Education in America

The number of inmates in America’s prisons is growing by 900 people each week. The total number, according to the Department of Justice, has reached 2.1 million, or one out of every 138 U.S. residents. A newly established 21-person commission is now studying issues of safety and abuse in America’s prisons. Funded by the Vera […]

SIEM REAP, Cambodia — Nearly all visitors to Cambodia come to see the ancient temples of Angkor — the tree-strangled Ta Prohm, the exquisite Banteay Srei, and the majestic symmetry of Angkor Wat itself, among countless others. But not far from the ruins lies a memorial to a less glorious part of Cambodia’s past: the […]

In early 2005, the Bush administration released its budget for fiscal year 2006 (which goes from October 2005 to September 2006). And, for the first time, the Bush administration serves up big spending cuts. So it’s worth checking out for whom the axe falls. In addition, the longer-term priorities of the administration and its backers […]

During the second presidential debate last year, George W. Bush ventured that “the No Child Left Behind Act is really a jobs act when you think about it.” Democrats mocked President Bush, but education has always been critical for a president who asks voters to “sense my heart.” It is the only major issue on […]

Big secret! And remember: You heard it here first. Democrats need a win in Washington. The need something, anything, to get the bad taste of the last four years out of the mouth and to reassure themselves that they actually have a purpose beyond their recent role as GOP fodder. Ironically, as President George W. […]

In 1946, the School of the Americas (SOA) was established in Panama (and later relocated to Fort Benning, Georgia) to provide security and combat training for Latin American soldiers. Over the years, its graduates, including former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, have been implicated in human rights abuses and acts of political violence. Lesley Gill chronicles […]

As a card-carrying member of the American Civil Liberties Union, I’d like to have one more card in my wallet. The card I want, contrary to the views of most civil liberties activists, is a national ID card. Privacy advocates have always resisted this idea, for fear of government snooping on citizens. But that cat […]

By now, everyone’s seen the famous “Jesusland” map, wherein North America is divided in two, with the southern half designated as its own private Galilee. I have a number of objections to rearranging the continent this way. First of all, we lose almost all the great college football in exchange for a suicidal professional hockey […]