(Following is the Executive Summary of the above titled paper. For a copy of the complete paper of about 25 pages, please let me know.) There is very little doubt among sophisticated observers that Texas has led the nation in public education reform over the past decade or so and that it has served as […]
Archives for 2005
Some Borrowed Thoughts On Immigration
Thanks to Bethel Nathan for passing along the remarks of former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm from a recent immigration-overpopulation conference in Washington, D. C., which I paraphrase as follows: “Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and ultimately commit suicide, and so, to destroy America, here is how we do it. […]
The Necessity Of Shame
Recently I was struck by an editorial exchange initiated by Dr. Joyce Brothers in Parade magazine, who suggested that the lack of respect and values seen in today’s popular culture is due to a “lack of shame”. This was followed by a rebuttal op/ed in The Houston Chronicle from Brene Brown of the University of […]
The Latest From Our Imperial Judiciary
Meanwhile, in the Supreme Court decision in Roper vs. Simmons to arbitrarily set an age limit on the assessment of the death penalty to juvenile criminals, once again our imperial judiciary has completely disabled state legislators and juries in a decision that pre-empts the value judgments of the people. And again I repeat—the critical issue […]
Back To The “Real War” In America
Meanwhile, on the domestic war front, we owe Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott our thanks for defending the religious freedoms enshrined in the U. S. Constitution by forcefully arguing before the U. S. Supreme Court the case for keeping the Ten Commandments monument on the State Capitol grounds. To illustrate the point to be made, […]
Middle East Transformation Update
“The ultimate outcome will be transformational, for I believe there is no way to avoid the massive restructuring of the Muslim world that will follow (and parallel) this conflict. The ruling elites in these societies, friend and foe alike, must choose which future they want, and the status quo ante is not acceptable, for us […]
The Tipping Point For The Left In Higher Ed
The domination of the left in the higher reaches of our elite institutions of higher education may have reached a tipping point with the eruption of Ward Churchill at Colorado University and his characterization of the 9-11 bombers as “combat teams”, the Pentagon victims “military targets”, and the World Trade Center victims “little Eichmanns”. This […]
Two Speeches For The Ages
It was called the most philosophical inaugural address ever, and I thought it was Bush’s best ever, until he at least equaled, and might have topped it with his State of the Union speech. One would be hard pressed to find more comprehensive pronouncements of natural right conservatism (some might add neo-) this side of […]
God And Tsunamis
Of all the immediate responses to the enormous tragedy of the Southeast Asian tsunami catastrophe, the two most misguided were (1) the silly allegations that the U. S. was not responsive enough in timing or financial commitment, and (2) the continuing questions, “where was God?” or “why would God allow this to happen?”. To the […]
Two Landmark Battles
Two huge domestic policy battles are now underway that will transform the social contract in ways that will have enormous consequences for the American experiment far into this and probably the next century. One, the President’s push to repair the Social Security system, has been given high visibility and top domestic priority in his second […]