When Moral Behavior Is Based Purely On Convenience Stay loyal to your friends, because in the long run it pays WASHINGTON – A retired elder statesman came up with wise advice for President Obama. He just wrote that, many...
Politics Is About Clever Manipulation We accept that candidates calibrate political messages according to what people want to hear, not according to what they believe WASHINGTON – Presumptive 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is in the news. Various articles report on her artful maneuvers...
The Crisis Of the Arab World Will Go On And On Not much that we can do about it. Still, we need to protect ourselves against terrorism, its most dangerous byproduct WASHINGTON – With sympathy but a great deal of pessimism The Economist examines the state of perennial backwardness of...
Monticello In The Spring An old photograph of Jefferson's home shows the mansion in a beautiful Spring day. The sunshine makes it bright, beautiful shrubs full of flowers surround it WASHINGTON – A while ago I found in a Virginia thrift shop an old color photograph of Monticello, the...
The Fourth Of July Is A Reminder To Appreciate The Gift Of Freedom The Founders believed that in freedom people would have the ability to pursue knowledge. And knowledge would create prosperity. They were mostly right WASHINGTON– Today is the Fourth of July, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of 1776 –and America’s most...
The Arrival Of High Quality On-Line Education Spells The End Of Traditional Universities Thanks to the Internet now it is possible to deliver high quality education to millions of users at a fraction of the cost of regular university tuition WASHINGTON – Yes, it is official. Traditional universities are about to become extinct. This revolution in higher education is...
What Happened To American Innovation? No More Startups Two economists, Edward Prescott and Lee Ohanian, argue in a WSJ op-ed piece that America's innovation engine stalled WASHINGTON – A sudden economic crisis, like the unprecedented financial meltdown of 2008, gets everybody’s attention. But a slow...
The Meaning of “American Exceptionalism” The State's main function is to protect individual freedoms WASHINGTON – A few years ago, when asked about the meaning of “American Exceptionalism” during a trip abroad, President Obama, who...
Forget Global Warming – America Should Reduce Carbon Emissions In Order To Improve Public Health Most Americans do not feel strongly about climate change; but they will accept more expensive clean energy when they understand that this means improved health for themselves and their children WASHINGTON – Most Americans do not know that much about global warming. Likewise, most Americans do not have clear opinions...
Most US University Professors Are Democrats – Not Good For Students Who Need To Be Exposed To Diverse Ideas 96% of Ivy League faculty and staff supported Barack Obama in 2012 WASHINGTON – Most liberal arts departments in American universities claim that they offer students the unique opportunity to expand...