Thanksgiving Quiz

Kerby Anderson Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and I suspect that you are doing lots of things to get ready for this special day. Let me suggest you add one more item to your to-do list. Visit our website and download a copy of my Thanksgiving Quiz. Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to gather as a family, but I also believe it…

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Deep State and Qualified Immunity

Qualified immunity, with no legislative basis, helps censorious “desk-bound bureaucrats” more than police in split-second decisions, Institute for Justice says.

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AI Questions

Kerby Anderson A recent issue of The Spectator attempted to tackle the difficult questions surrounding artificial intelligence. The opening editorial was appropriately titled, “The real threat of AI is spiritual.” It provided disturbing quotes from two Silicon Valley experts. Peter Thiel was asked whether he wanted the human race to endure. After a long awkward pause, he merely said, “I…

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In Defense of Inequality

How do we respect every person’s dignity while also cultivating excellence? Nearly every university has decided to answer that question by abandoning the latter. Not mine.

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Equitable Grading

Penna Dexter To address what they see as the problem of social inequities between students, education bureaucrats have implemented “reforms” in grading practices aimed at promoting ”equity” in student outcomes. In a new survey conducted by the Thomas Fordham Institute, an education-policy think tank, 52 percent of teachers said their school or district had adopted at least one of these…

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