Dr. David Armitage, Professor of History at Harvard University, has written a great essay on the Declaration of Independence in The Wall Street Journal over July 4th weekend, “The Words Heard Around the World”. In it, he makes many good points, but the most insightful is the importance of recognizing and separating two distinct elements […]
Archives for July 2014
Conservative Policy Evolution
In late May, a group of Republican insurgents who call themselves the YG (for Young Guns) Network released what has been dubbed a new conservative manifesto, “Room to Grow”. It is focused almost entirely on economic opportunity and mobility issues and almost totally ignores foreign policy and the divisive social issues, as well as the […]
More Mischief at the College Board
Previously I have commented on the announcement by David Coleman of the College Board of the new SAT to be released in 2016, without much good to say about the so-called “improvements” that supposedly are designed to better reflect what students have actually studied in high school, but appear to be simply more “dumbing down” […]
A Big Win for California’s Kids
Substantially all knowledgeable public education reformers will tell you that the sine qua non of the mission to deliver a quality K-12 education for every child is an effective teacher in every classroom. These same people, if they are honest, will also tell you that this won’t happen until we break the mold that has […]
Immigration Disconnect
On July 4th, President Obama made ceremonial remarks to a class of new U. S. citizens in which he indicated that we want America to continue to be accessible to the “best and brightest” of those who strive to become Americans. How true this should be, but he is either disingenuous or obviously totally out […]
Religious Freedom Prevails
The Supreme Court took a necessary step to preserve one of the most basic foundations of our liberty in its 5-4 decision in favor of Hobby Lobby and the Green family. At the same time, it severely damaged the Obama administration’s push to very narrowly restrict our First Amendment right to religious liberty to non-profit […]