Education establishment rebuffs concerns

November 15, 2008 Ed News A November 2008 headline caught my eye: “Media bias a form of arrogance.” In this article, columnist Cal Thomas criticizes the media: “Journalism is the only profession I know that ignores the wishes of its consumers. If a...

Election of Student Raises Questions

November 13, 2008 Sievers’10 wins race for county treasurer Dartmouth College junior Vanessa Sievers’ surprise defeat of Grafton County Treasurer Carol Elliott in last week’s election — thanks to the college vote in Hanover and Plymouth, N.H....

Obama and the Taxpayer

November 6, 2008 Forbes In their 1992 presidential campaign book, Putting People First, Bill Clinton and Al Gore said, “We will lower the tax burden on middle-class Americans by asking the very wealthy to pay their fair share. Middle-class taxpayers will have a...

Dems Target Private Retirement Accounts

November 4, 2008 Carolina Journal RALEIGH — Democrats in the U.S. House have been conducting hearings on proposals to confiscate workers’ personal retirement accounts — including 401(k)s and IRAs — and convert them to accounts managed by the Social Security...

Journalism’s Last Stand

Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? By Orson Scott Card Editor’s note: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of journalism. An open letter to...

Universal Preschool Hasn’t Delivered Results

San Francisco Chronicle Early education advocates want you to believe that the case for universal preschool is so airtight that raising any questions about it is an act of heresy. But there is a strong and growing body of literature showing that preschool produces...