largest domestic mass shooting in
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