Is All-Day Kindergarten An Economic Fix?

All-day kindergarten: what a silly solution. Jim Fedako writes that we must be fools to even consider its merit. If the economy is lagging and education is the reason, the finger needs to be pointed at the changes in education that grew out of the 1960s and the work-to-rule unionization of teachers — the public education system itself. If education is the solution, the improved product will not begin hitting the streets for years — and it will never be the result of government programs as only the market can solve the education issue.

The Reality of Red-State Fascism

Year’s end is the time for big thoughts, so here are mine. The most significant socio-political shift in our time has gone almost completely unremarked, and even unnoticed. It is the dramatic shift of the red-state bourgeoisie from leave-us-alone libertarianism, manifested in the Congressional elections of 1994, to almost totalitarian statist nationalism.

Shining a Light on the Dark Corners of the Senate

In this age of internet-enabled politics the smoke-filled backrooms of politics as usual are having a hard time keeping the answer to “cui bono” a secret.

One site has observed that currently the government has no “system for assimilating, organizing, and releasing information on the hundreds of billions of tax dollars that are spent each year on federal grants and contracts.”

Why Students Don’t Value School

It was Tim Meyer’s first week of teaching as a full-time faculty member and not as an adjunct or TA. While most of his new experiences have been positive, he is seeing some things in a new light. The most intriguing facet of his “education” experience is confirmation that economists do indeed think and act differently than “normal” folk. For one thing, they understand why many students hate school.
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