by Derek Monson | Dec 16, 2020
‘Democratic government is about much more than who wins’ Written by The Christmas and New Year’s holidays offer us a time to reflect on who we are as people. The encouragement at Christmastime to give to others and focus on important relationships, and at New...
by Derek Monson | Dec 14, 2020
The physics of COVID-19 vaccine momentum (and opposition) Written by In society, some actions seem to follow a form of Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion: they generate an equal and opposite reaction. That seems to be true in the case of the development...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Dec 14, 2020
Hey parents – want to get involved in the standards revision process? Written by Christine Cooke Fairbanks Did you know that you can weigh in on what educators are required to teach your students? More specifically, you can weigh in on the academic standards...
by William C. Duncan | Dec 11, 2020
Supreme Court says Muslims in do-not-fly case can sue government officials for damages Written by Several Muslim men who claim they were placed on the do-not-fly list for refusing to become informants against fellow Muslims can sue government officials for...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Dec 10, 2020
Why canceling everyone’s college debt is a bad idea Written by Student loan debt is the worst, right? A Biden administration will no doubt be pressured to pursue policies to cancel student loan debt on a broad scale. To those who have recently taken out...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Dec 10, 2020
Civics should be taught in every grade, not just high school Written by “Education in something like civics needs to be built like a layer cake, teaching students something in each grade, so that by the time they get to the required high school course, they have...