The Decline of Common Sense
The news is filled with evidence that common sense is increasingly uncommon. Here are a few examples: “Sanctuary Cities” like [...]
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07, 2015
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05, 2015
Overcoming Inner-City Poverty and Unrest
Politicians and community activists often claim that the solution to inner-city poverty and unrest is to increase educational and employment [...]
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06, 2014
Flirting with Fascism
America has undergone a dramatic cultural shift in the short space of a half-century. The 1960s celebrated freedom from the [...]
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01, 2014
Moral Dilemmas in Washington
A moral dilemma is a situation in which a choice must be made between conflicting courses of action, each of [...]
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01, 2014
The Most Serious Thinking Error
What mental error poses the greatest obstacle to intelligent thought and behavior today? It’s hard to pick just one, but [...]
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11, 2013
The Role of Attitude in Learning
The role of attitude is often ignored in discussions of educational achievement. One reason is that the usual definition of [...]
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11, 2013
What’s Really Wrong with Education
It was recently revealed that the “Common Core” curriculum crams partisan political ideas into children’s minds. For example, a grade [...]
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10, 2013
Education Is Failing? What Else Is New?
It’s all over the news. Between 57% and 61% of high school graduates have little chance of succeeding in college. [...]
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09, 2013
A Tale Of Two Students
Carson Huey graduated from high school with a perfect 4.0 grade point average and a 1770 Scholastic Aptitude Test score. [...]
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06, 2013
A More Dangerous Corruption
“Corruption” is a popular word today, and it is usually used to denote dishonest behavior within an institution. The most [...]