From the WSJ’s interview with Abigail Thernstrom: The Voting Rights Act fits a familiar pattern. “This is the usual civil rights legislation story. It starts out being about opportunity and ends up being about results. We see that in any … read more >

(CBS News) — “A billionaire’s program to pay students with promising ideas to drop out of college and develop those concepts for the good of all is attracting students and critics. Internet business pioneer Peter Thiel thinks his program is … read more >

1. George Will’s latest Washington Post column highlights the shameful government overreach that is part of America’s costly “War on Drugs Peaceful Americans Who Voluntarily Choose To Use Intoxicants Not Currently Approved of by the Government, Who Will Put Users … read more >

It’s been widely reported now that the U.S. has a serious and unsustainable “higher education bubble,” not unlike the unsustainable housing bubble in the U.S. that eventually crashed and resulted in a housing meltdown, mortgage tsunami, a wave of foreclosures, … read more >

It’s been only ten days since I ran my last “quarterly” grammar rant on “it’s vs. its,” but I’ve already collected six new examples, here they are: 1. The U.S. is one of the few countries that has not nationalized … read more >

McMullen County Texas is in the heart of the oil-rich Eagle Ford Shale formation in South Texas, where oil production is gushing and could reach 1 million barrels per day by 2016.  A recent study from the University of Texas-San … read more >

For the last year or so, I’ve made the case (along with others) that the U.S. manufacturing sector is at the forefront of the economic expansion based on all relevant measures of economic performance: profits, output, employment and unemployment.  For … read more >