Business and the Schools – An Odd Couple
A cover article in Nation’s Business addresses the problem that so many young people are too illiterate to hire even for entry-level jobs, and challenges business to take…
Author: Phyllis Schlafly
Choice in Education – The Wave of the Future
When George Bush was campaigning for the Presidency, he said he wants to be the “Education President.” Nobody knew what that meant, since about 93 percent of public…
George Kennan – An Elitist Without Faith in America
The Atlantic Monthly has apparently decided to anoint as a sort of secular saint an 85-year-old man named George Kennan. The April cover article labels him “The Last…
The Child Care and Career Dilemmas — April 1989
Optimism About Bill Bennett’s Challenge
Drug Czar William Bennett’s appearances on national Sunday television showed what a difficult challenge he has undertaken. Some might think he has just been confirmed to lead the…
Laundered Liberalism Won’t Wash
In an attempt to look positive after their weeks of negative Tower-bashing, Senate Democrats have come forth with an agenda of their own. This is Phase II of…
Education Reporter — March 1989
Gone With the Wind Revisited
So often, nostalgia about events and persons of our youth make them seem better and larger than life. We remember the special hand-beaten cake that Grandmother used to…
Women’s Career Adviser Urges a Mommy Track
The Harvard Business Review is not a magazine that usually stirs up emotional controversies. But an article in the January-February issue is downright incendiary because it dares to…
The Politics of Daycare
When President George Bush delivered his Budget Message to Congress on February 9, the conservative, pro-family approach to child care came of age. With striking clarity, he said:…