Liberty
Hanson urges a review of the facts of WWI
Victor Davis Hanson explains for National Review Online readers why it’s important to learn the proper lessons from the Great War that started nearly 100 years ago. This summer will…
Palace of Versailles
palace in Versailles, France and location of the Museum of the History of France
Education
The CTU strike and the future of education reform
View in your browser. Welcome On Monday, 30,000 Chicago Public School teachers and education personnel went on strike. In this week’s CommenTerry, I take a closer look at the three…
Education
“Won’t Back Down”: A movie with a school choice message
View in your browser. Welcome On Monday, Democratic National Convention attendees had an opportunity to attend a screening of the new movie, "Won’t Back Down." Let’s take a trip to…
Education
Update on recent school choice research
View in your browser. Welcome This summer, three important school choice studies were published. All three conclude that choice raises student achievement for children in participating families. In this week’s…
Liberty
Jefferson and Adams: A Debate on the Future of the United States of America
You’re invited to this John Locke Foundation living history event. To register, call 866-JLF-INFO or send a note to [email protected] Jefferson and Adams: A Debate on the Future of…
Education
Help wanted: The second annual public school jobs newsletter
View in your browser. Welcome Public schools throughout North Carolina are preparing for the 2012-13 school year. Although the start of the traditional calendar school year is right around the…
Education
Yeah, about those graduation rates…
View in your browser. Welcome So, who gets the credit/blame for the excellent/dismal graduation rates and improving/irrelevant state test results? They do, of course! Bulletin Board President Thomas Jefferson and…
Liberty
Limbaugh's Biltmore Connection
This very long New York Times Magazine profile of Rush Limbaugh has many little nuggets, including this one: Unlike many right-wing talk-show hosts, Limbaugh does not view France with hostility.…
Liberty
Bourgeois decadence? Aristocratic overkill?
Is this Versailles? One of Mad King Ludwig’s castles? Bill Gates’ foyer? Nope. It’s Komsomolskaya Metro Station in Moscow, built during Josef Stalin’s regime. I’d have to say the Moscow…
Liberty
Educational bureaucracy in NC: baroque; don’t fix it
In listening to Prof. Robert Greenberg’s lessons on Bach and the High Baroque, recorded for The Teaching Company (a course I recommend most highly) this morning, I heard the following:…