Equal rights are family values

   Discrimination is a losing proposition. It may win in the short term, yes. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, however, “The arc of history is long but it bends toward justice.”    King’s words are most pertinent because of the scintillating statement made by the NAACP recently in supporting gay marriage, a few days after…

Vocational education? Bring that on

Time magazine recently had a jointly inspiring and confused commentary on what’s wrong with education. The thing on which we’ll focus here is what’s inspiring. In the meantime, we need to dispel some confusion.  Time’s Joe Klein makes an impassioned statement on behalf of  vocational education, which scandalously has shrunk from the scene in public schools in…

No more whining about Title IX

     A funny thing about that dreaded “sense of entitlement” deemed so pervasive today: Those who complain the most about it often have the least reason to complain.     This is true whether the topic is food stamps, affirmative action, or any number of means of helping those on society's margins.     For every…