Culture

Hispanic Graduation Madness Andrew Kelly 03/19/2010

How well do colleges designated by the government as ‘Hispanic-Serving Institutions’ actually serve Hispanic students? Not very well, it turns out.

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Entrepreneurs Scott Shane 03/17/2010

Immigrant rates of self-employment vary widely across countries of origin.

When to Doubt a Scientific ‘Consensus’ Jay Richards 03/16/2010

Anyone who has studied the history of science knows that scientists are not immune to the non-rational dynamics of the herd.

Are Some Races More Equal Than Others? Abigail Thernstrom and Tim Fay 03/12/2010

How will the Obama administration respond to a formal complaint in the wake of serious black-on-Asian violence at South Philadelphia High School?

Weak Tea or Strong Tea? Lee Harris 03/10/2010

Too many of those currently ‘analyzing’ the Tea Party movement seem to have no genuine interest in grappling with its potential historical significance.

We’re Still ‘Lying to Our Children’ Mark Schneider 03/06/2010

Setting a national goal of having all students proficient by 2014 while letting states create their own tests and set their own cut scores has produced a mess.

Soul Music Roger Scruton 02/27/2010

How we describe pop music proves that we find moral significance in music. How do we tell what music we should and should not encourage?

‘Attention Must Be Paid…’ Lee Harris 02/19/2010

Understanding Joe Stack, anger, and ideology.

How the Recession Has Changed American Migration Michael Barone 02/17/2010

The old saying that Americans have been moving from the Snow Belt to the Sun Belt fails to capture either what has been happening from 1990 to the onset of the current recession in 2007 or what is happening today.

Massachusetts: ‘the Educated Class’ versus the People Michael Barone 01/26/2010

Factory and mill town Massachusetts responded very differently to last week’s Senate election than ‘educated class’ Massachusetts, swinging sharply to Republican Scott Brown.