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When state exams and standardized test scores show declining student proficiency, there’s no reason to celebrate.
Governor Hochul’s proposed budget would further balloon state expenditures on a failing education system.
The National Education Association is hosting a training session that features pronoun-use instructions and “oppression” flowcharts.
As Asian Americans have learned, the beneficiaries of race-based policy one day can become its victims the next.
The Fed should abandon inflation targeting and return to pursuing price stability.
The American Left has a long history of celebrating or excusing purveyors of mayhem.
Ginned up by social-media influencers, the so-called right-wing civil war has little connection to MAGA voters’ concerns.
A refusal to face inconvenient facts now pervades our attitude toward relations between the sexes.
The case of Frederick and Rosemary West reminds us of man’s capacity for evil.
Haunted by past humiliations, the nation’s leaders seek to restore what they see as its rightful place in the world.
The president is the avatar of disruptive forces that transcend him.
Far-left policies on policing, education, and taxation are pushing Los Angeles, Chicago, and others to the brink.
New Zealand constitutes an overwhelming refutation of standard liberal explanations.
As a new biography reveals, the Scottish writer’s life and fiction were filled with mysteries and misdirection.
The talk show host’s vulgarity about the president says more about him than Donald Trump.
The preference for dogma over scientific inquiry on campuses has become increasingly prevalent.