Good take from Marc Tucker: “David Brooks wrote a column that ran in the New York Times on May 1 that got me thinking. In it, he points out that the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood that Freddie…
Monthly Archives For May 2015
Liberal Academic Says America’s Founding Document Outmoded
Top Vatican adviser Jeffrey Sachs says that when Pope Francis visits the United States in September, he will directly challenge the “American idea” of God-given rights embodied in the Declaration of Independence. Sachs, a special…
Walter E. Williams: Baltimore suffers from Gov’t-Induced Economic Slavery
The second part of Williams’ interview with Black & Blonde Media:
Walter Williams on 40-Hour Work Week and ObamaCare
Always a knowledgeable interview subject, economist Walter E. Williams:
Walter Williams: Failed Economic Policies, not Racism, Defines Baltimore
Noted black economist at George Mason University, Walter E. Williams, gives his take on why Baltimore is an example of failed economic policies. First part of his two-part interview:
Is Higher Education a Leisure Pool?
A group called College Rank has helpfully compiled a list of colleges with the best leisure pools in academe, some replete with lazy rivers. “Recreational facilities and amenities have become a major part of the…
University of Texas Can’t Hide Scandal behind Privacy Laws
FERPA (or the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) is commonly used to hide information from the public, but this time, the University of Texas-Austin can’t stop a scandal from ballooning in the public eye….
North Dakota High Schools Finally Approve Pro-Life Groups
As the College Fix reported: “Two high schools in Fargo, North Dakota, have officially approved student-run pro-life clubs after months of roadblocks that seemed to be related to worries about religion in school.”
On Poverty, Obama Shows Poor Judgment
These days, it wouldn’t be a presidential appearance without some gratuitous Christian-bashing. And at yesterday’s roundtable on poverty, President Obama didn’t disappoint. During the panel discussion at Georgetown University, President Obama took the common goal…
UCSD’s Naked Final Exam wasn’t Reported as Sexual Harassment
The University of California-San Diego has three sexual harassment policies in place that would have been appropriate in this situation, where a professor had students take final exams while naked.