Year: 2014

Recent findings from a Pew Research poll titled “Millennials in Adulthood” should leave conservatives, capitalists and generally anyone embracing smaller government, deeply concerned — because the America they know today will be much different in the near future. And here’s why. According to this poll, millennials, now ranging from age 18 to 33-1/2, are unique, […]

America used to be a land with great upward social mobility, but isn’t anymore. America never was a land with great upward social mobility. Which do you believe? Keep in mind that your answer will have significant implications for public policy. Most politicians, of both right and left, favor the first statement. Conservatives say big […]

In a speech this past February, Attorney General Eric Holder said Americans need to reconsider the punishment that convicted felons lose their right to vote. While some states have means for felons, usually those convicted of non-violent crimes, to regain their voting rights, Holder said, “an estimated 5.8 million Americans – 5.8 million of our […]

The red flags contained in the national and global headlines that have come out thus far in 2014 should have spooked investors and economic forecasters. Instead the markets have barely noticed. It seems that the majority opinion on Wall Street and Washington is that we have entered an era of good fortune made possible by […]

In a recent piece in Politico titled “Why Are Asian Americans Democrats?”, professors Alexander Kuo, Neil Malhotra and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, make the contention that “microaggressions” and social exclusion has pushes the entire Asian-American community to vote for the Democratic Party. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, microaggressions, according to Fordham University, “are common verbal, […]

Universal preschool sounds like a no-brainer. President Barack Obama proposed it in his State of the Union. He followed that address with a speech in Decatur, Ga. “Study after study shows that the earlier a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road,” he said in Georgia. “But here’s the thing: […]

They’re everywhere. Turn on Fox News, local news, Animal Planet, HGTV, The Family Channel or talk radio. Pro-Common Core commercials have been airing ad nauseam in a desperate attempt to persuade American families to support the beleaguered federal education standards/testing/technology racket. Who’s funding these public relations pushes? D.C. lobbyists, entrenched politicians and Big Business interests. […]

The right side of history is bunk. In domestic politics, people (mostly liberals) tend to say, “You’re on the wrong side of history” about social issues that are breaking their way. It’s a handy phrase, loosely translated as, “You’re going to lose eventually, so why don’t you give up now?” Philosophically, the expression is abhorrent […]

The most febrile of George W. Bush haters liked to claim during his tenure that the former president “scared” them. There is far more reason to be frightened by President Barack Obama, because fecklessness and inconstancy trigger wars. The outstanding example of weakness inviting aggression was the conduct of the democracies toward Adolf Hitler in […]