The Standards of Our Standard
On our first day in school, most of us stood beside our desk, put our little hand over our heart, and repeated (with...
United States
From Copenhagen to Hopenhagen
The ubiquitous “hope and change” theme Americans know, oh, so well — one that...
“Unequivocal Warming”
In what might be the most anticlimactic study in history, the New York Times...
What? Even Charter Schools Got “F’s”?
After decades of hand-wringing over nonexistent or, at best, mediocre gains in student academic...
The America We Knew and Loved
A well-used copy of Consumer Reports dated March 2009 caught my eye in the...
Congress to Vote on $846 Billion “Cap-and-Trade” Tax
The Washington Post has reported today that Congress will vote Friday on the 1,092-page...
The New Jacobin Elite
The Socialist Party of Great Britain is celebrating the reissuing of Peter Taaffe’s book,...
Dangers of a Constitutional Convention
The current economic crisis has served as a wakeup call to many Americans that...
Obama: Fed “Performed Better Than Most Other Regulators”
President Barack Obama praised the efforts of the Federal Reserve Bank during his press...
Obama Signs Tobacco Regulation
President Barack Obama signed legislation on June 22 granting the U.S. Food and Drug...
Sonia Sotomayor’s Selection
The judicial rulings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Second U.S. Circuit Court of...
Congress Passes a Mingle of More War and Waste
If anyone ever wanted proof of columnist Joe Sobran’s dictum that “war is just...
Estimate of Natural-gas Reserves Jumps 35 Percent
The Potential Gas Committee, a group of academics and industry specialists supported by the...
English as the Official Language Has Broad Appeal
There are 322 languages spoken in the United States, but the people have selected...
Consolations of Bachelorhood on Father’s Day
“Marriage has many difficulties, but celibacy has no pleasures,” said Samuel Johnson. Whether Johnson...