A recent poll shows employers still value college degrees, but they are worried about a skills gap between what they need and what candidates actually possess. Earlier this year, Lumina Foundation and Gallup surveyed 2,000 U.S. employers across a range of industries. The results show that employers still value higher education and still expect degrees to matter...
Recently at UT-Austin, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke as part of the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence. Thomas understands what too many in our day have forgotten: that the Declaration is, as Abraham Lincoln put it, the “apple of gold,” and the Constitution is the picture of silver framed around it. The...
Yale’s Committee on “Trust in Higher Education” just released what higher-education reformers have to view as a remarkable document. It addresses the ongoing erosion of public trust in America’s universities. In doing so, it owns up to the self-censorship, extreme faculty political homogeneity, grade hyperinflation, administrative bloat, and the opaqueness of “holistic” admissions. For an...
Because of the Trump Administration, the U.S. finally has a strategy. The footage was grainy and imprecise, the black-and-white nighttime combat visuals to which Americans have become accustomed over the past generation. Still there they were: American aircraft and American soldiers in action, another strike in defense of a nation at war. Yet this combat...
In Federalist 51, James Madison recognized the “great difficulty” of self-governance: “[Y]ou must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” The Gun Control Act has controlled the governed — us — and Americans’ access to a range of weapons. But has Congress’ approach to machine...
It’s happened again. There has been another attempt on the life of President Donald Trump. Was the alleged shooter politically motivated? It appears absolutely so. The “friendly federal assassin” is just the latest who seeks to fuse ideology and absurdity into their murderous fantasy. It was Saturday night when political pundits, members of Congress, cabinet...
For most law-abiding citizens, identification is so routine we barely think about it. But without an ID, everyday tasks become major obstacles. You cannot easily apply for a job, secure housing, open a bank account or handle basic paperwork without the ability to verify your identity. For someone leaving incarceration and trying to reenter society...
States like Florida and South Dakota are taking matters into their own hands. Congress should follow their lead and ensure consistent voting standards. President Donald Trump continues to prioritize the passage of the SAVE America Act, keeping election integrity at the forefront in Washington. However, states are not waiting for Congress to act. Across the...
The new literature list currently being developed by the State Board of Education has the potential to reverse the crisis in higher literacy in Texas while teaching students a love of the history and culture that created our great nation. Opponents to the current plan, however, who mostly come from current educators and academia, reject...
Every night at dinner, my three siblings and I would ask my dad how many students he had yelled at that day. It was a joke—as a high school history teacher, he managed unruly classrooms, but he led with respect and clear expectations. He brought that same presence home. We ate dinner together every night...
President Claudia Sheinbaum shrugs as two CIA officers are killed in Chihuahua. Deaths in Mexico’s modern cartel wars are nothing unusual: The sanguinary toll of nearly 20 years of bloodshed, of state vs. criminals vs. citizenry, exceeds that of most major wars. But American deaths in Mexico are unusual—especially deaths of Americans present in an...
Every Friday morning I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. The Austin American-Statesman reports we have not had enough rain to overcome the current drought, but they are predicting more for the weekend. Here’s who made the list while running between the drops:...