1) First, here are a bunch of Father's Day articles from NRO:
Rich Lowry: The Father Effect: It can't be replaced
Carrie Lukas: Indispensable: Fathers and their day
James S. Robbins: Whistler's Father: Why didn’t he get a painting?
Jennifer Roback Morse: Husband's Day: Your children will thank you
Dave Konig: Happy Father-In-Law's Day: When I ( Read more... )

Jason Mattera exposes the shameful inclusion of pornography in higher education and touches upon the general lack of civic knowledge necessary for a functioning democratic-republic:

Remember, a recent study found that only one in 1,000 people could name all five First Amendment freedoms-but 22 percent of Americans could name all five family ( Read more... )

One of my brothers is taking a sociology class; his liberal professor assigned him four articles to read before the next class. Three were by liberals (including Paul Krugman) and one was by a conservative who was criticizing the President. Fair and balanced? He also has to read a book written by the vice-chair of the Democratic Socialists of ( Read more... )

I once wrote an editorial for the Babson Free Press praising the No Child Left Behind Act. Then, as my inner-federalist asserted itself, I found myself opposing federal interference in education. Of course, my inner-pragmatist is sympathetic to anything that "works" and it appears that NCLB is working:

There have been many bitter complaints from ( Read more... )

1) Blue states are richer (so much for the GOP being the "party of the rich") but the red states are more "aspiring" -- their income growth rate is much higher. So sayeth BuzzCharts.

2) European Union states that have not adopted EU rules aimed at reducing noise in crowded cities will face court action if they fail to act soon... "The EU's ( Read more... )