According to Nicholas Eberstadt, an American Enterprise Institute scholar, journalists and policy makers will likely find that next year’s census report poverty statistics are arbitrary to the true economic state of America’s poorest citizens.
Articles By: Bethany Stotts
Supporting the Particular Welfare
Some poverty experts focus almost exclusively on dramatic declines in TANF enrollment, even though welfare recipiency rates, as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services, remain level.
Ivory Tower Hero
William Ayers hasn’t given up railing against authority figures in the four decades following his time with the Weather Underground.
Teaching as a Martial Art
Inner city teachers have long talked of getting “combat pay” for teaching in troubled schools but now they are taking the military analogy to a whole new level.
Youthful Election Postmortem
With two of every three young voters under 30 years old voting for Barack Obama, a great deal has been made of the 2008 youth vote in recent weeks.
The Obama Fairness Doctrine
Just three days after the election, a Brookings Institution leader issued a memo to President-elect Barack Obama asking him to restore the Fairness Doctrine.
Diatha DeConstructed
The actions of one fifth-grade teacher in North Carolina, Diatha Harris, have elicited anger throughout the nation for comments regarding a student’s support of John McCain. In response to damaging video footage of the teacher’s classroom comments, the local superintendent announced a full investigation into the teacher’s actions last Friday.
Title IXing Science, UT-Austin Style
It is very likely that under a new gender equity program, the University of Texas at Austin, home to a professor who favors Title IX requirements for professors, will concentrate on providing gender parity within its science departments.
Faith Motors
What do the body’s molecular structure and car engines have in common? Both are clearly made by someone, argues one biochemist.
Will ACORN Steal the Election?
Will the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) steal the 2008 election for Barack Obama?