What would you say if someone told you that your state’s emphasis on algebra was undermining math instruction? What would you say if that someone was a math instructor? What would you say if someone said algebra as emphasized — overemphasized — was undermining democracy? Well, I’m saying the latter. …
“Yeah, well I heard . . .” Four words just about sum up vast seas of political insight about matters that matter. “I heard about the schools handing out condoms.” “I heard about the Black Panthers intimidating voters.” “I heard that illegal immigrants can get Medicaid.” It hardly matters…
As the deadline nears for coverage under the Affordable Care Act, two types of hardworking Americans should be furious. First: the working-poor millions who would be covered under expanded Medicaid if their state’s policy makers didn’t refuse it. Second: the millions who work second jobs mostly to pay for health coverage. That…
Principle. The NFL hinted it would move the Super Bowl, and Apple said it could find a new place for a planned plant if Arizona legitimized discrimination most foul, most un-American, against gays and lesbians. In a similarly principled stand, arms maker Magpul Industries has moved its plant to Wyoming. The principle…