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Indoctrination of our youth – by Walter Williams School teachers, at all grades, often use their classroom for environmental, anti-war, anti-capitalist and anti-parent propaganda. Some get their students to write letters to political figures condemning public policy the teacher doesn't like. …The most promising tool in the fight against teacher proselytization is the micro-technology available that can expose the academic misconduct. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/walterwilliams/2006/02/22/187189.html

Postponing reality – Thomas Sowell http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/thomassowell/2006/02/21/187193.html

Explaining Jews Part 3 – A very insecure people – by Dennis Prager In fact, because of the Holocaust, there are fewer Jews today than there were 100 years ago. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/dennisprager/2006/02/21/187194.html

The lessons of school choice – by Rebecca Hagelin Children deserve the best education possible, and the way to make that happen is to empower parents to choose how their children will be educated. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/rebeccahagelin/2006/02/21/187195.html

Minimum Wage, Maximum Rage Richardson and his fellow travelers should call a spade a shovel, and stop nibbling around the edges. Make the hourly minimum wage a decent $25, mandate a minimum of 2,000 hours’ employment each year — and quit bitchin’ about U.S. jobs going to other countries.  http://citizenoutreachblog.com/?p=31

Meet My Teachers:  Mom and Dad No longer the bailiwick of religious fundamentalists or neo-hippies looking to go off the cultural grid, homeschooling is a growing trend among the educated elite. … "A lot of families are looking at what's happening in public or private school and saying, 'You know what? I could do better, and I'd like to be a bigger part of my kid's life,"' says University of Illinois education professor Christopher Lubienski. … In some circles homeschooling is even attaining a reputation as a secret weapon for Ivy League admission. … Schools, critics say, are like old industrial assembly lines, churning out conformists who could function well in rote factory jobs or rigid corporate hierarchies but not in New Economy professions that demand innovation and independent thinking. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_08/b3972108.htm

Another Academic Casualty – Harvard’s President – by Thomas Sowell His fatal flaws were honesty and a desire to do the right thing. That has ruined more than one academic career. … Despite incessant repetition of the word "diversity" in academe, the tragic fact is that the academic world is one of the most intolerant places in America when it comes to diversity of ideas. Even the president of Harvard dare not step out of line. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/thomassowell/2006/02/23/187525.html

Should Wal-Mart reduce wages?  Legislators who take orders (and favors) from Wal-Mart's rivals hope their meddling will raise Wal-Mart's labor costs and thus render the company less competitive. But this is a delusion. The whole burden will be borne by workers and by those forced into less-desirable work (or none). http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/alanreynolds/2006/02/23/187536.html

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