We are besieged by commentary in the battle over the humanities curriculum in higher education—do we need more emphasis?, do we need less?, is it all about jobs?, is it all about competency in a skill set?, what about critical thinking?, what about making good citizens?, what about the pursuit of meaning in life?, […]
Archives for 2013
An Abdication of Leadership
I will make no attempt to defend or justify certain elements of the tactics of the Republicans in the House and Senate in the run-up to the current government shutdown “crisis”, particularly the futile attempt to defund Obamacare, although I agree with most aspects of the underlying policy substance in their recent position–on Obamacare, […]
Summer Books
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, by Christopher Clark This is an extremely detailed and meticulously researched account of the origins and events leading to the most catastrophic event of the 20th century and one that continues to reverberate in almost every significant foreign policy consideration to the present day. It […]
The Real “Johnny Football” Issue
Let me begin by admitting that, as a fan of college athletics, I followed the autograph signing case of Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel pretty closely, but I don’t have anywhere near all the facts and I couldn’t care less about the recent eligibility settlement of the case with the NCAA. However, there are larger […]
The 50th Anniversary of “The March”
Count me as disappointed in the overall message and theme of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of The March on Washington, when it could and should have been an event worthy of the commemoration of a significant turning point event in American history. First, the celebration had all the earmarks of a partisan Democrat […]
The Syria Decision
The most incredible fiasco in modern foreign policy management and the strangest and most blatant abdication of a U. S. Commander in Chief in American history has now come down to a monumental gamble on the willingness of a fickle Congress to provide the political cover to prevent a President from vacating the role of […]
Putin Capitalizes on the Obama Retreat
In the Wall Street Journal, Hoover Institution Fellow Josef Joffe asks: why did Vladimir Putin thumb his nose at the U. S. in the Snowden affair? The answer is pretty easy–because he knew he could get away with it. And why? Well, the old KGB veteran looked at the Obama trend line since January 2009: […]
A Scathing Indictment of Teacher Preparation
In June, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its long-awaited report on teacher preparation and, to the surprise of almost no one, it was a devastating critique of the nation’s colleges of education. The full report, which provides data on 1,130 institutions and ratings for 608 of them based on a rigorous […]
The Jobs Doldrums Continue
This administration is entering uncharted territory in terms of its failure of policy for economic growth. In fact, most of what passes for policy, such as Obamacare, the Dodd-Frank bill, and various regulatory initiatives has been destructive to job growth, while Federal Reserve monetary policy continues to misallocate and pervert the pricing of capital. Recent […]
More on Middle Class Revolution
Last month I commented on Francis Fukuyama’s essay on worldwide political turmoil led by the new middle classes in emerging countries and the degree to which it is being driven by the failure of governments to meet the rising expectations of the newly prosperous and educated. Recently, Alan Murray, President of the Pew Research Center, […]
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