It is worth reexamining The Road to Serfdom, originally published in 1944, in light of President Obama’s ascendancy.
Read the articleA new book on the 1960 presidential election is more misleading than informative. Since it is written by the man who served as Barack Obama’s religious advisor in the 2008 campaign for the White House, the misdirection—whether it be the result of superficial research or political intent—does not make for a good omen.
Read the articleIn the effort to radicalize students willing to work for social change, “critical” teachers may be forgetting to let their students freely choose their own ideological positions in the first place.
Read the articleIn a book called The Race to the White House that was published following the discussions, four distinguished professionals discuss the personalities of the candidates and the importance of the race for Democrats.
Read the articleBills have been introduced in both houses of the Maryland legislature that would amend the current law that allows alleged victims of child sexual abuse to file civil suit against the offender up until the age of 25.
Read the articleDavid Kipen, representing the National Endowment for the Arts, travelled to this year’s Modern Language Association Convention to promote The Big Read, a NEA program which combats declining reading habits by enlisting members of the community to read a piece of literature simultaneously
Read the articleThe most recent gas war between Russia and Ukraine took place January 1st after political tension caused gas price negotiations between the two countries to fall apart and Russia cut gas flows to Ukraine.
Read the articleA noted left-wing writer actually found a Democrat he disapproves of. Naturally, the target of his angst has been dead for four years.
Read the articleThe tragedy of too many college courses on William Shakespeare these days is that students may be learning more about literary criticism than the Bard himself.
Read the articleThe academic antipathy toward Joe McCarthy was in full swing at this year’s Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention.
Read the articleAdolf Hitler is understood to be the West’s greatest enemy during World War II, and his name will be passed from generation to generation in infamy, but it was the dictator of the USSR Josef Stalin, according to Viktor Suvorov, whose conspiracy led to the most devastating war in history.
Read the articleWhen Jimmy Carter made an unsuccessful bid for reelection as president, even Democrats couldn’t say for sure why they were voting for him. Nearly three decades later, he is treated as an elder statesman.
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