French President: Homework Just Isn’t Fair!
Homework is lame. Just ask any kid: Would you rather be glued to a desk doing long division or playing video games with your friends?… Read More
Homework is lame. Just ask any kid: Would you rather be glued to a desk doing long division or playing video games with your friends?… Read More
In his closing argument last night, President Obama presented himself as a champion of free enterprise. “I believe that the free enterprise system is the… Read More
Occupy Wall Street’s pathetic first birthday last week confirmed that the longstanding reports of the movement’s death have not, in fact, been exaggerated. So why… Read More
A charismatic young Hispanic politician yesterday delivered one of the best speeches in recent memory on the American Dream. In retelling the story of his… Read More
If 2008 was all about hope and change, 2012 may well be about ladders. Yes, ladders. President Barack Obama has developed a soft-spot for the… Read More
Poor George Washington. His birthday, spontaneously celebrated since the Revolution and formally declared a holiday in 1879, has slowly morphed into the insipid Presidents Day… Read More
Let’s be honest: We all know you’re not really gonna quit smoking, start exercising, and eat more vegetables as of today. As Emerson wryly remarked:… Read More
All this time, we thought conservatives were the ones pining for the past. Turns out we didn’t look back far enough in time. The stone… Read More
These days, everybody loves Reagan. It’s not just the eight GOP candidates who are trying to out-Reagan each other on the campaign trail. Liberals, too—including… Read More
What is America? What is this country fundamentally about? By and large, pundits and politicians on the right and the left don’t seem to get… Read More
Silly Brits. After all these years, they still don’t understand natural rights. During a moot debate last week at Franklin Hall in Philadelphia, British lawyers… Read More
Martin Luther King is rightly remembered for his dream, first articulated on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial 48 years ago this Sunday, that the… Read More
On the day when everyone celebrates America and the glorious document that justifies its existence, I’d like to offer three cheers for the amazing Americans… Read More
Reading the results of the latest Pew poll on how to interpret the Constitution, I was reminded of an insightful remark by the great essayist… Read More
When it comes to crushing debts, unsustainable entitlements and ballooning deficits, Americans and Europeans are all in the same sinking boat. Where they part ways… Read More
“That core idea of America—that if you work hard, if you do right, if you’re responsible, that you can lead a better life and most… Read More
With the country in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression, it’s no surprise that the economy is on everyone’s mind. According… Read More
As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, it is fitting to reflect upon the tortured experience of blacks in this country. Looking back upon four… Read More
The sublime irony of having Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) not only participate in a reading of the Constitution, but be assigned Article I, Section 1, seems… Read More
This Wednesday, all 435 Members of the House of Representatives and the 33 incoming Senators will perform a constitutional rite that harkens back to the… Read More
American exceptionalism is currently at the heart of a great debate over the country’s future and, according to one presidential hopeful at least, will be… Read More
Ratification of the New START treaty was high on the agenda of the so-called “slurpy summit” between President Obama and leaders from both parties at… Read More
Speaking on Meet the Press this week, former congressman and current chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council Harold Ford Jr. said: I think that there… Read More