Universities may want to adopt a basic rule to avoid mission creep: When you have failed in your basic task, it is probably not a good idea to enter into new ventures outside of that…
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Unions cap Charter School Growth
Charter school growth has exploded over the last two decades and so have the waiting lists to get in them. “Today there are charter school laws in 42 states and the District of Columbia,” Nina…
Crapitalism: A Book Review of Crony Capitalists
Jason Mattera, a New York Times best-selling author and well-known for his interviews with less-than-reputable political figures in Washington, D.C., has written a new book entitled, Crapitalism: Liberals Who Make Millions Swiping Your Tax Dollars….
Recapturing a Revolution
It’s hard to find a history of the American Revolution from academia that actually tries to recapture it rather than engage in a deconstruction project.
Agency Capture Benefits Wall Street?
The Center for American Progress recently held a panel discussion on the topic of executive agency overreach, which several panelists called “regulatory capture.”
CAP Likes Common Core
There is an interesting split on the Left over the Obama Administration’s Common Core education reforms.
Cultural Capitalism
“What we call basic skills are only ‘basic’ because they are one aspect of the cultural capital of the middle class.”—Southern University Professor Lisa Delpit
Interest on Spiritual Capital
America’s Spiritual Capital, by Nicholas Capaldi and Theodore Roosevelt Malloch, offers a refreshing reminder of the country’s Judeo-Christian heritage and how this heritage has led to American prosperity, and from a pair of academics, no less.
Lessons From Bain Capital
Edward Conard, in his book Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You’ve Been Told About The Economy Is A Lie, discusses America’s swift economic growth over the years and how this is a good thing.
Muppets Take On Capitalism
While the NEA’s activist plans failed to take root in a Wisconsin second grade class, one of the most effective formulas for propagandizing children outside of school is through the movies.