Online retail giant Amazon established itself more firmly in the education technology market this week by introducing Amazon Inspire, an online resource that will offer teachers and students free instructional materials. Amazon Inspire is set to launch in the fall,…
The annual Annapolis Cup, held last month, pits against one another two unlikely foes: the St. John’s College “Johnnies” and the U.S. Naval Academy “Mids.” The croquet challenge that ensues is as cohesive as it is civilized. Lounging languidly on…
The thought of watching a polo match in the twilight of a fading summer’s day while turned-out in the sort of attire that made Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age girls come and go “like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and…
As president and CEO of the Heritage Foundation, Jim DeMint has travelled across the country and met with thousands of people “anxious to join in building a stronger and more prosperous America.” Falling in Love With America Again (Center Street,…
The spirit of a too-late Friday night is still coursing through my veins early on the first Saturday of November as I drive east into the Virginia countryside for my very first foxhunt. I’m late, and it doesn’t help that…
They say you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone, and consumers are realizing how good they had it now that the 2 percentage point cut in the tax every worker pays to finance Social Security has expired. Consumer…
A new study released by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity reports that 37% of employed college graduates don’t need their degrees to perform the jobs they have. The implication of the study is that attending college is a waste…
The Boy Scouts of America has long been targeted by liberal groups playing the discrimination card over its membership restrictions. CBS News reports that the BSA is now reconsidering its stance on gay members. Deron Smith, a spokesman for…
As remnant groups of anti-abortion protestors straggled into Washington DC’s Metro tunnels yesterday afternoon, trying to figure out the foreign subway system and operate the complicated ticket machines with numb fingers, attendees at The National Review Summit were deciding whether…
Notre Dame star linebacker Manti Te’o wrenched the public’s hearts this past football season after the story of his personal tragedy made headlines: Te’o reportedly suffered the death of both his grandmother and his girlfriend within a matter of hours….