There is an old Iraqi joke from the days of Saddam Hussein: A journalist asks Tariq Aziz, his deputy foreign minister, “Can elephants fly?” He answers, “Of course they can’t fly.” The journalist follows up: “But the president just said elephants can fly.” “Oh, yes,” Aziz says without missing a beat, “but only very slowly.” […]
President Donald Trump has begun his second term with an energetic flurry of action. As he continues his relentless pace, it is worth remembering that before his election last November, he expressed support for homeschooling as a great educational option. He’s right. The freedom to homeschool enjoyed by Americans is indeed a unique one that […]
The scenes surrounding the returns of Hamas-held hostages, or their remains, in Gaza have been disturbing and dehumanizing. The International Committee of the Red Cross remains concerned about the exploitation of hostages in these handovers, which we’ve been entrusted by Israel to facilitate eight times this year. We have been unequivocal: Every release of hostages from […]
During an intense national moment with much debate about the lack of success in public K-12 education and the extent of its reforms, the Heritage Foundation last week put forward the “Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.” Heritage, flanked by a group of public officials, policy experts, and leading educators, unveiled the statement at […]
It’s a truism in baseball that you can’t swing your way out of a slump. Sometimes, it’s best to take a few games off to clear your mind and reset your stance. That’s the advice we’d give to a few prominent liberal news anchors: Rachel Maddow of MSNBC, Margaret Brennan of CBS News, and Kaitlan […]
