The polarization of American politics and culture and the breakdown of civil discourse in favor of polemics and violence have been much discussed. Whether these problems are worse, much worse, or not worse than the norm in American history remains ...
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Recognizing risk and integrating it into life is one facet of the maturation process. A reckless disregard for danger is not healthy, nor is a desperate obsession with avoiding it. Prudent people of different backgrounds and personalities will display different ...
Read MoreAgain, not all CRT advocates understand race as a substitute for class. They might focus on class as a particularly powerful oppressive phenomenon arising from the struggles of race but they remain committed to the basic classical Marxist reading of ...
Read MoreWhat is true at the personal level is also true at the societal level. Like individuals, cultures need reform. The cycle of corruption and reform is inherent in the human experience. In the history of Western religion, the “Reformation” and ...
Read MoreThe record of the American education system in meeting the diverse needs of this diverse clientele has been mixed. In the early days of the nation, those who had the means to pay enjoyed a variety of educational options, from ...
Read MoreThe arguments for promoting these forms of diversity normally run along two tracks. One is the claim that diversity enhances the performance or authenticity or excellence of the organization in question by bringing a variety of voices and perspectives to ...
Read MoreYes, ceasing to agree with the liberal radical consensus has its perils. As in normal science, to work under different premises is to cease to be a member of the community: ‘Work under the paradigm can be conducted in no ...
Read MoreThe importance of orderly transitions of power is indicated in a small way by the reaction of the stock market to the news that the Trump Administration was taking steps toward a presidential transition. Stocks did not soar on the ...
Read MoreIn today’s academic world, students are often taught to tint their interpretive prism with thick ideology but seldom to question why they should hold these views. The premises become axioms that serve as a matrix of understanding needing to be ...
Read MoreFor the last 40 years Walter E. Williams’ nationally syndicated column, “A Minority View,” has carried his voice into approximately 140 newspapers nationwide. His latest column, “Black Education Tragedy is New,” ran on the Creators Syndicate on the day he ...
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