http://www.american.com What's happening in the "third places" beyond home and work. daily 1 2007-03-29T16:41:19Z http://www.american.com/archive/2013/february/desegregation-by-deliciousness What schools can learn from barbeque restaurants. No publisher Michael McShane 2013-02-27T14:20:51Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/december/a-student-debt-cure-worse-than-the-disease Taxpayers may have more reason to be concerned about the government’s response to high levels of student debt than the debt itself. No publisher Andrew Kelly 2012-12-29T18:53:33Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/december/teachers-and-the-license-raj Requiring prospective teachers to take a rigorous ‘bar exam,’ as union chief Randi Weingarten proposes, is the wrong way to recruit and assess teachers. No publisher Andrew G. Biggs 2012-12-12T14:25:16Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2010/november/the-guardians They have kept a rendezvous with death, stiffened their sinews in times of alarm, and made the best of the misery of the battlefield and the tedium of the long watch in wars both hot and cold. No publisher Ralph Kinney Bennett public-square 2012-11-09T20:38:05Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/september/many-to-one-vs-one-to-many-an-opinionated-guide-to-educational-technology There are many horses in the educational technology race. Which ones are worth betting on? No publisher Arnold Kling 2012-09-11T20:59:40Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/august/the-high-cost-of-college-an-economic-explanation Despite good intentions, government has reduced price competition; as a result, prices have risen much faster than they otherwise would. No publisher Kenneth Gould 2012-08-30T22:09:36Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/august/americas-crisis-of-political-legitimacy The Founders were right to posit that a breakdown of the limits of government would cause a breakdown of consent. Only 22 percent of likely voters say the current government has the consent of the governed. No publisher James V. DeLong 2012-08-28T02:07:21Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/august/churchill-and-the-power-of-words Had Winston Churchill never set foot in the House of Commons, he would still be remembered today as one of the major writers of his time. No publisher John Steele Gordon 2012-08-17T17:30:39Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/july/its-not-about-crime-its-about-values On the moral pussyfooting of contemporary liberalism. No publisher Lee Harris 2012-07-12T23:01:22Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/july/a-face-for-the-faceless Jose Antonio Vargas and others who have made their illegal status public are giving a face to millions, and turning undocumented immigration into a mass civil disobedience movement. Their movement has just seen its first victories. No publisher Nathan Smith 2012-07-10T16:28:49Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/june/its-not-a-welfare-state-its-a-special-interest-state The concept of ‘welfare’ has become an open, bottomless vessel into which every desire can be poured. No publisher James V. DeLong 2012-06-14T16:08:03Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/june/energy-abundance-vs-the-poverty-of-energy-literacy Energy is all around us and we consume copious quantities of it. We only question it when it’s expensive or not there. Therein lies a challenge for politics and society. No publisher Kenneth P. Green 2012-06-11T20:52:58Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/may/markets-risk-and-fashion-the-hindenburgs-smoking-lounge The idea of a smoking lounge immediately under 7 million cubic feet of flammable gas should seem ludicrous. But it wasn’t. No publisher Edward Tenner 2012-05-04T04:31:29Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/march/whats-in-a-name Our naval ships should recall two centuries of American sea power and naval heroism, not battles on Capitol Hill. No publisher John Steele Gordon 2012-03-21T21:31:09Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2012/march/rule-britannica Encyclopædia Britannica has decided to stop printing the paper version—a move that's been in the works for over two decades. No publisher Robert McHenry 2012-03-16T13:02:56Z BernArticle