Social issues move off center stage At the 1992 Republican National Convention, conservative media personality Pat Buchanan fired the opening salvos of the ongoing national culture war, declaring, “There is a religious war going on in our country…it is a cultural war, as critical to the kind of nation we will one day be as … Read more
Does America’s transportation policy need an overhaul? “The nation faces a crisis. Our surface transportation system has deteriorated to such a degree that our safety, economic competitiveness, and quality of life are at risk.” So begins the Feb. 2009 report of the National Surface Transportation Financing Commission (NSTFC), tasked by Congress to develop a new … Read more
Science education improves gradually over time From our vantage point in the ivory tower, it can be tempting to assume that only a handful of school districts still fail to teach children about the lynchpin of modern biology, the theory of evolution. Yet, despite several adverse court rulings and eighty years of progress since the … Read more
Paradoxically, the more seats the Democrats lose in the House, the more likely it is to shift the agenda to the left. The current number of Democrats representing conservative districts empowers the Blue Dog Caucus, which has a moderating influence on bills passed through the House. If the ranks of the House Democrats are thinned, … Read more
So auditors are now reporting that GM’s long-term viability is, to put it charitably, a little bit doubtful. When this sort of language is going into GM’s annual report, then it is a virtual certainty that the depth of its problems are no doubt quite severe. Insofar as Citibank and BofA (and possibly all major … Read more
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Rewriting the history of the Civil War The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War, by H.W. Crocker III, Regnery, 2008. $20, 370 pg. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War, part of the conservative Politically Incorrect Guide (P.I.G.) series of books, attempts to retell the history of the Civil War in a manner … Read more
A new history of the disputed election of 1876 By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876 by Michael F. Holt, University Press of Kansas, 2008, $34.95, 300 pg. Rutherford Hayes, the nineteenth president of the United States, is best remembered for the unusual circumstances of his election. The election of 1876, in which … Read more
The prospects for Obama’s energy plan Given the specter of global warming and the dangers posed by oil dependence on potentially hostile countries, energy policy reform has taken center stage as both an environmental issue and a national security issue. President Barack Obama has an ambitious agenda for tackling these challenges, including plans to limit … Read more
The Democratic Party and California’s Proposition 8 On Nov. 4, millions of liberal voters celebrated the election of Barack Obama as America’s 44th president. However, the jubilation was, for many, dampened by the passage of Proposition 8 in California. This ballot measure defined marriage as strictly between a man and a woman, overturning the California … Read more