If segregation is what you fear vouchers are a better source of prevention than public schools:
rivate schools participating in Cleveland and Milwaukee’s school voucher programs are much less segregated than the public schools counterparts, according to two landmark studies released today by the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation and in Ohio The Buckeye Institute […]
Archive for August, 2006
Aug31st2006
New Studies Find Private Schools In Voucher Programs Less Segregated Than Public Schools
Published by in Education, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Vouchers. 0 CommentsAug31st2006
“The new president of Canada’s National Medical Association is an outspoken advocate of greater privatization of Canada’s national health care system. Dr. Brian Day, who was elected at the organizations annual meeting on Tuesday, operates a private-pay medical clinic in technical violation of Canada’s single-payer health care laws. Last year, the Canadian Supreme Court struck […]
Aug30th2006
Polygamists demand they, like gay couples, be given their ‘equal treatment’ as well:
Youth from polygamous communities spoke of family, friendships, faith and their hopes for the future in a historic gathering Saturday in Salt Lake City in defense of the banned life-style.
They offered one another encouragement, provided glimpses into their lives and appealed to […]
Aug30th2006
“Between 1990 and 2002 more than 174 million people escaped poverty in China, about 1.2 million per month. With an estimated $23 billion in Chinese exports in 2005 (out of a total of $713 billion in manufacturing exports), Wal-Mart might well be single-handedly responsible for bringing about 38,000 people out of poverty in China each […]
Aug29th2006
Toyota and Volkswagen ALSO Have To Pay For Employees Health Care
Published by in Economics, Europe, General, HealthCare, Myths and Unions. 2 CommentsLiberals are fond of saying that the reason General Motors and US based companies in general are having so many problems competing is because Toyota and Volkswagen, located in Japan and Germany respectively, don’t have to pay health care costs and US based companies do - putting GM at a disadvantage to foreign competition.
Megan […]
Aug29th2006
“All observers of poverty and hunger, however, need to ask a number of important questions about the needy themselves, old and politically incorrect questions about personal morality and decision-making. How much of the hunger that plagues America stems from the unwillingness of adults to delay child bearing beyond the teens, get married, finish high school, […]
Aug28th2006
Democrats’ Shameful Wal-Mart Demonization
Published by in Economics, General, ModernPolitics, Unions and Wal-Mart. 2 CommentsThat’s the title of a recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times. Here is the article in full:
Democrats’ Shameful Wal-Mart Demonization
Presidential hopefuls only hurt themselves when pandering to unions by bashing the country’s largest employer.
WITH ONE EYE ON 2008 and one on their labor union base, Democratic luminaries are canvassing Iowa and other states this […]
Aug28th2006
“THERE are two sides to the school choice debate. On one side are those who believe politicians and government are best suited to make decisions for our children; on the other are people who believe parents are best suited to choose what is best for their children. School choice is just that: a chance for […]
Aug26th2006
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 0 Comments“I always get the question, did you come from an affluent, middle-class background? It never occurs to them that perhaps the Andrew Youngs and the Thurgood Marshalls came from middle-class backgrounds.”–Thomas Sowell
Aug25th2006
Defending a Vilified Wal-Mart
Published by in Economics, General, ModernPolitics, Unions and Wal-Mart. 2 CommentsThe New York Sun has a great article on Wal-Mart and the Democrats campaign against it:
Aug25th2006
“Perhaps surprisingly, our review of the evidence provides little reason for optimism that a reduction in poverty or an increase in educational attainment would meaningfully reduce international terrorism. Any connection between poverty, education and terrorism is indirect, complicated and probably quite weak. Instead of viewing terrorism as a direct response to low market opportunities […]
Aug24th2006
The Intergenerational Assimilation of Mexican Americans by Stephen J. Trejo
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Immigration. 9 CommentsOn Tuesday Stephen Trejo responded to Richard Rodriguez’s Monday article Mexicans in America. Here is a teaser of what his response contained:
What do we know about the socioeconomic achievement of the children, grandchildren, and more distant descendants of Mexican immigrants? In light of the reasons for pessimism listed above, U.S.-born Mexican Americans have done surprisingly […]
Aug24th2006
“All in all, it seems sensible to encourage the experiment of voucher schools. In 2002, then U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige issued a statement during the historic Supreme Court case that later accepted vouchers in Cleveland: “Throughout America, far too many children are trapped in failing schools. These children need and deserve access to […]
Aug23rd2006
What Democrats Attack On Wal-Mart Says About Democrats
Published by in Economics, General, ModernPolitics, Unions and Wal-Mart. 10 CommentsDaniel Griswold writes:
Wal-Mart and other price-conscious discount retailers are really a working family’s best friend. They operate in the marketplace as representatives for millions of consumers, ensuring that they get the best and lowest prices possible from wholesalers and producers. Tens of millions of American shoppers vote with their feet every week by visiting their […]
Aug23rd2006
“This is because the solution to the energy crisis is so blindingly obvious. The solution is: allow the oil companies to drill for oil—in Alaska, in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of California, on all the land mass of the United States now set aside as “wild-life preserves” and “wilderness” areas. Allow the […]
Aug22nd2006
Seeing Mexican Immigration Clearly by Douglas S. Massey
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Immigration. 7 CommentsOn Sunday Douglas S. Massey responded to Richard Rodriguez’s Monday article Mexicans in America. Here is a teaser of what his response contained:
To Americans who fear cultural displacement, I say look at what’s happening south of the border. Cultural influences travel in both directions and in an integrated economy they are inevitable. Given the global […]
