AJC: The greatest burst of spending that the federal government ever undertook has, conversely, generated a renewed interest in free market economics in some very surprising quarters. Specifically, the pioneering Austrian school of free market economics is experiencing something of a renaissance.
Monthly Archives For June 2010
What’s the Matter with Helen?
As has been chronicled by AIA, one of the indicators of potential indoctrination is when parents are shielded from educators’ curriculum or the “teaching moments” to which their children will be exposed.
What Would Buckley Do?
Two years after his death, William F. Buckley, Jr., the ultimate conservative man of letters, still has a lot to teach the young and the rightward. In turn, there is no better person to pass on these lessons than the man who has become the preeminent historian of the conservative movement—Lee Edwards.
Of Scholars & Saps
The number of learned folk who offer an opinion on Arizona’s immigration law without reading it keeps growing and growing and growing….
Go Forth & Multiply
With the decline of basic math skills that they helped to bring about, about the only place that the political Left can multiply is on college campuses.
The Summer Reeducation Program
AJC: A study conducted by the National Association of Scholars (NAS) analyzed the college reading lists assigned to incoming freshmen, and found some interesting results. The study covered 180 books and 290 college summer reading programs.
A Primer on Jihad
AJC: In the May 27 book event at the Heritage Foundation, author Andrew McCarthy explained the purpose in writing his book, The Great Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America.
Haiti From the Rubble
AJC: It has been almost 5 months since Haiti was destroyed by one of the largest earthquakes on record.
UN Hides Another Decline
Here’s the question: On the heels of Climategate, will the media overlook an effort by the United Nations to hide yet another decline, also aided and abetted by academia?
Florida First Amendment Update
Tallahassee, FL—Responding to the gross violation of free speech brought about by the ACLU in the Santa Rosa County School District (District), the Florida legislature passed a law that requires school districts to obtain the consent of staff and students before entering into any agreement that infringes upon or waives their First Amendment rights. The new law takes effect July 1.