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September 23, 2014

Higher Education

Can American Universities Escape the Abyss?

This commentary originally appeared in Forbes, on September 23, 2014. If, as Whitehead observed, all European philosophy is “a series of footnotes to Plato,” all contemporary critiques of higher education are addenda to Allan Bloom’s 1987 blockbuster, The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students. Scoring big with the...

September 23, 2014

K-12 Education

Michael Barba: School Choice in Texas Would Benefit Teachers

This commentary originally appeared in the El Paso Times on September 22, 2014. The battle to give our children a good education is very one-sided. We all agree: every child deserves an excellent education. But who gets to decide whether an education is good for a specific child? We can talk all day about what an ideal...

September 22, 2014

K-12 Education

Grusendorf: Judge Dietz Erred – Money Alone Is No Solution

This commentary originally appeared in The Quroum Report on September 10, 2014. Supremes overturned him on two of three major conclusions in 2006 and are likely to do so again Having sat through the both of the recent school finance trials I gained great respect for the intellect of Judge Dietz. However, he gravely missed the mark in...

September 22, 2014

Health Care

CDC: White House Is Exaggerating Obamacare Coverage Gains

This commentary originally appeared in Forbes on September 17, 2014. Glance at recent Obamacare headlines and you might think the healthcare law has turned out to be a smashing success, its initial glitches and legal foibles forgotten in the face of incontrovertible achievements. The proof is supposedly in the data, and we’re told the latest data is...

September 17, 2014

Criminal Justice

Levin: Perry Charges Show Need for Legislative Fix

This commentary originally appeared in the Austin American-Statesman on September 16, 2014. In baseball, the tie goes to the runner, but what happens in the law? While scholars have said the indictment against Gov. Rick Perry does not even make it to first base, the most charitable way to view these charges is that there are multiple...

September 17, 2014