Here’s what so-called “teachable moments” in academia generally miss—the decade those moments are in. “There is a revolution taking place in the United States,” Stanford researchers Travis Bristol and Claude Goldenberg write of their Edutopia…
Topic: Baltimore
Lesson from Freddie Gray: It’s Not About the Money
Good take from Marc Tucker: “David Brooks wrote a column that ran in the New York Times on May 1 that got me thinking. In it, he points out that the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood that Freddie…
Walter E. Williams: Baltimore suffers from Gov’t-Induced Economic Slavery
The second part of Williams’ interview with Black & Blonde Media:
Walter Williams: Failed Economic Policies, not Racism, Defines Baltimore
Noted black economist at George Mason University, Walter E. Williams, gives his take on why Baltimore is an example of failed economic policies. First part of his two-part interview:
Decoding the Rules of the Left after Baltimore
Victor Davis Hanson writes another great piece, this time on the Baltimore riots and the tactics of the Left.
No, Baltimore Schools Aren’t Underfunded
A great find by the Washington Examiner. No, liberals, Democrats and President Obama, Baltimore public schools are not underfunded. They actually spend a lot of money per student, barely below the high-spending liberal Montgomery County…
Teachable Moment In Baltimore
Before professors everywhere seize upon the Baltimore riots as a “teachable moment,” we’d like to offer a few simple pieces of recent history to cogitate over. Expect your local professor to echo the president’s claim…
Vanderbilt Law Professor Blasts Baltimore Riots
Carol Swain, a law professor at Vanderbilt University, is an outspoken black conservative Republican. Her latest piece blasts the rioters in Baltimore, Maryland, who went on a looting spree and destroyed public and private property.
Johns Hopkins Shut Down Last Night during Protests for Safety Reasons
Rather scary when four unaffiliated protesters/rioters entered the Johns Hopkins campus, leading to the following tweets: Glad to see that everyone remained safe during the insanely dangerous looting and riots yesterday.