For all that I love my native Oklahoma, education is not one of its strong points. Harold Cole, writing in the Daily Oklahoman, gives an example of the mindset that keeps holding it back: A group of school superintendents recently expressed concern that about 6,000
I have been complaining that only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul qualified to get on the Virginia primary ballot. But candidates, except for those two, are also having ballot problems in Ohio, Illinois, D.C., Missouri, and Arizona: Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who came within
A conclave of leaders of social conservative organizations and evangelical political activist groups voted to rally behind Rick Santorum: A week before the pivotal South Carolina primary, Rick Santorum’s quest to emerge as the chief alternative to Mitt Romney received a boost Saturday from a
Our relationship with Iran is getting more and more dangerous. As more and more of that country’s nuclear scientists are getting assassinated–with most people blaming Israel’s spy agency Mossad possibly with the collusion of the CIA–Iranian leaders are threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz,
I’ve been in my native Oklahoma last weekend to see my new granddaughter and to be there for her baptism. Localists have a point: There really are regional differences. It’s nice to be back in my old stomping grounds. It’s interesting to read the local
The Green Bay Packers, with their 15-1 record, having secured the first round bye and home field advantage throughout the playoffs, promptly lost to the New York Giants, a 9-7 team they had already beaten once in the regular season. How could that be? The
Have you seen Portlandia, the TV sketch show that skewers today’s fashions and mores, as manifested in Portland, Oregon? Nothing against locavores! Or localism! Or Portland! It’s just the pose and the righteousness that begs for satire. (And if you care so much for Colin,
Despite an earlier positive ruling, a court has ruled against Falls Church and six other conservative Anglican congregations that have left the Episcopal Church over its increasingly liberal theology. Now the congregations will have to surrender their property to the Virginia diocese of the Episcopal church.
Colleges are getting blamed for turning out so many unemployable graduates with “impractical degrees” in the humanities. Critics are saying that students should take “practical” majors like business or other job-training fields as a way to reduce unemployment. But that’s exactly what college students, including
What is the key to a successful school? The educational culture. Think of the ingredients that make for a good school. Small classes. Well-educated teachers. Plenty of funding. Combine, mix well, then bake. Turns out, your recipe would be horribly wrong, at least according to
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