This is the question that was bugging me last week. Why is inequality a problem in and of itself, rather representing a symptom of problems that should be fixed for their own sake?
President Obama says he would “welcome congressional support” but does not need authorization from Congress in order to use force against the Islamic State. The President appears to have taken no steps to propose actual language to Congress or to move the idea of an authorization along.
Five times in the last two campaign cycles, Republicans have run Senate candidates whose collective awfulness deprived the GOP of doable wins in Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Missouri and Nevada.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is both a danger in itself and a wake-up call for Americans -- about President Obama, about the institutions of this country and, most important, about ourselves.
Ukraine’s Euromaidan protests—taking place in Kiev from November 21, 2013 to February 22, 2014—aimed to break Ukraine out of Vladimir Putin’s sphere of influence. They succeeded, although how well depends on the West’s response to Putin’s ferocious counterattack.
This school year will carry special significance throughout much of the country, including North Carolina, as schools complete the transition to the Common Core standards. This coming spring, students statewide will for the first time take a new assessment aligned to the new, tougher standards.
In conjunction with the opening of the fall season, Richard Epstein, a professor at New York University Law School, appeared at the Constitutions Center in Philadelphia to talk about his new book, The Classical Liberal Constitution: The Uncertain Quest for Limited Government, with Theodore Ruger, deputy dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, this writer's alma mater.
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown will enter the final stretch of his campaign for an unprecedented fourth term with an enormous fundraising lead over Republican Neel Kashkari, according to campaign finance statements filed Monday with the Secretary of State.
featuring Ze’ev Wurmanvia American Principles Project
Monday, October 6, 2014
The new American Principles Project white paper entitled “Why Students Need Strong Standards (and not Common Core)” dispels the myth that the Common Core math standards are better standards and shows that the new standards actually slow down American students’ math progression.
