Month / March 20, 2010
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Curriculum Controversy in Texas
Liberal bias in schools is finally being combated, as conservatives on the Texas Board of Education have recently approved a new curriculum. Academia has been skewed to the left, and conservatives are making controversial changes to even the playing field. A final vote will take place in May. Conservatives claim that there is a liberal…
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The Machine That Won’t Quit: Why Even Google Isn’t Enough to End Chinese Censorship
A few weeks ago, Google stunned the world by announcing that it would consider withdrawing from China completely as an Internet server. For a number of reasons, Google’s statement was a shocker. For years, the company has steadily and firmly maintained that it would not back out of the Chinese market, one of its largest…
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The Danger of Deficit
Against the grim backdrop of American families trimming expenses and consumers delaying spending, the White House has released the budget for 2011. The plan features no surprises in its allocations—$1.48 trillion for national defense and social security—but in keeping with the Obama administration’s goal to stimulate economic growth, the 2011 proposal did come to a…