Liberty
Obama Pens Misleading Letter to Libraries
Editors at National Review Online take aim at the latest example of misdirection from a former president. At first glance, the recent criticism that Barack Obama leveled against those in…
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
Education
National School Boards Group Apologizes for Comparing Parents to Terrorists
Zachary Evans reports for National Review Online on a welcome retreat from an off-the-wall claim. The National School Boards Association has apologized for a letter that called on the Biden…
Education
School Boards’ Problems Exposed
Clarice Feldman writes for the American Thinker about American school boards’ new scrutiny from concerned parents. Mark Twain famously said, “In the first place, God made idiots. That was for…
Education
Martin Center column probes higher ed’s role in war on history
Sumantra Maitra writes for the Martin Center about academia’s role in distorting history. On July 4 at Mt. Rushmore, President Trump praised Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, and Louis Armstrong; it…
Elections & Public Integrity
A primary full of ‘bakshish’
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online introduces a new word into our vocabulary while describing Democratic presidential candidates’ dubious schemes. If you want there to be a genuine, productive political…
Education
LISTEN HERE: New “Head Locke” Podcast Episode: Is Higher Education a Waste of Time and Money?
Episode 13 of the official John Locke Foundation podcast, “Head Locke”, is out! In this week’s episode, Terry and Kory tackle higher education. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Maybe the ratings agencies weren’t to blame for the Great Recession
The Big Short, ironically, opens with an apocryphal Mark Twain epigraph: “It ain’t what you know that gets you in trouble, it’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so”…
Law & Public Safety
The filibuster fight over Gorsuch
Scott Johnson of the Power Line blog contrasts top U.S. senators’ approach to the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared…
Liberty
Liberal love for Bush 43
Aaron Goldstein writes at National Review Online about liberals’ changing views about former President George W. Bush. When George W. Bush speaks, liberals are sure to react. But then Bush…
Elections & Public Integrity
It’s fine to oppose Trump, but …
Mark Hemingway writes at the Federalist website about the worst arguments Democrats are making about President-elect Donald Trump as he prepares to take office. If I wanted to discredit an…
Liberty
Political satirists as ‘haters’
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online places some of America’s most well-known political humorists on the psychologist’s couch. The great American humorists have something in common: hatred. H. L. Mencken…
Education
Hanson documents higher education’s failures
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest National Review Online column details the many ways in which today’s colleges and universities are failing their students. A bachelor’s degree is no longer proof that…