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Should Kids Be Taught About Guns in School?
Historian and former Guns & Ammo columnist Dick Metcalf during the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival At the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival, historian and former Guns & Ammo columnist Dick Metcalf sat down...
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Obama and Tumblr's Karp Avoid 'Orange Is the New Black'
President Obama and Tumblr founder David Karp recently chatted about education in America at the White House. In this interview, Obama said: "A college education is the surest path into the middle...
View ArticleHobby Lobby: Lobby or Business?
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is a business with a new sideline acting as a theocratic political lobby and lawmaker. Bringing religious objections to the Obamacare requirement that employers provide...
View ArticleDo Teachers' Unions Have Any Friends in the Obama Administration?
We are living in an era when the very idea of public education is under attack, as are teachers' unions and the teaching profession. Let's be clear: these attacks and the power amassed behind them are...
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Seeking Jobs as Well as Justice
On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act. Its enactment, following the longest continuous debate in the history of the U.S. Senate, enshrined into law the basic principle...
View ArticleSixty Five Million Left Out July 4
Over sixty five million people in the US, perhaps a fifth of our sisters and brothers, are not enjoying the "unalienable rights" of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" promised when the...
View ArticleThe Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
The Fourth of July marks the 238th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Monday was the final day of the U.S. Supreme Court's most recent term. The two have more in common than the justices...
View ArticleWhat the Supreme Court's Birth Control Case Means for Anti-Discrimination Laws
Those who care about anti-discrimination laws in general, and the rights of LGBT individuals in particular, have much to be concerned about Monday's ruling by the Supreme Court in Burwell v. Hobby...
View ArticleHobby Lobby Decision Disillusioning to Social Justice Movement
Any users of social media are probably already tiring of the vast display of attention Monday's Supreme Court decision about the Hobby Lobby case has received. All over the Internet, tweets and op-eds...
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Slut-Shaming for the Righteous
I suppose the good news is, more women are flocking to the Democratic party than ever before. I suppose the good news is, the vast majority of young people -- who are, on the whole, always more...
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Perhaps "Compromise" and "Politics" Can Coexist? Candidate Fishman Switches...
Originally posted in Kevin's blog, MyMediaDiary.com. At first, term limits made sense. At first, letting the giant wooden horse into the gates of Troy made sense, too. For many, the possibility of...
View ArticleHoward H. Baker Jr.: Teaching Us to Listen
"When speaking at a funeral, remember to mention the departed at least as often as you mention yourself." So quoted Lamar Alexander, the sole speaker at his mentor Howard H. Baker Jr.'s funeral today...
View ArticleBrutish and Short: How Iran Learned to Thrive on Conflict
As talks between Iran and the P5+1 move toward a conclusion, those opposed to detente, on both sides, grow ever more agitated and active. A new report in Foreign Policy outlines a hawks' "playbook"...
View ArticleIt's Alive! The Supreme Court as Dr. Frankenstein
In the 1931 version of the movie "Frankenstein," Dr. Henry Frankenstein, portrayed by Colin Clive, looks on as the hand of his creation slowly rises, prompting him to say: "It's alive. It's alive......
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Young People Helped Found This Country, It's Time for Us to Step Up and Lead...
Two centuries ago, a group of patriots came together and founded our great nation. Looking back, we see the powdered wigs and think of these Founding Fathers as experienced, middle-aged statesman. But...
View ArticleHobby Lobby, 1 - Women, 0
It is hard not to despair. A woman entering a clinic for personal health care now must wade through potential hordes of obnoxious strangers getting in her face with stuff -- often angry stuff, often...
View ArticleAsian Americans and the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Mapping Out the Next 50 Years
As we observe the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we will hear a common refrain: We still have a long way to go toward realizing Dr. King's Dream. President Lyndon B....
View Article50 Years After the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Are We Yet a Nation of Character?
Coach John Wooden once said, "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." This...
View ArticleDrug Policy Reform: The Civil Rights Issue of the 21st Century
The year 2014 has seen several significant drug policy reform milestones. And today marks a major historical anniversary in the nation's efforts toward eliminating discriminatory practices from...
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