Homeschoolers Threaten Our Cultural Comfort

August 18, 2008 Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal You see them at the grocery, or in a discount store. It’s a big family by today’s standards – “just like stair steps,” as the old folks say. Freshly scrubbed boys with neatly trimmed...

Really Edwards, couldn’t you wait?

August 9, 2008 Union Leader Disappointment, anger in NH after Edwards’ admission of extramarital affair State Sen. Peter Burling no longer has his well-worn “John Edwards for President” bumper-sticker on his vehicle. The Cornish Democrat told the New...

What’s the matter with The New York Times?

July 29, 2008 Union Leader Blog Drew Cline On its blog yesterday, The New York Times editorial board posted a misleading commentary about Sen. Judd Gregg in particular and New Hampshire in general. Following is my humble attempt at a response. Under the condescending...

Universal Preschool Benefits Miscalculated and Overstated

June 6, 2006 Reason Foundation RAND study compares apples and oranges, exaggerates pre-k’s benefits, underestimates costs by Christopher Cardiff and Edward Stringham On June 6th, California voters will decide whether to enact Proposition 82, the Preschool for...

Council reaches tentative agreement with Lombardo for city manager

April 27, 2008 Hawk Central Press-Citizen (Paul Beecher went from City Manager in Kansas, to Dover NH, to Kingman AZ, where he was fired in 2007. Iowa City did not ask him back for a second interview.) The Iowa City City Council announced today that it has reached a...

Obama’s Real Bill Ayers Problem

City Journal Barack Obama complains that he’s been unfairly attacked for a casual political and social relationship with his neighbor, former Weatherman Bill Ayers. Obama has a point. In the ultraliberal Hyde Park community where the presidential candidate first...