Gabriel Arana

After Hillary Clinton said on Ecuadorian television that the Justice Department “will bring a lawsuit” against Arizona over its new immigration-enforcement bill, a senior official in the Obama administration confirmed her remarks and said the department was finishing building its case. Earlier today the Justice Department said it was “continuing to review the law.” Quick […]

Our weekly feature showing you how incisive and funny we can be in 140 characters. This week, Adam Serwer and the National Review Online‘s Dan Foster have a back-and-forth about the upcoming movie, The Karate Kid.

There’s a new policy brief showing that Teach for America teachers — recent college grads plucked from elite schools — don’t do better than credentialed teachers when it comes to student test scores. And the reason is pretty straightforward: They’re inexperienced and generally leave before they develop the skills to be effective educators. Before they’re […]

There’s an amusing story in today’s Wall Street Journal about medical students using fictional television and movie characters to learn how to diagnose psychiatric disorders. Hundred-Acre Wood Ashdown Forest (where Winnie the Pooh lives) might as well have been a psychiatrist’s waiting room: Piglet clearly suffers from generalized anxiety disorder, the authors noted. Eeyore has […]

To the presumed chagrin of social conservatives, the soon-to-be-published results of a 20-year study on lesbian parents doesn’t show that their children are damaged. In fact, the children of lesbian parents tend to be better adjusted socially and more competent academically than the children of heterosexual couples. They also have fewer behavioral problems. Dr. Nanette […]

The avalanche of lawsuits began as soon as Gov. Jan Brewer signed Arizona’s immigration-enforcement bill on April 23. By my count, five have been filed so far, with a new one springing up every week or so. Usually, civil-rights lawsuits revolve around a tight coalition of advocacy groups and a carefully selected plaintiff, but the […]

A contestant awaits the word prompt at last year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. This year’s national competition — held at Washington, D.C.’s Grand Hyatt hotel — was met with protesters demanding English orthography be phonetic. Our current system, they say, costs “billions in productivity” and makes it more difficult for children to learn to read. […]

Cancelled flights from New York’s JFK Airport. Today, the Obama administration announced new consumer-protection rules for air travelers. Travelers whose flights are bumped will be eligible for up to $1,300 in compensation (up from $800). Airlines must also allow travelers to make changes to their reservation without penalty up to 24 hours before a flight. […]

Experts are using a technique known as “top kill” to plug a BP well that has been gushing between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels of oil daily into the Gulf of Mexico, according to government estimates. Late this afternoon, BP had to stall the procedure because the fluid engineers were injecting into the well was oozing […]

It seems like the Obama administration got the wrong message when it came to the Arizona immigration bill. Instead of pushing back against the state’s enforcement-only approach to dealing with illegal immigration, the administration has sent 1,200 National Guard troops to help “secure the border.” Maybe this shouldn’t be surprising given that progressives at major […]