Who says American journalists are a bunch of pussycats, just because they won’t print a scary cartoon of Muhammad?
On American college campuses, the ratio of women to men is approaching 60-40. Although the ratio of men to women in college is not a problem in and of itself, it is indicative of a problem.
With Bush’s approval ratings stuck in the low 40s and other factors in place, 2006 should be a year of Democratic resurgence. But most pundits don’t yet expect this to happen because of the rules of the game.
As the 20th Winter Olympics draw to a close, the phrase, “Let the games begin,” is slowly receding in our minds. Expect to hear it again soon, but this time with a far different meaning: On March 30th, scratch-off lottery tickets should hit stores around the state, introducing North Carolinians to unprecedented opportunities for “gaming.”
Will political realities jar the powers-that-be in North Carolina’s fast-growing metropolitan areas to change their approach to school construction? Upcoming debates will reveal the answer.
WASHINGTON, DC — Just one year after governors and education and business leaders met to push for high school reform, many states are making progress closing the expectations gap between what is demanded of students and what is required to succeed.
When fiscal conservatives question government funding for a program, they are accused of not valuing it. That is a mistaken view of the proper test.
Politicians have found a new industry to pick on, with its customers being compelled to pay an unfair share of the cost of new government programs from which they may never benefit.
It seems as though every time you turn around there is a situation at UNC-Chapel Hill involving the First Amendment. This week’s topic — a controversial cartoon printed by The Daily Tar Heel that depicted the prophet Muhammad — led to an uproar. University officials and the UNC-Chapel Hill Muslim Student Association said the newspaper was “insensitive” to publish the cartoon.
I have to laugh every time I see in the media a new broadside fired at Wal-Mart for paying its workers "low" wages. But at some point journalists need to look in the mirror; pay for journalists is no better.
Lawmakers should address the real problem underlying growing budget costs.
