Books to Read in 2017

Here Are 21 Books You Should Read in 2017, edited by Daniel Davis, Daily Signal, December 29, 2017. "“Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children From Failed Educational Theories” by E.D. Hirsch Jr."

Spend It, and They Won't Come

Blame Washington for Skyrocketing College Costs, Newsday, January 16, 2016. "In a matter of days, college applications will be due. No family can look at those applications without thinking of the opportunity college represents. But they also can’t look without thinking of the bills. A new research paper helps explain why those costs are so high."

The Best Kind of Charity

Lessons in Charity for Mark Zuckerberg, Newsday, December 14, 2015. "The best kind of charity doesn’t promise expensive solutions. It provides opportunities that allow us to learn for ourselves — guided by parents who set standards, and in a nation that respects business and charity alike."

Obama Uses Another Bad Historical Analogy

Oh, Man, Not Another Sputnik Moment . . ., Contentions, January 26, 2011. "I keep a list of historical analogies — derived from years of grading papers — that tell me that the individual using them is (to be polite) more interested in rhetorical impact than historical accuracy. Before last night, the list began with “we need a Marshall Plan for X,” where X usually equals Africa or the Middle East, and ended with “the United States is a young country.” Both are fallacies: the Marshall Plan was a pump-priming program, not an effort to rebuild the infrastructure and remake the culture of half a continent; and while European settlement of North America is fairly recent, the U.S.’s political institutions have a longer continuous existence than those of any other country except, arguably, the United Kingdom. Now, thanks to President Obama, I’ve got a third analogy to add to the list: 'Sputnik moment.'"

Obama on Higher Education, Part 2

Re: Everyone, Back to School!, Contentions, February 26, 2009.

Obama on Higher Education

Subsidizing Media Studies Degrees Will Not Help the Economy, Heritage Foundation Foundry, February 26, 2009.