The recent shootings in Charleston South Carolina, and the subsequent removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol, have led Southerners to re-examine their positions on both symbolic and substantive matters relating to race….
When Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed S.B. 302 on Tuesday, he gave all Nevada parents the ability and financial resources, if they choose, to establish education savings accounts (“ESAs”) to pay for the education chosen by the parents for each…
Barely two weeks have passed since I wrote that my home state of Georgia should lead the way on school choice by becoming the first state to pass universal education savings accounts (ESAs). Fortunately, for America’s families, we will not…
Economist Stephen Moore, in a May 1, 2015 editorial in the Wall Street Journal, “President Obama, Are You Listening,” raised this question: “The scenes of Baltimore set ablaze this week have many Americans thinking: What can be done to rescue…
Public reaction to eight Atlanta educators being sentenced to jail time has generated a separate controversy over whether the sentences are fair or excessive. I believe we should focus attention not on these adults, but on the truly injured parties…
British historian Lord Acton’s view that “All power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” first uttered in 1887, was vindicated on April 1, 2015, when a jury found that 11 Atlanta educators were guilty of violating the Racketeer…