George Bush and Bill Clinton both want to direct more federal funding to college students. But if the money is spent on worthless courses and political indoctrination, everyone will be the worse off. The majority of college students today take … [Read more...] about How College Students are Cheated
St. Louis School Lessons
A news story with national significance about public schools has been unfolding in St. Louis, Missouri, thanks to the work of independent investigators. Twenty years of expensive court-ordered busing for desegregation have had zero results, while all … [Read more...] about St. Louis School Lessons
It’s Time to Amend Title IX Again
The American Civil Liberties Union and NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund have persuaded a federal court to issue an injunction against an elementary school in Detroit planned to open this fall to meet the special needs of black urban boys. This is … [Read more...] about It’s Time to Amend Title IX Again
Multiculturalism is not History
The New York State Board of Regents has just adopted a controversial report calling for the public school social studies curriculum to be revamped in order to promote a leftwing agenda. It's all described in an 89-page report released in June by the … [Read more...] about Multiculturalism is not History
What’s That About Affirmative Action Quotas?
The scandal about Affirmative Action quotas is not only that they are unjust, but that those engaged in this practice have been lying about it and covering it up. The practice of “race norming” under which the government secretly adds points to the … [Read more...] about What’s That About Affirmative Action Quotas?
How a Big City Was Destroyed
The addition of colored ink to the front page has enabled newspapers to report important information that might otherwise be obscure. A case in point is the maps on a recent front page of the St. Louis Post Dispatch illustrating the population shifts … [Read more...] about How a Big City Was Destroyed
Who are the Enemies of the Blacks?
Conventional wisdom is that the welfare state is the savior of the blacks, who are presumed to need the goodies of government generosity in order to alleviate their status of poverty and years of discrimination. Now comes one of the most prominent … [Read more...] about Who are the Enemies of the Blacks?
The Current Feminist Follies — November 1987
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SPINKS AND PRUITT-IGOE
The movie ROCKY, in which a street-fighter and amateur boxer from the Italian ghetto got a chance to fight the heavyweight champion, would not have been believable if Rocky had actually won the championship. The happy ending of that movie was … [Read more...] about SPINKS AND PRUITT-IGOE
