Ideas are powerful. They change minds and motivate behavior. They are also potentially dangerous.
The Third Left, according to Barry Rubin, took over liberalism, portrayed its only opponent as reactionary right-wing conservatism, and claimed that their radicalism represents all that is good in America and a correction to all that is evil.
Those who dismiss complaints about ideological balance and diversity in public universities ask what the harm is in exposing students to "new ideas." Are they serious?
Even if I weren’t in the think tank business, I’d argue that history has proven time and time again the persistent and pervasive influence of ideas.
Even if I weren’t in the think tank business, I’d argue that history has proven time and time again the persistent and pervasive influence of ideas.
RALEIGH - For more than two decades, cross-national assessments of student academic performance against international standards have shown that U.S. students consistently score below the international average in mathematics, science, and reading compared to their counterparts in 30 industrialized nations.
Today, Carolina Journal Radio’s Mitch Kokai discusses globalization with Doug Bandow, vice president of the Washington-based Policy for Citizen Outreach. He recently spoke at a John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society luncheon on “Globalization: Boon or Bain?” (Go here to find a station near you or to learn about the weekly CJ Radio podcast.)
Even if I weren’t in the think tank business, I’d argue that history has proven time and time again the persistent and pervasive influence of ideas.
The Boston Globe needs a better city editor. How else does one explain sending a reporter all the way to Guatemala to report on the illegal aliens who once worked for a company that maintained Gov. Mitt Romney’s lawn?
China, India, and the US will have growing economies in the coming decades. That's bad news -- to those with global-warming hysteria and high hopes for the Kyoto Protocols.
What everyone assumed was a done $584 million deal to bring Major League Baseball back to the District of Columbia is now in flux over one little change. One city official had the courage to ask that some private money be used for the project.
