The Glory of the Alphabet
Most people take the alphabet for granted. It has been a part of our culture and civilization for so long that most of...
Opinion
July 4th: Not Just a Holiday for Fireworks
The Fourth of July may be just a holiday for fireworks to some people. But it was a momentous day for the history...
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Why You Should Teach Your Child History at Home
The other day I was having dinner at a friend's house and was chatting with his 12-year-old daughter who attends a local public...
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The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Would You Be So Brave?
On July 4, 1776, after months of heated debate, representatives of the Continental Congress voted unanimously that “these United Colonies are and of...
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“The People” and our Freedom
Central to the politics of states with democratically-constituted governments is the notion that all sovereignty resides in “the People.” In no place and at...
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The King’s Speech
By now I assume that most of my readers have already seen the Oscar-winning movie of 2011, The King’s Speech, the dramatic story...
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Dr. Seuss and Dyslexia
For years I have been telling parents and educators that the kind of reading difficulties afflicting perfectly normal children in our schools today...
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Have a “Politically Reliable” Fourth, 2011!
How time flies when you're under the boot! By now, most people are well-acquainted with the latest atrocities imposed in the name of...
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Of Sausages, Opera, and the TSA
Somebody once said that making laws is a lot like making sausage, so we’re better off not watching the process.* But Texas’ bout with...
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IMF Wants US Debt Ceiling Raised Immediately
The June 20th report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the United States strongly recommended that the debt ceiling be raised because...
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The Constitution and Slavery
Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., referring to his race and the Constitution on John Stossel's recent show "The State Against Blacks," said, "I wasn't...
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TSA “Protects” Us From 95-Year-Old Ladies Dying of Leukemia
It’s hard to know which is the more infuriating, the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) initial barbarity in picking on Mrs. Lena Reppert, a...
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How to Tell Real Phonics From Phony Phonics
A lot of parents these days are concerned about how their children are being taught to read in school. And so they ask...
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The Fed’s Projections Are Too Rosy, Again
The economic projections released by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday estimated that in less than two years the unemployment rate would be down...
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U.S. Leaders Seek Immigrant “Savants” to Jumpstart American Economy
Michigan’s Republican Gov. Rick Snyder (left), a former computer executive/entrepreneur, now in his first elective office, has seized upon an idea he believes...
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