Paul Ryan: Would-be Savior of the Welfare/Warfare State
Paul Ryan may be the conservative’s conservative, but understand what that means: He’s out to save the welfare/warfare state from its own intrinsic...
Opinion
A Defense of Superman: Learning Virtue through Popular Fiction
By way of comparing Superman with Christ, I show how, his critics assertion to the contrary aside, Superman's selfless use of his awesome...
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Harlem Then and Now
Books about the history of Harlem have long fascinated me — my favorite being When Harlem Was in Vogue by David Levering Lewis....
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The Beautiful Backlash From Chick-fil-A Bashing
What a mistake the gay and lesbian agitators made when they decided to attack Chick-fil-A and its outspoken president, Dan Cathy! It was...
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“You Didn’t Build That” Collectivism
I got an e-mail last week from a former student who was reacting to President Obama’s comment that "you didn't build that." The...
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On the Hazards of Teaching Reading (Part 2)
Preschool teaching in America is a horrible mess. Most of the products on the market are of the Mickey Mouse variety that view...
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On the Hazards of Teaching Reading
Recently, some friends of mine with a 4-year-old daughter decided to homeschool and asked for my advice on finding a good preschool program....
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Arthur Laffer: Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Proves He Still Has Much to Learn
Supply Side economics school godfather Arthur Laffer penned an op-ed column for the Wall Street Journal August 6 that claims increases in government spending inhibited economic...
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Boston Fed President Calls for More “Stimulus”
After reviewing the weak jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that was released last Friday, the president of the Federal...
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Marriage and Divorce: a Look at Arguments Long Forgotten
With the issue of gay "marriage" assuming national significance, we would be well served to familiarize ourselves with the arguments of 19th-century conservative...
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Sports Versus Politics
It has long seemed to me that there is far more rationality in sports, and in commentaries on sports, than there is in...
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Corporate Welfare Spending Hits $100 Billion in FY 2012
Federal subsidies distributed to the private sector in Fiscal Year 2012 cost American taxpayers nearly $100 billion, according to a startling new report...
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Olympic Hypocrisy: Jokes and Jews Need Not Apply
Evident in Olympic rule application is something I wrote about mere days ago: the triumph of Muslim absolutism over Western relativism. Whether Muslims...
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Rand Paul Takes On the TSA
Senator Rand Paul began with a story that got a huge laugh from standing-room-only crowd at FreedomFest. “As you may know,” he said,...
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Movie Review: “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days”
The latest installment of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Dog Days, proves to be an entertaining film, particularly for avid readers...
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