In my current speaking travels on education reform around the state, I am often asked about the purpose of the phrase in our organization’s mission statement that, in addition to college and workplace readiness, our high schools should produce graduates fully prepared for “responsible citizenship”. In a recent research report commissioned by the Intercollegiate Studies […]
Archives for November 2006
Judicial Restraint
A recent poll conducted by Opinion Research Corp. on behalf of CNN shows that 67% of those surveyed say that federal judges and the decisions they make should not be subject to more control by politicians. I haven’t seen the phrasing of the question, and this is often crucial with polling, but to the extent […]
Time for a Conversation among Grown Ups
Whatever foreign policy adjustments follow from the mid-term election results, one thing is abundantly clear to me—between now and 2008 it’s time for a long and serious conversation among adults about the Long War. In fact, despite the considerable downside to the prospects for Democrat control of Congress, the configuration of a Bush White House […]
Is The Revolution Dead?
I remember writing in my journal in November 1994 that I thought I would never live to see conservative principles rewarded with victory on a nationwide basis in a non-Presidential election year, but as the spirit of the Contract with America swept the Gingrich-led revolution to Republican control of the House and Senate that year, […]