President Trump’s budget “blueprint” for the U. S. Department of Education recommends a 13 percent decrease in spending for the agency, but provides few details on how he will reach that goal. Nevertheless, the details…
Topic: Center for American Progress
Bitter Clingers on the Left
The way that leading figures on the political Left cling to disputed data is truly a marvel to behold. In an appearance on Monday, March 20, 2017, at the Center for American Progress (CAP), Valerie…
Obama Economist Can’t Spin Trump Jobs Data
Lisa D. Cook, a Michigan State economist who served on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), took sharp aim at her old boss’s successor in an appearance at the Center for American Progress (CAP)…
The Case Against Gorsuch: Things Fall Apart
Well, the best and the brightest on the Left are amassing their forces for a full-scale frontal assault on President Trump’s first Supreme Court nomination. The problem for them is, they don’t have much ammunition….
Delusions of Education Grandeur
Some public officials leave office as far behind the knowledge curve as when they entered it. “One recent analysis found that 95 percent of the jobs created since 2008 required some postsecondary education or training,”…
John Podesta’s New Global Order
In one of her secret speeches, Hillary Clinton said, “My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders…” Before this comment was revealed, Adam Taylor of The Washington Post tried to…
It’s the Accreditation, Stupid!
The good news is that the Left has noticed what a scam college accreditation is. The bad news: They want the federal government to take it over. “Accreditors are self-regulating membership organizations,” Ben Miller, David…
Apprenticeships Making a Comeback?
Somewhere between random free college for everyone and Teutonic regimentation geared towards industry is a happy medium of career choices that American high school graduates used to come much closer to having access to. “The…
Academics Want Your IRAs
When academics are ready to fix a problem, hold onto your wallets. “America’s middle class faces a growing retirement crisis,” Christian Weller and Teresa Ghilarducci write in an issue brief for the Center for American…
Larry Summers Stands Up for Labor Unions
Lawrence Summers, former U.S. Treasury Department Secretary and current Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, defended the concept of labor unions and blasted the South at a recent panel discussion at the Center…
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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