Tender anecdotes about elite all-boys’ schools have ignited efforts to expand single-sex education to Americans from all backgrounds. But there’s another side of the story.
Jason Zengerle
Jason Zengerle is an assistant editor at the New Republic and a former assistant editor at The American Prospect.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Old Party, New Energy
I n the mid-1970s, the founding fathers of the New Right almost walked away from the Republican Party. Sickened by Watergate and angry at what they perceived as the Republican Party’s moderation, Richard Viguerie, Howard Phillips, and Paul Weyrich strove to bring together the disparate conservative forces spawned by Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential campaign into […]
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Hoop Schemes?
A White House congratulatory ceremony for a championship sports team is usually just a big, friendly photo opportunity, filled with the platitudes and gift exchanges typical of such an apolitical celebration. But in 1991, when the National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Chicago Bulls paid a visit to George Bush, Craig Hodges, then a backup guard […]
