Recent Articles

Gays Decry Photo Ban

, Don Irvine

The upcoming Gay Pride Week at the University of Utah will be without the posters organizers commissioned to advertise events during the weeklong celebration due to a disagreement surrounding the nature of the photographs being used.

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Free Trade Truckers

, Bethany Stotts

In the midst of concerns about low foreign safety standards among products from developing countries such as China, India, and Mexico, the Bush Administration has decided to implement a year-long pilot program that allows the Mexican trucking industry to permeate the United States.

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America’s German Envy Misplaced

, Heyecan Veziroglu

It might surprise some education policy analysts who look enviously at the German method of education as a model for the United States to learn that at least one Teutonic intellectual admires the American system.

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The Media Bell Curve

, Heyecan Veziroglu

Few Americans know the distinction between Sunni and Shiites Moslems or Wahabi (extremists) from Saab at a time when religious conflicts abound, Geneive Abdo of The Century Foundation says. Monumental misunderstandings can result when reporters do not analyze the theoretically different aspects of faith.

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Money Matters

, Bethany Stotts

The numerous problems with the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) have sparked criticism from both liberal and conservative policymakers. Even though increased funding has not translated into educational gains, special interest groups continue to push for increased expenditures.

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Promoting Marriage at Harvard?

, Tony Perkins

Karl Zinsmeister, President Bush’s chief domestic policy advisor, gave a speech at Harvard
University
on Friday that spoke to the futility of trying to solve the economic gap without first addressing America’s family crisis.

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Durham Bull

, Malcolm A. Kline

Everything that is wrong with higher education, and, for that matter, most major media, was on stunning display for the past two years as the district attorney in Durham, North Carolina attempted to prosecute a bogus rape case against three Duke lacrosse players.

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Recent Articles

The Truth about the Magna Carta

, Spencer Irvine

The details surrounding the Magna Carta are often overlooked, but it remains a revered document. Author David Starkey explained the importance of the Magna Carta while promoting his latest book, Magna Carta: The Medieval Roots…

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Bias Watch: Georgetown University

, Malcolm A. Kline

Occasionally, students actually notice when they are in a biased course. “I felt a certain idealistic giddiness upon enrolling in ‘Prisons & Punishment,’ a government course introduced during my senior year of college,” Danny Funt…

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