Why the Left Opposes Arming Teachers
Why does the Left oppose allowing a small number of highly trained teachers and other adults who work at schools to arm themselves? When asked, […]
Education
Weaponizing Our Kids
It didn’t take long to politicize the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, and Sheriff Scott Israel became household names in […]
Cowards and Losers: Name One, Forget the Other
This is an ugly article, but it has to be written. The news broke Thursday that a pathetic excuse for a man named Scot Peterson […]
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Stop calling “snowflakes” snowflakes. Stop misrepresenting the greatness of the latter with the god-awfulness of the former, whose ranks include students and citizens too precious […]
‘Reforming’ Confucius Institutes
With all the concern over the effect of Russian propaganda on American voters, it might be helpful now to recall that Russia isn’t the only […]
Men With Chests and Those Without
Last week’s mass shooting at a Florida high school reminds us yet again that to live well—to live free—requires men with chests. That is a […]
Heroism Befitting Free Men
The U.S. Army on Tuesday announced it would award the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Medal of Heroism to the three high school cadets […]
Once Again, A House Divided
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. —Mark 3:25 (King James Version) In the wake of the horrific shootings in […]
Delirium, Questions, Resolve in the Wake of Florida
In a testament to progressive insolence, the Florida school shooting swiftly became a platform for shredding the Second Amendment. Any notion that it is unseemly […]
A Serious Note on ‘The Monopoly on Force’
This year in the United States more than 35,000 people likely will die and more than 2 million people likely will be injured or disabled […]
Make Washington’s Birthday Great Again
We once celebrated the individual greatness of George Washington on his birthday, February 22. Historian James Thomas Flexner called George Washington the “indispensable man,” because […]
Mass Shootings Point to a Problem—and It Isn’t Guns
I’m a father of four children who all attend public school. My love for them and their value to me and to society are immeasurable. […]
How to End the Judiciary Class War
The following is an excerpt from The Judiciary’s Class War by Glenn Reynolds, just published by Encounter Books. ___________________________________ In the wake of the 2016 […]
Who Knows America Best? Politicians Can Teach Professors
In January I was invited to address the City Tavern Club on the occasion of the club’s annual Reagan Dinner. This year it was a […]
“Run, Rabbit, Run!” Rabid Parents on the Prowl
These days, nothing is safe from an attack of the PC moralists. Not even classic children’s literature. In the latest edition of the PC “police […]
Back to School: Student Loan Debt and Crony Capitalism
Whenever I drive past UCLA, with its Romanesque buildings and banners of blue and gold; whenever I see the steps and street lamps that line […]
The Great Homeschooling Freakout
Home schooling is one of the few activities left in the Golden State that isn’t heavily regulated. Around 200,000 kids are schooled at home in […]
Counterfeit Elitism
Those damn dairy farmers. Why do they insist on trying to govern? Or, put another way: Why are Republicans trusting Devin Nunes to be their […]
A Tale of Two Countries
Rep. Joseph Kennedy III (D-Mass.) had the unenviable task of rebutting President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address this week. Kennedy found himself […]
Dreamers in Beltwayland
Senate Democrats led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) shut down the government last weekend, ostensibly in defense of “Dreamers”—illegal aliens who arrived in the […]