Articles by Malcolm A. Kline

“Nine of 10 major educational software products on the market have no effect on test scores, the federal Department of Education found in 2009.”—Heather McDonald of the Manhattan Institute.

Noted academics seem to view the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations as a means of recapturing the 1960s, particularly if they missed the latter decade on the first go-round.

The latest academic to argue that academia drives economic growth offers a long list of inventions spawned by universities but she might be missing a key ingredient.

To the uncredentialled, it may often appear that academics receive many degrees, not to mention a multitude of research grants, in order to ascertain what many can figure out by simple observation.

“Those who find it comfortable going into high ethical strictures go into politics, those who don’t do into academia.”—Michigan State University economist Steven Waldman noted wryly at the fifth anniversary of the Free State Foundation.

“History teaches us that the bigger the government, the smaller the private sector.”—U. S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn at the Free States Foundation’s fifth anniversary, October 12, 2011.

America’s school boards want more money from American taxpayers but they don’t want to be told what to do with it.

Republican presidential contender Herman Cain may catch more than the Washington establishment by surprise.

The second amendment has been getting a surprising boost on campuses lately—from college women—much to the consternation of university administrators.

A Mid East Studies professor who we have covered is in the news again, and once again the subject of investigations surrounding claims that his attitudes towards Israel could be labeled discriminatory.

“We live in a society where you can lose your job for making a racist joke but where there are usually no consequences for making regional slurs.”—Althea Webb, assistant professor of education, Berea College, in The Chronicle Review, October 7, 2011.

We’ve actually found a Middle East studies professor who provides valuable information and insights.